Hal Kaplan wrote: > I know Ed does not like lawyers but I do not know why. It really is a shame > how 95% of the profession makes things bad for the other 5%. Personally, I > think "lawyer" is a pejorative term and I insist that my wife refer to > herself as an "attorney at law." > > Every operating system I have ever worked with has had undocumented hooks for > the benefit of favored software to accomplish something not easily done > otherwise. I have even written some. They are generally of great benefit. > Perhaps M$ has overdone this or perhaps some developer is looking for a > non-self-incriminating answer for his lack of success. The bottom line is > that in the grand scheme of things, it's pretty insignificant. > > IMHO, the real problem with computer "professionals" is that they are NOT. > Unlike other professionals, computer pros do not share a common educational > background, participate in any kind of regulated/documented journeyman > program, and are not tested or licensed by a government body charged with > protecting the public safety (usually the state education department). > > In New York City, for example, PLUMBERS have a more rigorous career path than > programmers or database admins or network admins. Hell, even I qualify as a > computer professional .... ME !!!!!!!! And to the best of my knowledge, > every effort to get computer pros on the same track as doctors, lawyers, > accountants, plumbers, electricians, etc., has been met with extreme > resistance (except by the U.S. Department of Labor in an effort to avoid > having to pay us overtime). > > This type of government oversight has been sought-out by the other > professions as a means of elevating and legitimizing themselves. Computer > professionals, on the other hand, have spent countless hours developing > high-level-languages and user-friendly-software that is designed to > commoditize computer professionalism instead of elevate it. Yes, even the > soccer mom who knows how to use QuickBooks is a computer professional. > > YMMV. >
I too wish they would require some sort of testing of qualifications. I was hopeful back in the 90s when I heard Ted Roche speak at WhilFest about certification (iirc) that the day would come......but it never did. And the major vendors--Oracle, M$, Novell, etc.--tried to I guess you could say with their certification tests--but I contend that that was simply another source of revenue for them, as I attended a New Horizons training for MCSD and it simply seemed like a diploma mill kind of thing where they really didn't care if you knew it or not. They just wanted their $$. -- Michael J. Babcock, MCP MB Software Solutions, LLC http://mbsoftwaresolutions.com http://fabmate.com "Work smarter, not harder, with MBSS custom software solutions!" _______________________________________________ Post Messages to: ProFox@leafe.com Subscription Maintenance: http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profox OT-free version of this list: http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profoxtech ** All postings, unless explicitly stated otherwise, are the opinions of the author, and do not constitute legal or medical advice. This statement is added to the messages for those lawyers who are too stupid to see the obvious.
