As a young kid, I worked as an electricians helper and carpenters helper. I have also worked as a marine electrician at bath iron works on naval frigates.
When everything went to hell on me, I thought about opening a business as an electrician, but I found out that the entry bar is very high as you have to serve as an apprentice, etc, for a very long time. So in a nutshell, I too sometimes think that licenses are sometimes utilized to keep people out of the business, even if the license may have originally been planned with the best of intentions. Virgil Bierschwale http://www.virgilslist.com http://www.tccutlery.com http://www.bierschwale.com http://www.bierschwalesolutions.com -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Hal Kaplan Sent: Thursday, January 18, 2007 2:52 PM To: ProFox Email List Subject: RE: [NF] Microsoft Caught out - Naughty, Naughty! => [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Chet Gardiner => => And yet, still, 90% of lawyers and doctors are only => maginally competent at best... => => As for plumbers and carpenters -- "certification" is not => designed to weed out the incompetent but rather to raise the => bar for entry into lucrative professions to the favored few. => In many cases, originally, it was to keep out the Blacks => and the Irish. <s> => => Basic business skills are irrelevant to a good computer => program and, if you believe the many pro-m$ types, so are ethics... => Chet, you are kidding, right? Plumbers are certified because the lives of people are at risk from bad plumbing practices. Remember that in most jurisdictions, plumbers also handle natural gas installations too. Carpentry certification is also based on public safety. The line about keeping out minorities is certainly true but the trade unions are primarily responsible for that. B+ HALinNY [excessive quoting removed by server] _______________________________________________ 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.
