[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > The way i see it, there are 2 types of compter poeple: "Geeks", and > "Comptuter Experts". (and no offence to those who dont like the term geek) > > A Geek doesn't like to be told how/why things work - he/she like to > figure things out... so probably no university degrees etc. > A Computer expert has done 5 years in university and has a list of > expertise etc... > > When it comes to crunch time, sit the two of them in front of two > machines with the same problem: > > 1. The geek takes 30 minutes to fix it. > If the expert has studied the problem, he can fix it in 10 minutes. If > he has not, he cant fix it. > > Thats a rather big generalisation... but it gives caution to the > hiring process when half of your systems run a lot custom built > apps/server software. > > I much rather hear from a potential that he/she had put ther first > computer together at the age of 10, and was writing DOS batch scripts > to free up the extended memory in order to start games on an old 486 > etc..., than to hear that they have studied "point-and-click" > techniques (courtesy Paul) for the last 5 years, and know it like the > back of their hand. I think you just described me to a tee including the 486 remark or it may have been a 386 but close enough and i was actually 9.
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