Well, we're talking about the typical college graduate, not one who can read
and write.
more below...
Dick
----- Original Message -----
From: "Tony Duell" <ard_at_p850ug1.demon.co.uk>
To: <classiccmp_at_classiccmp.org>
Sent: Monday, May 06, 2002 5:11 PM
Subject: Re: APPLEVISION Monitor
> > That may be true, though I have questions about the relative usefulness of
> > *nix, VMS, etc, in the current computing environment. However, until I
can
> > rely on being able to take the typical drug-impaired, femto-brained, at
best
> > quasi-literate, high school graduate and setting him down in front of a
*nix
>
> I am trying to work out why on earth you'd want to employ such a person...
>
Sometimes that's the best that you can get. Most of the folks you see looking
for work fit that model pretty closely.
>
> > box, when he's never even heard of *nix or VMS or whatever, and reasonably
> > expect to get at least half-a-day's work out of each day he spends at that
>
> Hmmm... Is it better to have an average of 0.5 days_work/day or to spend
> a week (or so) learning the system and then have an average of 2
> days_work/day (as would typically happen with an intellegent person using
> Unix, VMS, etc)?
>
We're not talking about time to learn. It's just time to do that matters,
because the average guy won't show up tomorrow anyway. If he does, he won't
remember anything from today anyway.
>
> I still can't understand why people think that time taken to learn to use
powerful tools is time that's wasted.
>
If I want the job done today, learning in order to do it better tomorrow does
me no good.
Received on Mon May 06 2002 - 19:26:20 BST