| Magnus on Tue, 17 Jun 2003 13:41:05 -0400 |
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What we thought would be interesting is to see the formation of a IT Guild of sorts, with ratings of Apprentice to Master in the fields and sub fields of the industry. That would give a pretty easy and clear cut job title and ability of the person.
Then again, we thought that since that idea kind of makes sense it probably won't happen for umteen million reason. Conditions are too good for IT people to band together. As bad as the job market is, those with jobs still have it too good to rally behind anything like this. For some reason with all of the unreasonable working conditions IT people are subjected to these days, we tend to get over our indignation and accept these expectations. Those who don't fall in line are troublemakers or slackers. There are some organizations that attempt to do this but are not representative enough of the professionals in this field. Sometimes it is because the cost of entry is too high or the opportunity for local meetings isn't there. There are many reasons why these guilds and organizations are less than successful. And it goes without saying that many of the more talented IT types have abrasive personalities, and trying to get them to organize will end up turning into a chest thumping contest with each one trying to impress upon the others that he is Alpha Geek. -- C. Magnus Hedemark "From the Fury of the Norsemen please Deliver us, Oh Lord" _________________________________________________________________________ Philadelphia Linux Users Group -- http://www.phillylinux.org Announcements - http://lists.netisland.net/mailman/listinfo/plug-announce General Discussion -- http://lists.netisland.net/mailman/listinfo/plug
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