RE: /400 skills test

I think im with Einstein on this one. If I need some information again,
I make notes that I can refer to, or look it up in the manual.
I try not to keep every single thing in my head available for instant
recall. I just make sure I know where I can find the information when I
need it.

-----Original Message-----
From: Ken Burton [mailto:KBURTON@crownbooks.com]
Sent: Thursday, May 18, 2000 7:39 PM
To: 'MIDRANGE-L@midrange.com'
Subject: RE: /400 skills test


None of the people that I ever interviewed were remotely of the metal
caliber of Einstein. What's right for him is not necessarily 
appropriate for
the rest of us. Detailed knowledge is not necessary, but its 
absence can be
an indication of the lack of any knowledge. Sure, I can look up the
relationship between SFLNXTCHG and READC, but if I can explain 
it to you,
along with, say, the purposes of the subfile control record, 
you have a much
better sense of where I am on the AS/400 Knowledge Tree that 
you would have
if I responded by telling you which manual I would consult to find the
answers. I was looking for people who can write code. Manual reading is
incidental. So is understanding how to use STRINFSKR!

Ken Burton 

> -----Original Message-----
> From: James W. Kilgore [SMTP:eMail@James-W-Kilgore.com]
> Sent: Thursday, May 18, 2000 1:56 PM
> To:   MIDRANGE-L@midrange.com
> Subject:      Re: /400 skills test
> 
> Albert Einstein was being interviewed.  At the end of the interview he
> was asked for his phone number for any follow up.  Mr. 
Einstein said he
> didn't know it.  When asked how the most brilliant mind of the time
> could not remember his own phone number, he replied that he never
> bothers to remember anything he can easily look up.
> 
> Jeff Crosby wrote:
> <<snip>>
> > 
> > And besides, why should one memorize what subfile keywords 
do, in all
> > there nuances?  You can look them up anytime.
> >
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