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Oh I'll grant that I can see the temptation to hire the person that has the skills now over the one who doesn't. Rob Berendt -- "All creatures will make merry... under pain of death." -Ming the Merciless (Flash Gordon) PaulMmn <PaulMmn@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Sent by: midrange-l-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx 12/23/2003 10:45 AM Please respond to Midrange Systems Technical Discussion <midrange-l@xxxxxxxxxxxx> To midrange-l@xxxxxxxxxxxx cc Fax to Subject Re: Midrange Knowledge test Unfortunately, for too many companies if you don't already have the skills they want RIGHT NOW, it's not worth their while to train you "because you'll just leave for a better position." I've been relatively lucky-- the managers I work for do seem to realize the benefit of 'generic' training (ie tech conferences &c). Def: Generic Training-- training not intended for immediate use for a specific task, but training for things in general. Such as web facing, when your company is not looking in that direction. A "John Sears" talk in which the presenter describes how the computer thinks, or the concepts behind the compilers. --Paul E Musselman PaulMmn@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Rob wrote (in part): >Failure [to pass a portion of a knowledge test] would not constitute >an inability to learn, just where they need to send you to training. _______________________________________________ This is the Midrange Systems Technical Discussion (MIDRANGE-L) mailing list To post a message email: MIDRANGE-L@xxxxxxxxxxxx To subscribe, unsubscribe, or change list options, visit: http://lists.midrange.com/mailman/listinfo/midrange-l or email: MIDRANGE-L-request@xxxxxxxxxxxx Before posting, please take a moment to review the archives at http://archive.midrange.com/midrange-l.
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