Re: How to (re)train?

["Jim Waymire" <jimwaymire@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

I've got to agree with Dean on this one, Endre.  The personality of the
worker can make a huge difference.  Shoot, someone even taught me to
program!!!!!!

Jim Waymire
Simi Valley, Ca

-----Original Message-----
From: DAsmussen@aol.com <DAsmussen@aol.com>
To: MIDRANGE-L@midrange.com <MIDRANGE-L@midrange.com>
Date: Friday, November 20, 1998 4:39 AM
Subject: Re: How to (re)train?


>Endre,
>
>In a message dated 98-11-19 07:30:57 EST, you write:
>
><<snip>>
>> She knew almost everything there was to know  (at that time)  on the
>> Midrange
>>  family.
>>  Problem: she never worked with the AS series.
>>  She is wiling to train (re-train?).
>
>You're kidding, right?  You actually have to _think_ about this ;-)?  An
>exellent person, that worked well with customers, whose only fault is that
>they don't know the AS series?  Unless she's been on hiatus for the last
six
>years due to killing or stealing from a customer, you ought to be asking
her
>what size she would like her "bag of cash" in, IMO.  Heck, _I've_ been
working
>with the latest hardware for the last 5 years and don't know the AS
series --
>it's just not my job to spec hardware anymore.  Back when it _was_ my job
to
>know the hardware inside-out, IBM didn't offer those lovely CD's that told
you
>everything you needed to know and didn't have agreements with all these
major
>software vendors wherein you could "pre-configure" a machine for a specific
>package.  Back then, "if it wasn't plug 'n go, you just didn't know".  Hire
>her, already!
>
>JMO,
>
>Dean Asmussen
>Enterprise Systems Consulting, Inc.
>Fuquay-Varina, NC  USA
>E-Mail:  DAsmussen@aol.com
>
>"Acceptance of prevailing standards often means we have no standards of our
>own." -- Jean Toomer
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