RE: Web Interfacing Advantages?

Well,
What you've said there is a give and take.  That's acceptable in my 
opinion.  You show the initiative and then the company will back you.  A 
lot won't though, and that's where my beef really lies.  I have taken some 
stuff home to work on, a few hours isn't bad at all.  But some companies 
would prefer you to take an evening course for 8-10 weeks that costs you 
big dollars, and takes up 40-50 hours of your time, with no help from 
them.  The give and take scenario you describe is highly acceptable. 
Employee shows they are willing to learn, and the employer then recognizes 
that.  Nice touch.  Your employees are lucky, much as I am myself.

Ron Power
Programmer
Information Services
City Of St. John's, NL
P.O. Box 908
St. John's, NL
A1C 5M2
Tel: 709-576-8132
Email: rpower@xxxxxxxxxx
Website: http://www.stjohns.ca/
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>That "(the company gives me no "play time" or training on their time.)"

>really irks me.  You have no idea just how much that irks me. 

Ron,

I understand you point of view, really. But let me take the other side.
If my employees aren't willing to invest $50 for a book at barnes and
noble and a few hours of time on their home PC to learn something that
will help their career, why should I make that investment? The beauty of
learning .NET or Java is that you can do it at home on your PC, you
don't need access to an AS/400.

My deal with my employees it this, "you learn a new technology, at least
as far as the web and Amazon will take you on your own time and
expense." If you _then_ need more detailed training I'm willing to
invest, but a the old Apex Tech commercials said, "you have to take the
first step."

-Walden

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