Posted by Jerry Stuckle on 06/19/06 12:14

R. Rajesh Jeba Anbiah wrote:
> Bent Stigsen wrote:
>
>>R. Rajesh Jeba Anbiah wrote:
>>
>>>Visionary wrote:
>>> <snip>
>>>
>>>>I apologise again, and would like to extend a more formal greeting to
>>>>the community. So, hello- I am Nathan. I have been a web/graphic
>>>>designer for 6 years, with no college experience (which probably
>>>>shows).
>>>
>>> In college, most of the people learn sort of literacy--but not
>>>education. World's great people like Edison
>>><http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thomas_Edison>, A. R. Rahman have no
>>>college experience either. Your 6 years experience shouldn't have to be
>>>overlooked; for me it's much better than 40 years and sort of.
>>
>>Jerry only mentioned his 40 years experience because he was asked of his
>>"worth". And I think Nathan just did it to be informative. Education and
>>experience does not give weight to arguments in a discussion.
>>
>>When it comes down to *personal* gain, one shouldn't fool oneself. Clearly,
>>40 years, much better than 6 years of experience.
>
>
> I don't think, you have any personal gain here; but if you ever
> had lurked here you'd find how worse is that 40 years. $age !==
> $knowledge.
>

Only to people with a few years of experience who think they know it all. Some
of the worst "problems" I've had when managing projects is from programmers who
have a few years of experience and think they know it all.

Don't believe me? Just look at some of the sloppy programming around - not due
to lack of knowledge, but lack of care/attention. Look at the bloated code
running around.

And look at some of the "tutorials" you see on the internet, supposedly
suggesting "good" programming techniques.

>
>>Some formal education is better than no education.
>
> <snip>
>
> I don't want to push my own doctrines and believes here. Anyway,
> education is sort of instinct; you can't educate a person. To be
> educated, one has to feel and "repent"; not sure, how many colleges can
> "achieve" it.
>

Completely disagree. Education is not an instinct. Agreed you can't educate a
person. The person has to be willing to put forth some effort and learn. But
it also takes the availability of educational materials and instructors.

I'll tell you what. I need this new site programmed. It must use the wydkiwty
language for all dynamic pages. Sorry, no educational materials (including
language reference material) are available. You'll have to figure it out
yourself. But it's an easy language - you should have no trouble picking it up.

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