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| Subject: | RE: [gislist] GIS Certification? |
| Date: |
06/10/2004 05:05:01 PM |
| From: |
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Once upon a time, aspiring blacksmiths demonstrated
their skill by making a horseshoe under the critical
eye of the master. With skills now apparently being
treated as commodities (though I'm still not sure how
'solve this problem' equates to a bag of grain) there
is all too much prior evidence that the hunt for the
capabilities and aptitudes (to use Carl's phrase) of
competent and imaginative GIS wonks will be reduced to
the paper chase. As GI technologies successfully reach
new and virgin areas, those hiring and firing will be
ever less conversant with what separates the sheep
from the goats. The certificate will rule.
It's happened in every other area from nursing to
child care - why should GIS be immune? It'll be a sad
day, though.
Not that I'm a GIS wonk, of course...
--- "Dawson, Theresa A LRH"
<Theresa.A.Dawson@Lrh01.usace.army.mil> wrote: > And
goodness knows every HR person I've ever met in
> my life has been
> thoroughly versed in the work they're hiring me for.
> All of my supervisors
> know what I do as well as I do or better. I can sit
> down with anyone who
> interviews me for a position and have a meaningful
> conversation about
> choosing the correct cell size for various spatial
> analyses.
>
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