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| Subject: | RE: [gislist] GIS Certification? |
| Date: |
06/10/2004 08:55:01 PM |
| From: |
Anthony Quartararo |
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> -----Original Message-----
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> Once upon a time, aspiring blacksmiths demonstrated their
> skill by making a horseshoe under the critical eye of the
> master.
They would also have a "standard" horseshoe to work against and measure
their progress, until they could consistently make one after the other,
identical in every way to the "standard", and that, combined with a few
years of indentured servitude would gain them the title of journeyman, and
then later, master. There isn't truly an analogous path for the GIS
professional today however....
With skills now apparently being treated as
> commodities (though I'm still not sure how 'solve this
> problem' equates to a bag of grain)
Actually, "labor" is what is now considered a commodity, hence the wholesale
rush to outsourcing destinations in Asia. There is actually quite a lot of
value [$$] still placed on the critical, analytical and visionary brains in
the industry.
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 any company founder will tell you, the #2, #3, #4 and #5 person that is
hired in a company [after the founder(s)] are the most important people to
hire. These initial people will make or break the company over the
long-term. Good companies that attract good people will never get away from
the "people" part of it. If you hire one out of 100 resumes you receive,
you are doing good. If that person stays longer than a year, you made a
pretty good choice. If you get 3-5 years from the person, consider yourself
a Master....and maybe a high-paying career in human capital management
consulting for a desperate industry that is trying to substitute hard work
and due diligence with "certificates" :-)
> The certificate will rule.
And when everyone would be certified, what will rule then ?
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