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| Subject: | RE: [gislist] RE: GIS education/degree |
| Date: |
02/15/2005 10:25:03 AM |
| From: |
McGuyer William C Contr 88 ABW/EMO |
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All of the responses to this thread have been insightful and one person
alluded to GIS simply being a tool, which is not completely true. GIS is
defined as: hardware, software, personnel, data, configuration, process,
management, implementation, and so on. It takes many different types of
'personnel' to efficiently start, implement, run, and manage a GIS. No one
GIS expert can do everything to run a GIS. You will need GIS experts in
applying the software to the data to get end results, but you will also need
GIS technicians to capture the data: GIS database administrators to manage
the data, and system administrators to make sure everything connects and
talks to each other. And then of course you need a GIS Manager to make this
'Team' work together cohesively. As the old saying goes..."there is no 'I'
in 'Team'." In my humble opinion it is not possible to mandate that a person
has a degree or not unless the job requires specialization in a subject
matter that cannot simply be learned on the job. Basically, GIS requires a
team of GIS people with varying degrees of education and skills.
Bill McGuyer
Northrop Grumman IT
Office of Environmental Management
Wright-Patterson AFB
Office: 937.257.7039
Cell: 937.623.8766
Email: william.mcguyer@wpafb.af.mil
-----Original Message-----
From: gislist-bounces@lists.thinkburst.com
[mailto:gislist-bounces@lists.thinkburst.com] On Behalf Of True, Cynthia D.
Sent: Tuesday, February 15, 2005 11:06 AM
To: gislist@lists.thinkburst.com
Subject: RE: [gislist] RE: GIS education/degree
I have read several interesting philosophical comments in this thread, but
let's boil this down to reality. Having a degree is not a guarantee of a
good worker, but it is _one_ sign that you _might_ be willing to work hard.
If I get 98 applications to fill one position, the 28 resumes that don't
have a degree are the first ones to go in the trash.
It is not an efficient use of my time to interview every person who sends in
a resume. If you want to compete for a job, you have to look better on
paper than the other bloke.
My 2 cents,
dt
C. Diane True
Missouri Resource Assessment Partnership http://www.cerc.usgs.gov/morap/
(USA voice) 573-441-2794
"For if one link in nature's chain might be lost, another might be lost,
until the whole of things vanishes by piecemeal." - Thomas Jefferson
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