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Never mind. We are all safely supported by our expert Indian friends nowadays. Rejoice !!
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Same here MnM. I know my one product inside out (well TBH even that knowledge has dwindled in recent years). I haven't learned much new in the past 5 years or so but even if I were to plan to learn something, I wouldn't know where to start or what to do.
Frankly I just don't care any more. I used to care a lot - honestly - but it's just not worth it really is it.
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You used to tell a computer what to do - DOS
You then told the OS what to do - Windows
Now you've got to tell .NET what to do. Simpler? Apparently not...
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When I first started Java there were about 300 classes, now some job specs ask for knowledge of about 300 APIs.
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Constantinople is a very big word, but if you can't spell IT, you're a very big dope.
Or something like that. My memory of the school in the 70s isn't what it was.
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Originally posted by MrNoMotivation View PostI used to know what I was doing and talking about.
Now I haven't got a clue.
It's got more complicated. Thought things should get easier.
Now I can't even network my home PCs to share directories securely.
When something crashes I bleat, reboot, and start again from the last save but with no idea of what happened nor how to prevent it.
It seems there are layers upon layers upon layers of interaction and complexity; I feel I could not live long enough to now be able to attain the depth of knowledge I had.
When I read NickFitz's postings of how "ABC does this differently from DEF because GHI was cocked up when JKL was specified so MNO does not work with PQR under STU circumstances unless VWX is set to YZ" I am aware he has lived and breathed his work non-stop for decades. Nobody should have to know so much to make a poxy web page render correctly. And anybody that does know so much should have two PhDs and a seat at two universities.
I meet experts in their field who have intimate knowledge ... of one product. Years of experience in, for example, using one testing tool or development language. If the supplier goes to the wall, they are of no value to the rest of the world.
And the really sad bit is that 98% of what I have had to learn became redundant within three years of learning it.
Yet the amount you need to know to be an all-rounder just grows and grows and grows.
Dammit, it wasn't this hard when everything was proprietary and every site had a different supplier's hardware and a different programming language.
You're not alone, MrNoMotivation.Last edited by RichardCranium; 8 July 2009, 16:11.
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Originally posted by EternalOptimist View PostDont worry MnM, one day you will make it, they might even name something after you. Like a bag of sweets or something
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Originally posted by MrNoMotivation View PostI used to know what I was doing and talking about.
Now I haven't got a clue.
It's got more complicated. Thought things should get easier.
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Originally posted by Zippy View PostKeep it quiet but - nobody else does either. If you get close to understanding it some tit will invent a new vocabulary for the same old stuff.
I think he is approaching his 'Nirvana' moment.
Stick with it MrNoMotivation. All will become clear.
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Originally posted by MrNoMotivation View PostI used to know what I was doing and talking about.
Now I haven't got a clue.
It's got more complicated. Thought things should get easier.
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