[Sigia-l] IA and medium

[George Olsen]

At 4:56 PM -0500 5/13/02, Lyle_Kantrovich at cargill.com wrote:
>Would we ever have IA generalists and IA specialists?  Medical family
>practice doctors are experts at triage and common ailments.  They help
>people find the right specialists when they are unable to diagnose or
>treat something.

Absolutely. It's already happening. OTOH, the inherent problem of 
being a specialist is that you need a large enough client 
base/company to support that specialty.

>Are metadata experts the "brain surgeons" of IA?

I'd hate to see us get into the sorts of status wars that the medical 
field engages in. Both specialists and generalists are valuable. It's 
just a matter of who's more useful in a particular situation.

And the ability of someone who can see the big picture can be a value 
skill. Generals and CEOs are expected to be holistic strategists 
(although admittedly few actually really do this).

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