[Sigia-l] Programming IAs was: Little things an IA MUST know/do

[George Olsen]

On 4/24/03 1:43 PM, "David Heller" <hippiefunk at hotmail.com> wrote:
> << I agree with most of your points, except the above. I doubt you would
> be able to '_think_ in programming terms' without having done some
> scripting of various kinds that you cited. Sometimes you just have to
> get your hands dirty. >>
> 
> Yes! I totally agree w/ this. But!!!! I think the initial question is
> how much?

I didn't meant to imply that hands-on learning isn't valuable, nor that it
gives a greater depth of understanding. But book learning is better than no
learning at all. ('Course book learning runs the risk of a little knowledge
becoming a dangerous thing...)

On 4/24/03 5:47 PM, "Mark Burgess" <markb at pbdh.com> wrote:
> It's not only programming that can improve the design, either. Sales
> experience, help-desk experience, etc. can contribute to better work
> too.

Absolutely.

That's what makes our professions challenging. We don't need to be masters
of all trades, but if we're going to be the bridge between them, we need to
be familiar with a lot of different areas.

George