[Sigia-l] What happened to the good IAs

[Patrick Walsh]

Ziya wrote:
>I've had the 'pleasure' of working with many IT professionals decorated
with
>'certifications' up the wazoo who were as ineffective as they come. A
>prospect's ability to listen, focus, follow up, communicate, question,
>organize, for example, trumps any number of certifications, external
>validations or specific body of knowledge. You can teach facts, the other
>stuff is much harder to inculcate.
>Let's not make this yet another reason to get lazy.

I've come to IA through Quality management in a manufacturing setting.
In the 70s Quality was buzzing with new ideas, was exciting to work in and
qualifications were fairly minimal, mostly concerned with practical
hands-on stuff.
Since then they have got it nailed down, quality knowledge is now carved in
stone and
certifications abound (adding nothing in my opinion).
Guess what - its also become BORING.
I'm enjoying the fizz, the uncertainty and the feeling that we are making
it up as we go along
that I get from IA.
Long may it continue

Patrick C. Walsh,


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