>> Take two developers of roughly comparable intelligence, age, experience, etc. One has been working in Fox for years....the other has been working in Fox, then moved through maybe 2-3 major cycles of .NET and SQL Server. Both are asked to learn tool XYZ....who do you think is more likely to get up to speed quicker?
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>You refer to the first one, am I right? I guess the other one by now got burnt after endlessly switching directions, biting the bullet/dust, following the pack/money. That's the first one who will embrace the XYZ as a gulp of fresh water asking himself what I've been doing all these d* years.
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>But jokes aside, your XML friend is 100% right. IT specialist not engaged in constant learning is
no better than GP doing the same.Great analogy!!!! Now THAT's scary....
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