So, is the point of your story is that while you may not be a domain expert in a particular area of business, you could still write applications for that business domain...???

I would agree, but it still takes a domain expert to certify whether the programmer did a satisfactory job in meeting the requirements of the problem domain...


>John,
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>Time for me to bring up a story from my past. One that I think you'll find quite humorous.
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>A long time ago, in galaxy far, far away....I had received my BS in Accounting from Albany St. (NY), yet wasn't too enamoured of the Accounting profession. I enjoyed my computer classes. But at the time, early 80s, at Albany and many other schools, they were pretty much thru the school of math. I moved to Colorado and found a college in Denver that offered computer classes thru the school of business. So I went back to get another BS, working as a computer operator at nite, while going to school during the day.
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>One of the teachers at the college, Joe something or other, was a hard core cajun from Louisiana. He was pretty much laid back, but lost it one day. It was a class in Cobol, and he asked a question that was a basic question about Credits and Debits on the Balance Sheet. I knew the answer, from my Accounting days, but also from working with Accounting data.
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>I didn't feel like answering that particular question, and no one else in the class knew the answer. He started ranting and raving that if you didn't know the basic difference between a Debit and Credit, you really shouldn't be in an advanced Cobol class.
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>After class, I got into a heated discussion with some classmates. I firmly supported the teachers comments. Since I was now working in IS, I could see the results of someone trying to program without basic Accounting knowledge.
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>Anyways, to the point. You may be ranting and raving a little too much on your points. But, I think you are opening up some wounds with some folk who refuse to get their heads out of the sand. There's a lot to learn out there. And you better be ready to expand you knowledgebase, or get lost quickly.
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>PF
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>>It is about 60 today. Wearing shorts and loving it...
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>>I thought it was interesting that Payette's or Nelson's name was not mentioned.
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>>It was an amusing post...
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>>>>A few points..
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>>>>1. It is Petersen, not Peterson..
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>>>You'd think if he wanted us booted, he'd at least get the names right!
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>>>I didn't notice a misspelling in Walter's name, but I'm not the TE on this contribution.
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>>>...and a fine spring morning we're having up here in CT...the sun is shining, crocuses are in bloom and the first fear-maddened onrush of villagers has just charged up towards the castle gates, looking to burn the monsters out. Pity the nametags don't match up right!
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>>>How's the weather down in Paoli?