Owen DeLong <o...@delong.com> writes: > 1. When the only tool you have is a hammer, you try to mold every problem > into a nail.
Ack. > 2. When you only know a procedure for doing something and don't understand > the fundamentals > of why X is supposed to occur at step Y, then when you get result A > instead of X, your only options > are to either continue to step Z and hope everything turns out OK, or, > go back to an earlier step > and hope everything works this time. But procedures are important. How else can you get enough exper^Widiots working for little money. "Big Macs vs. The Naked Chef" is great: http://www.joelonsoftware.com/articles/fog0000000024.html > 3. Troubleshooting skills are limited to knowing the number of the > vendor's help desk. There are no problems! Can't be. And if there are they hire external experts. BTDT. Those are well paid jobs. Jens -- ------------------------------------------------------------------------- | Foelderichstr. 40 | 13595 Berlin, Germany | +49-151-18721264 | | http://blog.quux.de | jabber: jensl...@guug.de | ------------------- | -------------------------------------------------------------------------
