From: Paul Fernhout <pdfernhout@kurtz-fernhout.com>
Eugene -
This is a brilliant point. I've seen this sort of thing in several
organizations. This would really be a great area to apply many of the
Bootstrapping ideas.
Also, check out this link for a debunking of the myth of a software
shortage:
http://heather.cs.ucdavis.edu/itaa.html
The conclusion there is in part that companies are not investing in
retraining their older employees because of impatience and various
internal myths about the time it takes a good programmer to learn a new
skill.
-Paul Fernhout
Kurtz-Fernhout Software
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Developers of custom software and educational simulations
Creators of the Garden with Insight(TM) garden simulator
http://www.kurtz-fernhout.com
Eugene Kim wrote:
>
> From: Eugene Kim <eekim@eekim.com>
>
> Those of you in high-tech are probably aware of the IT worker shortage
> controversy and the related debate over H-1B visas. This is an
> interesting article that proposes the problem is not so much a shortage of
> workers, but rather poor management of the workers organization's already
> have:
>
> http://dailynews.yahoo.com/h/zd//20000329/tc/a_road_to_nowhere_85.html
>
> IT waste -- a phenomenon well-documented in numerous sources -- is a great
> metric for organizations not reaching their potential for solving complex
> problems. This seems to be an excellent target for bootstrapping.
>
> -Eugene
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