Re: Informix Questions

Clem Spake: > > Whew! I hope you got your $0.02 worth. It's intended positively... And a very good $.02 to boot. I agree that ability to learn is much more useful than ability to parrot off memorized info - whatever the forum. I think this speaks a lot towards Helen Lawsons question as well - experience with one version of the product is going to shorten your learning curve time a great deal when dealing with other aspects/versions of the product. Is a test going to measure this - no. Anyone considering giving someone such a test has to understand that they are testing one minor aspect of the prospective employee's abilities. If you are looking for someone with a skill which you do not have such tests provide a means of verifying their claims to guru-hood. That doesn't mean that a sharp programmer who doesn't currently have the skills isn't going to be just as productive given a good manual set and a couple of weeks (or months) on the learning curve. As in all things (well, except Oracle) - weigh everything. cheers j. _____________________________________________________________________________ Jack Parker - Hewlett Packard, DMD/IS Boise, Idaho, USA jparker@hpbs3645.boi.hp.com _____________________________________________________________________________ Lysdexics Untie! _____________________________________________________________________________ Any opinions expressed herein are my own and not those of my employers. _____________________________________________________________________________