--- Gerhard Fiedler <lists@connectionbrazil.com>
wrote:

> wouter van ooijen wrote:
> 
> > Another perspective: in a lot of cases I would not
> have achieved
> > anything without a fair dose of both. Does that
> count as 50-50? That
> > would not do justice to the fact that neither
> being a theory maveric (or
> > a practical man with 1k y experience) would have
> achieved anyhting.
> 
> I think this is exactly it. In many cases, you need
> a certain dose of both
> -- which cannot be expressed in which is more
> important, because both are
> necessary. 
> 
> Then there is the thing that even with a "theory
> dominates" job, it's
> usually the experience that tells you which theory
> to use and how to employ
> it -- and with a "100% experience" job, it's
> probably more often than not a
> dose of theory that lets you make good use of the
> experience :)
> 
> Gerhard

  Theory is always good. But without the application
of theory the mere knowledge of it is hopeless. Theory
helps the engineer to explains and design system
according to the laws applicable to the current
situation. All the theory in one's grasp does not help
one become a better engineer when he/she can't apply
it in the current domain problem.

John


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