> Yeah, we recently just fired a phd person after 9 months on the job 
> because all
> he could do was theorize.  He could spend days on end 
> discussing the pros and cons of clustered versus nonclustered 
> indexes (database world) but when 
> it came
> down to it, he couldn't get the database work done.
> 
> Really inteligent guy, could probably do well as a professor 
> somewhere, but out in the real world.....

Out in the real real world (at least in the one I have been in) such
persons where needed (although not in large numbers) to make the
decisions for the code grunts who could implementent anything as long as
they were told what to implement.

Wouter van Ooijen

-- -------------------------------------------
Van Ooijen Technische Informatica: www.voti.nl
consultancy, development, PICmicro products
docent Hogeschool van Utrecht: www.voti.nl/hvu
 
 

-- 
http://www.piclist.com PIC/SX FAQ & list archive
View/change your membership options at
http://mailman.mit.edu/mailman/listinfo/piclist