Re(2): FN-FORUM Skills summary on Freelancers.net

date posted 8th March 2000 10:10

On Wed, Mar 8, 2000, Peter Small [EMAIL REMOVED] wrote:


>The only issue I take with Dan's comments is when he says that it doesn't
>take long to grasp the concepts.


Actually, that was me *:)


>In my experience this is the biggest
>hurdle to cross. Concepts cannot be explained or described easily and it
>requires quite dramatic paradigm shifts to get into the right mind sets to
>be able to produce effective solutions (as opposed to eye candy gimmickery).



I didn't really explain myself too well. I was referring more to the
basic concepts of the web, as in, this is a link, this is how the web
gets it's power etc. I agree that to produce something 'effective' takes
more than just a cursory glance at whats out there, but from my
experience (the people that I've taught in a professional capacity)
people seem to be able to grasp the basic theory quite easily. Then
again, maybe i got lucky with the pupils I had.

I should have said that there is a lower barrier of entry. Compared to
say, brain surgery anyway *:)

G.