Re: FN-FORUM profession??

date posted 29th September 2002 14:59

I think you've proably hit the nail on the head here.
Though I'd have gone for the word craft - sounds nicer - especially when it
comes to the design side of things.


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Mmmm. Perhaps part of the reason for al this is that most of the IT
"professions" aren't professions at all, but trades. So an apprenticeship,
official or otherwise, is more appropriate--and that's what most people get.

And HTML is just so very similar to using Wordstar or PC Write al those
years ago...

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> > You've hit upon it with the examples you chose; both of them require
> > (post?)-graduate qualifications and a certain amount of time practicing
> "in
> > the field" before qualification.
> >
> Quite, although solicitors really piss me off because they keep a spurious
> air of professionalism about things like conveyancing and drawing up a
will,
> that any competent person can do, with no legal training whatsoever.
>
> > > ...is there ANY other profession where someone without any experience
at
> all
> > > considers themself a part of that profession?
> >
> This part of the question was partly rhetorical, because we've had plenty
> examples of things people have done without formal training. My point is,
> perhaps we try to dignify webdesign/development with the title
'profession'
> when actually it is just a 'job'?
> Without getting into a semantic muddle about the terminology, does anyone
> see a way to make the industry more respectable/formally recognised? We
have
> organisations like the UKWDA who are widely regarded as a joke, as anyone
> with a copy of Front Page can get their accreditation. And how would we
deal
> with the many talented, or at least competant, people in the industry who
at
> this time, have no training other than a few years of experience - would
you
> go back to college?
>
> Maybe we shouldn't care, as the cowboys and 'fly by nights' will not last
> any longer in this industry than most of them do in others. As long as we
> keep our standards up, and demonstrably so, we will get the work and be
able
> to charge a decent price for it.
>
> Anyway, enough of my ramblings, Paul
>
>
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