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Article #618158Re: Doubts about the HR departments that require knowledge of technology that does not exist.
From: maus
Date: Sun, 31 Dec 2017 22:44
Date: Sun, 31 Dec 2017 22:44
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On 2017-12-31, Jorgen Grahn <grahn...@snipabacken.se> wrote: > On Sun, 2017-12-31, Charlie Gibbs wrote: >> On 2017-12-30, Dan Espen <dan1...@gmail.com> wrote: > ... >>> I worked in lots of industries. >>> Knowledge of the business was NEVER an issue. >>> The skill is in prying the needed information out >>> of the users, not in knowing what they need beforehand. >> >> This assumes you can even talk to the users. If it is a >> political requirement that everything passes through an >> intermediary, things are inevitably going to get garbled. >> At my first job I finally got a chance to talk directly to >> the customer, and it was amazing how much we were able to >> clear the air. > > I sometimes wonder how many projects are saved by people cutting > through the red tape that way ... One great example was the Thatcher Government reducing the regulations on treating scrap meat before it was fed to animals. BSE, anyone, and try to find how many people died of it. Then we have the recent example of the tower block in london, in which many people died. > > ... Although once you understand a user's real needs, you're still > paid to tick off the official requirements. > >> Unfortunately, I had already handed in my notice, so there wasn't a >> lot I could do with the knowledge I gained. > > /Jorgen > -- greymaus.ireland.ie Just_Another_Grumpy_Old_Man
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