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Article #618178Re: Doubts about the HR departments that require knowledge of technology that does not exist.
From: Gene Wirchenko
Date: Mon, 01 Jan 2018 01:06
Date: Mon, 01 Jan 2018 01:06
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On 31 Dec 2017 14:54:25 GMT, jmfbahciv <See....@aol.com> wrote:
>Gene Wirchenko wrote:
>> On 30 Dec 2017 14:40:39 GMT, jmfbahciv <See....@aol.com> wrote:
>>
>> [snip]
>>
>>>Are you kidding? They would have to know enough to talk to the
>>>experts who do the work. Chemistry and physics in the real
>>>world have rules, no matter how the software is written.
>>>If the software messes up just a little bit w.r.t. the chemistry
>>>of cement, the entire batch has to be dumped.
>>
>> If a programmer does not know enough to talk to subject matter
>> experts, he is incompetent.
>
>Consider mixing cement. Pounds, pints, and feet won't be used. The
>expert wouldn't think of mentioning this because it's a basic of
>doing chemistry. The programmer would have to know enough about the
>business to use the correct conversion units.
Or to ask.
Sincerely,
Gene Wirchenko
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