Re[2]: [ossig] (Fwd) STI News: Firm discovers good IT help hard to find

[Michael Choo <mikechoo@tm.net.my>]

Hi,

Monday, December 2, 2002, 7:49:39 PM, you wrote:

> Somehow this is right, unfortunately. Do not put too much blame on the
> tertiary education in IT, rather blame student attitude. If you bring -
> sorry to say - the average local student into the best of all possible
> institutions/universities, they will only ask for 'when can I get my
> degree, how can I get an A?' Everything is on A's. I use to ask them
> what the hell they expect from their careers if they leave university
> without knowledge, they will tend to tell you that A and degree is
> everything while knowledge is nothing. Knowledge is what you learn on
> the job, not inside the university.

That student attitude is fueled by the corporations and society.
All they want the degree for is just to get a job, that's it.

In this situation, force the knowledge into them, if it's coming out
in examinations, then they will have to make the attempt for their
"A"'s and hopefully some residue of the knowledge stays behind.

> You are not quite right w.r.t training. Onthejobtraining is important,
> but not everyone can afford to make the employees start from scratch.

If employees don't start from scratch, then where do they start?
We use the term "Fresh Grads" for a reason or has something changed?
Are we expecting WizKids instead?

-- 
Michael Choo  email: mikechoo@tm.net.my


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