[SystemSafety] professionalism

Chris Hills safetyyork at phaedsys.com
Thu Feb 20 17:20:01 CET 2014


Strangely the same thing cropped up here in the UK.   I was having my hair
cut and beard trimmed (to make me look 50 years younger J . I commented to
the hair dresser that that the beard trimmer she had looked a lot more
substantial than my 50 GBP one.  Her comment was that: Her beard trimmer
cost over 250 GBP and was a *professional* tool.  She would not be seen dead
using home or consumer tools.  She (and indeed the rest of the staff) had
various diplomas on the wall of the salon. 

 

However in the UK SW developers go for cheap or free tools at every
opportunity. Cost rather than quality seems to over-ride.   Also I have yet
to see a wall of diplomas and certificates in a SW development office.  I
know one person who put his C.Eng certificate in a frame on his desk (mid
1990's) and everyone laughed at him..   I did not display mine (I was in a
in a different team)   as most of the team did not take C.Eng seriously, nor
membership of the BCS or IEE (now IET)  

 

Why is there such inverted snobbery in most of the Sw world?  I blame Clive
Sinclair! 

 

Regards

   Chris 

 

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Subject: Re: [SystemSafety] professionalism

 

 

I should add that one weirdness in the US is that hairdressers/beauticians
are subject to far more rigorous requirements to practice than software
developers. And I heard from a friend whose brother is a book binder that
book binders have a rigorous multi-year apprenticeship program.

 

It takes me back to my earlier comment about being "an industry of highly
paid amateurs". Sigh...

 

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