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Subject:Re: Tool knowledge versus Task knowledge From:Linda Holder <Linda -dot- Holder -dot- lholder -at- NT -dot- COM> Date:Mon, 5 Oct 1998 13:30:54 -0400
Horace,
In your response to Michael Andrew Uhl regarding his ability to solve
technical production problems quickly, you wrote:
> Mike, If that's what they hired you for, one fine day they will realize
> that what they really needed was a temp who could do that for a lot less
> than they pay you. Then where will you be?
>
No, a temp couldn't do that task. They tend to be less skilled with only a
basic familiarity with the tool. The temp would have probably taken an hour
to do the task Mike did in 5 minutes -- and probably foul up the job so bad
that it would be impossible to edit on the next pass. Pay the temp less --
per hour, perhaps, but in terms of ultimate cost in productivity to the
corporation -- way more.
