And the classic developer vs. designer dilemma, code ninjas who are also design wizards are a rare breed but since most clients do not want to know that, a code ninja will end up using freecsstemplates.org or the design whiz will spend a lot of time at phpclasses.org.

Like has been mentioned in another thread, if only the two came together under a formal or informal coalition, splendid products could be created.

On Mon, Nov 23, 2009 at 1:42 AM, wesley kirinya <kiriinya2000@yahoo.com> wrote:

Hey Al,

You've just brought out the classic issue with IT work especially software. Now, people who have never done software dev and hardware installations and maintance assume it's a simple matter of patching things together and installing. Asking someone who develops your in-house software and manages hardware to also handle the website and it's updating is a recipe for trouble. Most software devs and hardware gurus can manage websites but the issue is time. Someone who manages a website e.g the Promos is more of a marketing person than a tech person, so I think those SMEs should shift the task to Martketing and Communications but not Tech.

O_O

--- On Sun, 11/22/09, Al Kags <alkags@gmail.com> wrote:

From: Al Kags <alkags@gmail.com>
Subject: [Skunkworks] Skill requirements and availability
To: skunkworks@my.co.ke
Date: Sunday, November 22, 2009, 9:37 PM

I was at an SME discussion forum in which SME's were talking about skill - or the general lack of multi-dexterous skill. At some point we were talking about the technological requirement of SME's.

Quite a number of them wished that they could have (relevant here) a techie who is excited about technology, who therefore has a genuine aptitude for hardware and software management, BUT ALSO is able to manage their website effectively managing copy, working out online promos and such.

Of course some might say that this is an unreasonable requirement. But I have learnt from people who have grown that specialisation is a good thing that limits all kinds of growth. They, those I have learnt from, became successful and top in their industries because they could wash dishes and cook gourmet meals... I.e. They could offer several unrelated expertise.

It occured to me to wonder: what's the prevailing view here?
Kags
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