You could also be hiring the wrong people. Have you tried hiring Diploma graduates from some of the technical colleges? They usually come ready with the technical skills. after which their theoretical knowledge can be beefed up with evening classes<br>
<br><div class="gmail_quote">On Thu, Nov 3, 2011 at 8:41 AM, James Muendo <span dir="ltr">&lt;<a href="mailto:timrick@gmail.com">timrick@gmail.com</a>&gt;</span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex;">
Rad<div><br></div><div>very true.  Ask me i have had nightmares in getting a new designer intern. The tools(Photoshop et al) very great, but the thought process 0%. </div><div><br></div><div>Problems galore. </div><div><br>

</div><div>Regards, </div><div><div><div></div><div class="h5"><br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On 3 November 2011 13:34, Rad! <span dir="ltr">&lt;<a href="mailto:conradakunga@gmail.com" target="_blank">conradakunga@gmail.com</a>&gt;</span> wrote:<br>
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Amen to that.<div><br></div><div>I have always dreaded recruitment of developers and system admin because what the universities churn out is people who just know tools and not core fundamentals.</div><div><br></div><div>
For instance now am looking for guys to work on AI &amp; Machine learning software.</div>

<div><br></div><div>Tragedy does not begin to describe my findings.<br><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div><div>On Thu, Nov 3, 2011 at 1:27 PM, Phares Kariuki <span dir="ltr">&lt;<a href="mailto:pkariuki@gmail.com" target="_blank">pkariuki@gmail.com</a>&gt;</span> wrote:<br>


</div></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><div><div><font color="#000066" face="tahoma, sans-serif">I mean this well, but why do people insist on being hand held? <br>

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</font></div><div><font color="#000066" face="tahoma, sans-serif">The CS degree gives you the fundamentals, you are supposed to build atop that knowledge.</font></div><div><font color="#000066" face="tahoma, sans-serif"><br>




</font></div><div><font color="#000066" face="tahoma, sans-serif">If you paid attention in class, you would know some basics and all I would have to show you is the tools... e.g. If you studied the client-server model in campus, you should be able to understand the reasoning behind setting up PHP/MySQL/Apache. This is not the case however, people simply cram their way through four years, for the sake of the paper! </font></div>




<div><font color="#000066" face="tahoma, sans-serif"><br></font></div><div><font color="#000066" face="tahoma, sans-serif">The CS degree is supposed to give you a clue! Not the answer! It&#39;s supposed to give you an idea where you should start searching for the solution to the problem. We have a hand out culture, waiting for someone to give us the solution. Wikipedia is there, references and all, to direct you. Sad though that 1.5 years into the iHub&#39;s existence, we had to recreate the page, a couple of weeks back. We don&#39;t even contribute to Wiki&#39;s etc. No interest in knowledge, just the certification and money that comes from the same. </font></div>


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