| > I suppose if you've got some idea you're relentlessly devoted to enacting, you'll either end up learning this stuff or failing. I agree with this. > The real problem is when you're someone like me who is long on technical chops, and short on actual business ideas. Its not about technical acumen, or about business ideas, its about the desire to learn and grow beyond what you already know. Its very, very hard to select for people like that. You have to tease it out of people over time, and few of us have the time needed for that. > I just don't see where all this stuff is going to be taught in an on the job training kind of environment. As I previously mentioned, I think apprenticeships are the way to go (apprenticeship/internship sort of environment, with acceptable pay). This is how I hire and train DevOps/Systems-Network Admins; I bring people in with 1-3 years of Linux experience (or even no experience if they show the desire to learn), and I teach/coach. > Kudos to you for learning all of the above yourself to build your business rather than in school. Thank you. We all take different paths. Some days I wish I had had the resources to go to college (MIT was my first pick, but couldn't for family reasons). If you're ever in Chicago, coffee is on me. Email in profile. |