Timeline for Perception of purpose
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| Jul 26, 2010 at 21:09 | comment | added | Kara Marfia Mod | I disagree that beginner and professional are mutually exclusive. I've met extremely professional beginners and outrageously unprofessional IT veterans. The motivated and curious beginner gets a lot of respect from me - as do the people who take the time to mentor them. | |
| Jul 26, 2010 at 1:55 | comment | added | Thomas Owens | I have two problems with the [beginner] tag. First, it adds no meaning to the question - there is no standard definition of what makes something a beginner question (although some are obvious). Second, how do you define other levels of difficulty (there's more than just beginner and non-beginner) and where do you draw the lines? | |
| Jul 24, 2010 at 17:50 | comment | added | Warner | One of the defining differences I find between an entry level IT person and someone who is seeking for information in the wrong place is the language. Is what they're doing within the scope of what we do? Helpdesk != SF. Fixing Outlook without it being related to Exchange's operation is simply unrelated, IMO. | |
| Jul 24, 2010 at 17:48 | comment | added | Warner | I wholeheartedly agree and often find value with questions relating the fundamentals that a professional or entry level person is otherwise ignorant about. I found the question regarding twisted pairs particularly interesting. My exception comes with the use of beginner, which I find in conflict with the concept of a professional. Certainly experts and professionals can have less knowledge in a subject matter outside of their professional focus. I maintain that beginner questions have little value for Server Fault, as they easily fall under the Superuser umbrella. Again, I cite the FAQ. | |
| Jul 24, 2010 at 14:19 | comment | added | Kyle Brandt | I also think although the question is basic sometimes it is also fundamental. Re-articulating something fundamental in a deep way (going into it implications) can result in better answers than maybe the first google hits already out there. It also can help the person who answers the question to always review and revisit the fundamentals. | |
| Jul 23, 2010 at 19:10 | history | answered | Kara MarfiaMod | CC BY-SA 2.5 |