i was browsing top5jam when i realised that wherever you go on the web, someone somewhere is misinforming you as to what they are about. ever notice that?
lets have a virtual look rather than point out any one thing in particular.
lets say you see a web site that says system technologies. now what would you expect to find when you go there? personally i would expect to find some kinda hardware which in some way helped systems. reality is, when you arrive there looking, you prolly find find its a web designing company. no hardware and certainly no system analysts, technicians or engineers. this is a regular occurance.
lets try some more.
you go looking again and there is a site with either digital or technologies attached and you think, wooohoooo, electronics. nope, sorry, you will actually be lucky if there is one of the myraids of services that actually do anything related to what digital or technology means.
the next up on the list is engineers. yep, thats right, engineers today can be anybody, from the person that writes a web page right back to the person that washes your car. however, in between, the real ppl that get stuck in with machines( for that is where the word is centred around, ie engine and ingenuity) just doesnt exist in numbers in the very description.
so i think im gonna go on a crusade, by emailing any company that sits on the web with a misleading name.
i can see it now....
so what technology do you sell? is it an electronic device or a mechanical one........oh no, its nothing like that......i see,.so what do you actually make then that is some how powered?......oh, its web sites and its powered by java and php with some html, shall we tell you about our hot specials on asp and cgi based databased engines sir?........NO, GWEY......facey ppl, wha uno tek dis ting fah, afta uno caa deferentiate between web designer and design engineer uno expect mi fi trust uno...... oh no sir, but we can integrate all you companies ideals in one hell of a front end...... ;D
i know i wont win but hey.....its worth the fun at least.
so anyone willing to tell me the difference between an information technologist, network engineer and a technician??