tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-414482498098790205.post7554568526180937906..comments2023-05-18T03:46:07.779-06:00Comments on Questioning Software: Software Development Life Cycle ExplainedBen Simohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11448600123169359955noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-414482498098790205.post-50943216349946192562007-06-25T14:22:00.000-06:002007-06-25T14:22:00.000-06:00It's OK not to know what you don't know, but only ...<I>It's OK not to know what you don't know, but only a truly ignorant person does not know that there are things they don't know.</I><BR/><BR/>Exactly the reason my warning flags go up when someone claims to know all there is about something. That something is either very simple or the person is particularly ignorant.<BR/><BR/>There is always more to be learned.Ben Simohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11448600123169359955noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-414482498098790205.post-19021299866542647352007-06-25T14:16:00.000-06:002007-06-25T14:16:00.000-06:00When I was testing communications protocol impleme...When I was testing communications protocol implementations, I used to be be able to speak <A HREF="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/High-Level_Data_Link_Control" REL="nofollow">HDLC</A> and <A HREF="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SLIP" REL="nofollow">SLIP</A>. I never was able to understand the details of the <A HREF="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Forward_error_correction" REL="nofollow">FEC</A> algorithms. However, I did understand that putting the FEC in software on top of SLIP or HDLC was less effective than putting it in a hardware device below the software link layer. :)Ben Simohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11448600123169359955noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-414482498098790205.post-55687930202697572442007-06-25T14:04:00.000-06:002007-06-25T14:04:00.000-06:00On a more serious note, we're always learning new ...On a more serious note, we're always learning new lessons, so no expert would ever claim to have complete knowledge of their field. So anyone making that claim must be particularly ignorant. <BR/><BR/>It's OK not to know what you don't know, but only a truly ignorant person does not know that there are things they don't know.<BR/><BR/>Imagine a resume claiming "a full understanding of" performance, programming, Web 2.0, or management! If I were hiring, it would go straight into the circular file.Chris Loosleyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04900264140519802564noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-414482498098790205.post-22011962334432678452007-06-25T13:39:00.000-06:002007-06-25T13:39:00.000-06:00Maybe the person who claimed to know all about SDL...Maybe the person who claimed to know all about <A HREF="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Synchronous_Data_Link_Control" REL="nofollow">SDLC</A> was an ex-IBMer, like me. I remember that those networking specialists were pretty well trained on SNA :)Chris Loosleyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04900264140519802564noreply@blogger.com