[thelist] Do they know what they are doing?

[Peter Small]

Ron Luther wrote:

>Pick an area of human endeavor --- any area --- your choice ..... Business?
>.... Sports? .... Love? ... Literature? .... Gambling/Handicapping? ...
>Lawmaking? ... Fellow drivers on the freeway? .... Browser Manufacturers?
>.... International Computer Standards Bodies? ..... Olympic Organizing
>Committees? ..... whatever you want ....
>
>{Caveat/Note ... this group you select must involve more that ... oh ...
>lets say ... three .... people.}
>
>Now convince me that everyone involved ... everyone "empowered" in the
>primary decision making process .... IS competent!
>
>
>I think you see the point!
>
>
>... You were thinking the web should be different, maybe? ... Oy!
>
>


Hi Ron,

I'm not expecting everyone to be competent. That wasn't the point I was
making. It just seems, from what I'm hearing everywhere, that the complete
solution providers (as opposed to the technical specialists) have an
extremely high proportion of people who don't really know what they are
doing. Unlike most other business areas, the incompetent seem to be the
vast majority.

I'm not stating this as a fact. I'm just looking for confirmation as to
whether this proposition is true or false (with maybe an anecdote or two
thrown in).


peter
www.petersmall.net