Your education level.

[Devek]

The ability to synthesize the information they gave you in combination with your past experience to give them something of value that an BA majoring in ancient italian cuisine wouldn't bring.

First Google result for "synthesize information" gives you

http://depts.alverno.edu/cil/mod3/orgsyn3.html

Pretty good start for 0.5 seconds of work.

You get a new job, and your first assignment is: Get laid by Angelina Jolie. See how much google can help you there!

Ask a crap question, get a crap answer.

First Google result for "sex tips for geeks" gives you

http://www.catb.org/~esr/writings/sextips/

[MisterBob]

You get a new job, and your first assignment is: Get laid by Angelina Jolie. See how much google can help you there!

Ask a crap question, get a crap answer.

First Google result for "sex tips for geeks" gives you

http://www.catb.org/~esr/writings/sextips/

Something tells me that if you tried that, you would still not be sleeping with Angelina Jolie.


The point is, yes Google can be a good starting point for basic information on something, but it sure as hell can't help you learn the intricacies of doing something difficult.

[aurik]

The ability to synthesize the information they gave you in combination with your past experience to give them something of value that an BA majoring in ancient italian cuisine wouldn't bring.

First Google result for "synthesize information" gives you

http://depts.alverno.edu/cil/mod3/orgsyn3.html

Pretty good start for 0.5 seconds of work.

Only a good start if you didn't already know what it meant to "synthesize information", which clearly you don't since you think this is a good start when really it isn't, at all.

[Tajin]

You can only google so much, until you actually have to move the thing you just pasted (example: a piece of code).

But hey, kudos to you if you can get a good job and can get by just using google, after all the world is big enough (read: there is enough dumb people with money) :D

[Devek]

You can only google so much, until you actually have to move the thing you just pasted (example: a piece of code).

Figure out what language the code is written in.. if you are not sure you can post samples from the code into Google and eventually some construct will point you somewhere that gives you an idea about what it is.

Go to Google and type it in the search bar.. next to it add the word "tutorial". Check the first few links out and follow the directions inside.

Boom.

[Lordwafik]

The ability to synthesize the information they gave you in combination with your past experience to give them something of value that an BA majoring in ancient italian cuisine wouldn't bring.

First Google result for "synthesize information" gives you

http://depts.alverno.edu/cil/mod3/orgsyn3.html

Pretty good start for 0.5 seconds of work.

You get a new job, and your first assignment is: Get laid by Angelina Jolie. See how much google can help you there!

Ask a crap question, get a crap answer.

First Google result for "sex tips for geeks" gives you

http://www.catb.org/~esr/writings/sextips/

If you had to google to get simplistic things such as those then I sure as fuck don't know anyone who'd hire ya.

[SephYuyX]

Only reason I put Certs with GED is because theyre both things you can study for a week, take a test on and get a paper.


As far as the google thing.. yeah a lot of things can be googled, everyone, even people with a dr use google to refresh themselves. Google = an online book, people have been doing the same before google, they can pick up a book, look for what they want and get it done. Its a nice reinforment tool as with a dictonary, encyclopedia, text book, etc, but it's just a tool. You need to have solid knowledge in order to make good use of tools. Im not going to hand off a job of building a house to a guy whose never had the experiance of actually building one. Sure he may had watched a few shows and how to's, but good luck getting the same quality as the guy whos gone to school and been an apprentice for years.

The difference is, aside from the obvious youre ignoring (companys want that piece of paper, gl getting a job without one), when you complete school you know what youre talking about, you have the ability to think on your feet and act. Each company, each network, each patient is different; problem with your network? want to google the answer? unless youre working for a small business, chances are that network is an unsafe generic pos. Gl knowing the ins and outs of everything, being able to work on anything that comes your way, and heres the trick, the ability to work on it fast AND improve on it. If your googling it your just looking at someones answers, you dont have a real clue whats going on and how to improve it and make it better.

Want something you cant google? what happens when [x] happens during [x] surgery and you only have 20 seconds to save the persons life.


Google is a great reference, it's great to see what others are doing, seeing what things work and what things fail. But sorry, saying you know how to use google to an employer wont cut it.

[aurik]

You can only google so much, until you actually have to move the thing you just pasted (example: a piece of code).

Figure out what language the code is written in.. if you are not sure you can post samples from the code into Google and eventually some construct will point you somewhere that gives you an idea about what it is.

Go to Google and type it in the search bar.. next to it add the word "tutorial". Check the first few links out and follow the directions inside.

Boom.

You should post that somewhere so that people can google it. Call it, "A 3-step guide on how to be a shitty coder, by Devek"

[SephYuyX]

Sure yeah, you may be able to pull some sort of code off, but is it efficient? Does it take up minimal space/size/run fast? Does it fit to the individual company specs? Probably not.

[Tajin]

Boom.

And i say again: Kudos to you.
Been there googled that :D.

There is another thing awesome about education you cant (your mileage may vary of course) get somewhere else: A good circle of friends with similar interests.

Can you google how to take out a coffemaker that is stuck in the wall socket? :wink:

[Skyylya]

I have a B.A. in Psychology and am studying for both the GRE and the MCAT's at the moment, gonna take both and see if i can go to med school like i want to, or just get a Ph. D in neuroscience.

[Devek]

Sure yeah, you may be able to pull some sort of code off, but is it efficient? Does it take up minimal space/size/run fast? Does it fit to the individual company specs? Probably not.

Maybe not from the first tutorial.. but when the need grows from simply moving code around there are reference you can find through Google to increase your skills as much as you need to.

There is a limited amount of knowledge you can fit inside your brain.. it just isn't possible to know everything at any one time and no jobs really prepares you for the next because everyone does things differently.

The ability to quickly pickup and learn new knowledge on demand is much more important than what you actually know because what you actually know is most likely to be irrelevant when you start a new job.

I bet I could pull off just about any basic task using any language or technology THAT WAS AVAILABLE TO ME within 24 hours if needed.

[Devek]

Can you google how to take out a coffemaker that is stuck in the wall socket? :wink:

Damnit.. lol, I can't.

Best I could do is maybe start with "electrical safety"... or use Google local search to hire an electrician.

[SephYuyX]

Yes, as I stated you go to school do the learning etc to get the know how, the experiance, the situations, etc, youre not always going to be able to recall everything sometimes, and thats what books are for, or in this case google. 'Geez I cant remember what that syntax was that fit perfectly with this' *does a quick google search of syntaxs* 'ah yeah thats the one, I remember it was formated wierd that'.

You usually also dont always have 24hrs to do it either, it's right now or we lose over 1mil$ in sales.

[Tajin]

I bet I could pull off just about any basic task using any language or technology THAT WAS AVAILABLE TO ME within 24 hours if needed.

The point is, yes Google can be a good starting point for basic information on something, but it sure as hell can't help you learn the intricacies of doing something difficult.

[Chips]

We have 8 doctors on these boards. :o

[Devek]

Nothing is going to teach you how to do something difficult in 24 hours man so I still disagree. I could learn anything difficult given enough time with Google..

Last week I learned how to encode/decode Intel's mod r/m bytes and that only took 2 days thanks to Google. Any other source would of took much much longer.. I imagine traveling to BFE and taking a class from Intel would of took much longer .

[aurik]

Nothing is going to teach you how to do something difficult in 24 hours man so I still disagree. I could learn anything difficult given enough time with Google..

Last week I learned how to encode/decode Intel's mod r/m bytes and that only took 2 days thanks to Google. Any other source would of took much much longer.. I imagine traveling to BFE and taking a class from Intel would of took much longer .

It was only easy because someone pre-digested the information and posted it on google for you. What do you do when you are presented raw information that doesn't have a digested/how-to'd form on google?

[Volken]

We have 8 liars on these boards.

Fixed. Cue "omg ur just jealous"

[Ace-o-fire]

Nothing is going to teach you how to do something difficult in 24 hours man so I still disagree. I could learn anything difficult given enough time with Google..

Last week I learned how to encode/decode Intel's mod r/m bytes and that only took 2 days thanks to Google. Any other source would of took much much longer.. I imagine traveling to BFE and taking a class from Intel would of took much longer .

It was only easy because someone pre-digested the information and posted it on google for you. What do you do when you are presented raw information that doesn't have a digested/how-to'd form on google?

you call up someone in india or china to do it?