ServerWatch Staff

Thomas Shinder

Thomas Shinder

Thomas Shinder

Thomas Shinder

Thomas Shinder

Thomas Shinder

Thomas Shinder

Thomas Shinder

Deb Shinder Discrimination is a Full Duplex Signal (It Goes Both Ways) Ten years of making my way through the “man’s world” of policing to a position where I was supervising and training big, tough cops proved to me that it is possible for a woman to earn respect even in the most seemingly hostile […]

Deb Shinder What makes a job a profession? Traditionally, the “learned professions” have shared several characteristics: Self-policing associations that set standards, define entrance criteria, and discipline members who violate their guidelines Requirements for both higher education and occupation-specific training Standardized testing to measure knowledge/skills Requirements for on-going education and training A code of ethics that […]

Deb Shinder Should IT workers strive to become “professionals?” There are certainly benefits to being considered a member of a profession. More clearly defined roles, better guidelines on how the job should be done, and higher status are a few of them. On the other hand, there are also drawbacks associated with the professional model. […]

Deb Shinder Almost Everyone Starts Out as “Paper” Some regard “book learning” with such distain you would think no professional ever needed to, or should, consult a printed reference. It’s important to remember that most occupations require a mastery of two very different components: knowledge and skill. The first can be obtained from books; the […]