Re: [tlug] Re: An instructional target of opportunity?

[Curt Sampson <cjs@example.com>]

On Sat, 28 Apr 2007, Shannon Jacobs wrote:

> ...but I certainly don't mean to imply that there are no female
> experts. Actually I would even lament their scarcity, but that's
> getting too far off topic.)

I would say that they're not scarce at all: look at the field of nursing
for example.

Which reminds me, one of the best books I've ever read about developing
software (!) was Patricia Benner's _From Novice to Expert: Excellence
and Power in Clinical Nursing Practice_. I'd recommend that anybody who
manages software developers read this.

> However, with a bit of practice, many experts can learn to display
> their expertise for the camera in a way that requires little editing.

Someone with experience pair-programming would probably be fairly good
at this.

cjs
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