真实世界经验的价值?

几个星期前，在课堂上出现了一个话题:现实世界经验的价值与只知道课本上的东西的价值。无论你是培训师还是应聘IT工作的人，这都适用。你必须有现实世界的经验——在很多情况下，没有证书你也能混得过去——但是没有实践经验你就不能工作。我们都认识这样的人，他们得到工作是因为他们有纸质证书，可以“说到做到”，但却依赖别人来完成他们的工作。就在几年前，我不得不与一个拥有纸质证书(没有实际经验)的人共事，他不能执行最基本的计算机任务，比如安装一台打印机，之后再与他人分享。这是一项基本任务——没有人要求他们将一个B类网络划分为18个不同的子网。有趣的是，我们报告的那个人认为这个人是最棒的，可能是因为他们可以在冬天把冰箱卖给爱斯基摩人。但我离题;关键是，我们需要有现实世界的经验来有效地工作，并寻求晋升。那么问题就变成了——一个刚进入IT领域的人如何获得经验? This can be difficult as it is in any field where one is trying to get ahead, or just get into the field. One place is to offer your services to a non-profit agency. They are usually cash-strapped and cannot afford to pay much for an IT person to come in and work on their system(s). This also holds true for churches as well. You might also look as internships – an excellent place to get gain experience. These all can be used to enhance your current skill set and make some contacts as well. There is only so much one can glean from a book or listen from an instructor in the classroom before you must work with a production system. Understanding theory is important, but theory and the realities of a production network are many vastly different. The option of wiping a troublesome system, as you may have done in the classroom, is not a viable option in most production environments. Just tell your boss that since you are having issues with DNS you want to wipe and reinstall the Domain Controller just as you did in class…your boss will be laughing all the way to the door as he escorts out. Knowing how to troubleshoot only comes with time and experience! While classroom learning is instrumental to entering the IT field or further education, it cannot be used as a substitute for hands-on experience.