RE: FLASH: Selfish (Sidenote)

[patrickf]

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> ** Original Subject: RE: FLASH: Selfish (Sidenote)

>

** Original Sender: Daniel Guerrier <dan_guerrieryahoo [dot] com>

> ** Original Date: Tue, 29 Feb 2000 17:36:32 -0500 (EST)


> ** Original Message follows... 


>

> At the risk of alienating myself right of the list, I

> have something to get off of my chest.  I've noticed

> that many (not all) of the more advanced flashers on

> the list are extremely selfish.  How you ask?

> I've seen many newbie to intermediate flashers post

> messages that ask for some sort of internship or

> mentoring that would give many flashers what they

> need, real world experience.  Yeah we read the books,

> and visit the tutorial websites, but lets face it. 

> 99.9% of the books don't go beyond the intermediate

> stage, and for some, learning by looking at complex

> fla's with little documentation can be a daunting

> task.

>    However each time a request for experience in a

> live 

> production environment is requested.  It either falls

> on deaf ears or is answered with a condescending reply

> that comes short of saying "go to hell."  A recent

> posting to the list for a job said, and I quote "If

> you're a newbie, or someone who read the books and

> worked with Flash at home and are looking for

> experience, don't call."  Where do we go after the

> books and home study if nobody is willing to give a

> person a chance to move up in the flash world?  I'm

> not 

> saying that you should grab any knucklehead off of the

> street and put him/her on a high profile account; not

> at all.  Give him/her small personal assignment that

> illustrates an aspect of flash that may that is not

> covered in books, you know, show him/her the ropes. 

> 

>    My only question is why?  Why are you so selfish?

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