Re: Re[2]: Books and a balance (was: What's up with C++ (books)?)
Tanton Gibbs <[email protected]> Mon, 30 May 2011 11:56:13 -0700
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--0016e6de0464675b1504a482d75f Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 I think more employers *should* pay for that sort of thing. I make heavy use of the Microsoft Library and I think it is a nice perk for employees. Other companies that want to invest in their employees can do so by building out a library or sending their employees to conferences, etc... On Mon, May 30, 2011 at 11:34 AM, Bruce Hobbs <[email protected]>wrote: > While conducting employment interviews for clients many years ago I can > still recall the perplexed looks of candidates when we asked what technical > books or magazines they'd read or professional organizations they belonged > to. More than a few said they expected their employer to pay for all of > that. > --0016e6de0464675b1504a482d75f Content-Type: text/html; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable <!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.01//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/htm= l4/strict.dtd"> <html> <head> </head> <body style=3D"background-color: #fff;"> <span style=3D"display:none"> </span> <!--~-|**|PrettyHtmlStartT|**|-~--> <div id=3D"ygrp-mlmsg" style=3D"position:relative;"> <div id=3D"ygrp-msg" style=3D"z-index: 1;"> <!--~-|**|PrettyHtmlEndT|**|-~--> <div id=3D"ygrp-text" > =20=20=20=20=20=20 =20=20=20=20=20=20 <p>I think more employers *should* pay for that sort of thing.=A0 I m= ake heavy use of the Microsoft Library and I think it is a nice perk for em= ployees.=A0 Other companies that want to invest in their employees can do s= o by building out a library or sending their employees to conferences, etc.= ..<br> <br><div class=3D"gmail_quote">On Mon, May 30, 2011 at 11:34 AM, Bruce Hobb= s <span dir=3D"ltr"><<a href=3D"mailto:[email protected]">bruc= [email protected]</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote style=3D"borde= r-left-color: rgb(204, 204, 204);border-left-width: 1px;border-left-style: = solid;" class=3D"gmail_quote"> <div style=3D"background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"> <div><div><div><p>While conducting employment interviews for clients many y= ears ago I can<br> still recall the perplexed looks of candidates when we asked what technical= <br> books or magazines they'd read or professional organizations they belon= ged<br> to. 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