[kictanet] Who speaks for the ICT professionals in Kenya?

[Barrack Otieno]

Matunda nailed it. Whichever association you are in make sure it makes
the ICT scene better.

Best Regards

On 5/8/14, Ali Hussein via kictanet <kictanet at lists.kictanet.or.ke> wrote:
> +1 Matunda
>
> Ali Hussein
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> have a generation of idiots".  ~ Albert Einstein
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>> On May 8, 2014, at 9:56 AM, Matunda Nyanchama via kictanet
>> <kictanet at lists.kictanet.or.ke> wrote:
>>
>> Friends,
>>
>> This is a good discussions.
>>
>> But can you really consider ICT in the same terms as medicine,
>> engineering, law, accounting, etc.?
>>
>> Consider that some of these professions have been around for centuries,
>> have evolved codes/practices/ethics that have allowed for standardization
>> (and hence regulation), mainly as a consequence impact on
>> safety/lives/economy/etc. ICT, despite the speed with which it has allowed
>> things to change, has yet to get there to be at par with some of these
>> professions. Example: the core ICT subject matter expertise is not agreed
>> across the board, although there is tendency towards convergence over the
>> last 30 years. I have seen such disparate BScs in computer
>> science/engineering with astounding variance! Amazing!
>>
>> CSK's role was cut to help the profession mature in the country. It should
>> do more and live to expectations. I have also seen a few names recently,
>> mainly driven from private sector interests.
>>
>> My guess: we're on an evolutionary path where the fittest will survive;
>> fittest defined by terms like adaptation, innovation, relevance, etc.
>>
>> Shukrani.
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