[kictanet] ict practitioners bill is back

[anyega jefferson]

One of the most beautiful thing about code, has been the fact that anyone,
a janitor, a driver, a young kid, a nurse, watchman, anyone, can, if they
love it badly enough, grab a set of books and tutorials, and teach
themselves and create something. If it doesn't work, it doesn't work, but
when it does, it changes their lives, and maybe, adds value to the target
market/environment. Please don't take that away, in a quest for  fulfilling
the desire to control, once upon a time, to be an innovator you needed the
patronage of kings, may we not be taken back there, anyway, even if, its
tried, it wouldn't work, if someone has all resources they need to learn
something, they will do it,

On Mon, Dec 18, 2017 at 5:58 PM, Ngigi Waithaka via kictanet <
kictanet at lists.kictanet.or.ke> wrote:

> My take,
>
> Some things are just ridiculous..
>
> You have a HR Administrator, A Programmer, Office Administrator, an IP
> Lawyer, a sweeper, a Cyber Security expert all five working for:
> a)A banks IT department
> b) An insurance firms IT department
> c) A manufacturing firm IT department
> d) An IT consulting business
> e)A software engineering firm
>
> Give me one set of laws regulating them?
>
> You regulate individuals in *professions* not in an industry. Thats why in
> a bank, the HR Administrator gets regulated by HR association etc, Lawyer
> gets regulated by ISK, the Programmer (based on whatever courses he's taken
> and/or experience etc) by their respective bodies and/or experience etc
>
> In an industry, you regulate final products and/or final services
> delivered!
>
> Now, what are some of the professions we have in the software industry?
> 1. Programmers / developers
> 2. System Administrators
> 3. Database Administrators
> 4. Enterprise Architects
> 5. UX Designers
>
> Now, try making a common regulation for those 5 out of a possible
> hundreds...
>
> Finally, for those us in software, you will agree its more art at some
> point than science, so how do you regulate art?
>
> Do you tell Picasso he can't paint because he wasn't certified as an
> painter? Do you tell Franco he can't sing because he wasn't certified as a
> singer? Do you tell a young Bill Gates he can't write software because he
> wasn't certified in computer science?
>
>
> Regards
>
>
> On Sun, Dec 3, 2017 at 4:57 PM, Watila Alex via kictanet <
> kictanet at lists.kictanet.or.ke> wrote:
>
>> EricKigada: Kenya’s controversial ICT Practitioners Bill 2016 to be tabled in parliament againtechmoran.com/kenyas-controv…https://twitter.com/EricKigada/status/937309893954031616
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> sector in support of the national aim of ICT enabled growth and development.
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> online that you follow in real life: respect people's times and bandwidth,
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Anyega M Jefferson

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0703824326

Start where you are,use what you have and do what you can.
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