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     Someone wrote:

     > The CIPS President speaks of taking individual, personal
     > responsibility for one's own continuing education and training.
     > Admittedly this is very difficult, or at least I find it to be so.

     This trend is happening in every industry, not just computer-related.
     I belong to the learning-org mail list and the need for every
     individual to become 'employable' and start acting like they are their
     own company is a trend away from the job, away from being owed a
     living, to a more self-employed attitude.

     > in order to maintain one's "professional" certification one will be
     > required to complete formal courses regularly, and to pay for them.

     I wonder how many of us would be happy if, we went to the doctor, and
     found out they would just wing it, or try to remember what they
     learned in medical school 25 years ago, combined with their practice.
     I for one would prefer seeing a doctor who is continually investing in
     their profession and keeping up-to-date.

     If IT is going to become a profession, there has to be some onus of
     keeping current with the technology.  To keep an ISP designation,
     keeping current is mandatory.  Annual exams may be superflous in the
     future.

     Gary Scherling
     Helping people help themselves
     http://ourworld.compuserve.com/homepages/GScherling_GMS_TPN