October 27, 2005
Oct 27 Staff Development
I followed my earlier plan to bow out of the Solaris Group. I spent the balance of my time with a noob unix tutorial. I feel that a lot of things clicked right into place. I plan to develop this so that I'm able to assist with permissions across the domain.
Posted by crowej at 07:01 PM | Comments (0)
October 26, 2005
First Staff Development
While staff development actually occurred last week, I've not properly reflected until now. First I would like to thank Travis for the idea and Bill for giving his blessing. I don't know the last time that I saw the majority of the staff that charged!
I joined the group led by Shaun Gatherum. We installed Solaris 10. Whilst I think that it was an interesting exercise, I feel that I could have spent my time better. I think that the way I learn is not too well suited to group-learn. This is not to say that I do not appreciate working in a group. Indeed, it is my preferred method. When working with others in a job setting, I can work at whatever pace is needed. I can slow down for low-end users or ramp up for peers. Yet when I'm attempting to learn or retain a slew of new information, I need the flexibility to run at my own pace. When studying on my own (as in the case of the MCSA track) I would speed through reams of information, then stare at two sentences for what seemed like hours. At this point, if the staff development is learning, I'll try to work by myself. If it's goal-oriented project-based, then I likely work in a group. I hope that this doesn't disturb the chi of the enterprise :-)
I think that next (this) week I'll bow out of the Solaris group and focus upon learning Unix. I'll need to speak with Travis or Troy to get a decent goal(s).
Posted by crowej at 12:33 AM | Comments (1)