On Saturday, November 5, 2016, Kamotho Njenga via kictanet <kictanet@lists.kictanet.or.ke> wrote:"The Merriam Webster Dictionary defines “profession” as “a calling requiring specialised knowledge and often long and intensive academic preparation”.Does IT/ICT, therefore, qualify as a “profession” or vocation? Yes, of course, it does."
Long and intensive academic preparation? In the knowledge economy/digital age, the length has been drastically reduced.Perhaps there needs to be a new definition of the term "profession" that takes into consideration things like e-learning and "YouTube university". ICT underpines every profession so a doctor can be an IT expert in the medical field. With all due respect, the ICT sector is still growing and there's going to be a whole lot of chaos, I mean, innovation, before order is brought.
Regards,
Mildred Achoch.
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