i had the opportunity to be in a small organization that repairs public coin & card phones (PCCB) about 10 years ago. i met one senior technician who had the opportunity to attend training in some other part of the world, directly from the manufacturer. when he came back, we were proud to have someone in the company who were expert and could maintain and repair complex technical problems. but he's the only person who had that knowledge because he refused to train others even though i asked him to do so, nicely. he claimed that it was so complex that other junior staff would not be able to cope with the complexity of the technical problems .
i was so mad and told him to mark my word that the complex task that he claimed and was doing would be taken over by low level employees from less developed countries. i left the organization after a few month.
i met the man a few years later. i believe he couldn't escape me therefore i had the opportunity to ask him what had happened at the old place? he told me that the place was sold to a private company. i did my own research and found out what i mentioned to him a few years back had already happened.
a simple explanation would be that technology changes with a blink of an eye. some task that you might be proud of doing today might not be there anymore in a matter of a couple of years. so don't keep your knowledge to yourself because it will not do any good to you. otherwise, if you share, you will unexpectedly learn something new yourself. so please do share..
No comments:
Post a Comment