On 18 Jun 2008 at 6:31, Denis Lefebvre wrote:

> 
> >After all we are Designers... not Tool specific users.
> 
> In theory you are right, but that is just not true in practice. 
> If you are looking for a job,see if you get an offer from an 
> employer that uses tool X when your recent experience is with tool Y.
> It just doesn't happen - even if you have many more years of relevant
> experience than the other applicants, dude, you ain't gettin' the job.

And don't forget another point: A CAD system change is one thing for 
an employed (or job changing) designer, but another thing for an 
independent design bureau.

If you are an employed designer, then your problem is "only" to learn 
the new tool.

If you are an independent design bureau (like me), it is directly 
your own money which you waste again and again, when the industry 
forces you to upgrade oder to change your _own_ system.

I can feel with these guys falling in panic, who own one of the 
systems which may be affected by that monster-merger.

Best regards
Matthias Mansfeld

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