On 6/16/06, Tom Sivak quoth: > >I'll probably take the Technical Exam one day. As Dave says, why >not? If you join the PTG and accept a lower status, I think that >says something about you as a person. But I will get very little >pride out of it. Tom, I think you're spinning this the wrong way. I think it is very worth while to join the PTG for the chance to associate with others in your trade who may know more than you, or may not, then you can help them, the regional and national seminars are always a ;earning experience no matter how much you know, the journal and this list are invaluable resources. Why not take pride in being a contributing part of a professional organization? I have never felt that status enters into it, or should enter into it. No doubt there are some out there who wear RPT like a badge and look down from some self defined lofty height on the lower classes but thats a very small minority, maybe Im just lucky that I have never met one. Since I joined in 1988 I have encountered only friendly, supportive people, some of whom are among my close friends to this day. After all, my wife just rolls her eyes at me when I start talking temperaments, we need someone to hang out with who will understand our obsessions. And by the way, I do have a life outside of work, mostly occupied by kids, true but also including music and fishing and neighborhood activism, very important in New Orleans these days. -- ----Dave ----------------------------- Dave Doremus, RPT New Orleans ------------------------------
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