8th September 2005, 07:58 PM
Guys-the ubiquitous terms "I think" and "I feel" were used in my response to mean just that. My opinions on this thread are founded in my personal experiences so far. Being "plain wrong" would seem to infer that either I am just plain maelevolent (could never spell that) or worse-dillusional. Being "plain wrong" in the eyes of 1man1desk however is encouraging as this would seem to infer that He/She is lucky enough to work in an environment that is not exposed to the muppetry rampant in other sectors of the job! Eggy-(happy anniversary by the way!) it would be nice to know that those within the consultative/curatorial roles have indeed "done their time" and do in fact come from a ground-up background.I fear that this is not always the case-there are consultancies who do take on newly graduated/clean-handed staff, something I voiced concern over some time ago. Rather than go around in circles on this thread and indulge in finger-pointing (by me mostly[:I]), I hereby admit that one cannot possibly make sweeping statements about particular arms of the sector. I think that this demonstrates however, the wide variability in standards from one "company" to the next-all operating under the same umbrella. I think we`ve also demonstrated nicely the chasm between varying arms of the same body in terms of knowledge of the state of play in eachother`s camps. 1man1desk- I accept that perhaps for you and you`re company, my statements lack credibility and raise your hackles but, by the same scale, please accept that other eyes have very different views on the subject of consultants based upon individual experiences. I suppose that the bottom line for me here is that, we simply don`t communicate enough...probably because we see eachother`s roles as different languages? Something we should work towards changing? Oh for a joined-up and integrated profession.....