Comments on: Get Your Basic Electronics or IT Training in the Military http://itknowledgeexchange.techtarget.com/IT-ladder/get-your-basic-electronics-or-it-training-in-the-military/ Robin "Roblimo" Miller's tips for getting ahead in IT Sat, 12 Jan 2013 17:10:15 +0000 hourly 1 By: Wrash http://itknowledgeexchange.techtarget.com/IT-ladder/get-your-basic-electronics-or-it-training-in-the-military/#comment-22 Wrash Mon, 30 May 2011 20:34:15 +0000 http://itknowledgeexchange.techtarget.com/IT-ladder/?p=127#comment-22 Robin’s exactly right. I got my early electronics and computer training in the Navy. There were differences, though. While I have no aversion to firearms, the stuff that’s more fun includes the really big guns that can shoot and hit something miles away. Or missiles, now those are a LOT more interesting than a rifle. They make a bigger bang, too.

But what really mattered is that I learned about computers in the Navy, and I learned leadership. One critical thing I learned is that you can’t get people to willingly put their lives on the line just because you order them to. They have to believe in your leadership and your committment to them as their leader. It’s the best possible management training course.

- Wayne Rash

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