Quote Originally Posted by Mr Cob View Post
Yep! An IT mentor I had once, told me; "If someone asks if you can do something, say....sure, then go home and learn how to do it and DO IT". Obviously that doesn't apply to everything in IT and isn't meant to sell the professionals short of their skillsets that they've spent the last 10 years perfecting...but it is part true for most everything IT related. Software is a great example of this. If you are resourceful you can learn most any program overnight at least to the point that you can wing a few projects and learn the rest on the fly.

But, some people just aren't technical and would find the above scenario difficult. I kind of think if you can't teach yourself something related to the IT field then it probably isn't for you.
I have to disagree with you here. I guess it depends on the software but there is a ton of stuff that's complex and even the smartest people can't learn it overnight. For example, if you don't have any experience with SQL, you're not going to be able to read an Oracle book overnight and go be a DBA the next day, even if you try to wing it. Same with Linux or UNIX. If you've never missed with Linux, I don't care how fast you read and how smart you are, it's going to take you more than a day to learn. It's not just a matter of learning where to click in these apps. There are a lot of concepts that need to be learned and that takes time.