High school. Been performing (well) in jobs "requiring" a masters degree for the last 4 or 5 years. Never had anyone balk at the lack of papers, perhaps due to the fact that i have a stable professional experience record with large corporations.
Like others, I've worked with people from GEDs to PHDs and found almost no correlation between education level and skill when performing in a team development environment. Another factor is how dated is the education. Who cares if I know PASCAL? Nobody! Does somebody who has a CS degree from 15 years ago know about iterative, agile development methodologies? Not from going to school, that's for sure. What have you been doing for the last 4 years? That's what people care about. -Tom Kinzer -----Original Message----- From: Charles K. Clarkson [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Sunday, December 07, 2003 9:34 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: [OT] Education Level Hello, A recent job posting has left me curious. I would never take a full time job as a programmer or as anything else for that matter. I just don't make a good employee any more. Been there. Done that. The job posting demanded a college degree. I had one semester of college 20 years ago and normally classify myself as "finished high school". I'm curious: What level of education have list members attained? TEA, Charles K. Clarkson -- Head Bottle Washer, Clarkson Energy Homes, Inc. Mobile Home Specialists 254 968-8328 -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <http://learn.perl.org/> <http://learn.perl.org/first-response> -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <http://learn.perl.org/> <http://learn.perl.org/first-response>
