>Your value, though, is not the math background; it's how you add value >to something that's already being done. For example, computer >programmers can easily lose their job to India with or without a CS >degree. A good IT manager, however, is not so easy to find and a CS >degree can help you become one.
I don't believe for a second that school is a necessary component of business success. Can it help? Sure. Is it required? Hardly, just look at the U.S. software industry. Jane Jacobs has a great critique of higher education in her book, "Dark Age Ahead". Basically she says universities have given up true education in favor of "credentialing". >The US cannot compete with any job that's "neo-manual labor" such as >programming or accounting and keep its standard of living; the market >has other plans for those jobs. It used to be that you couldn't get >the education to do those jobs if you weren't western. That's over. Forget that. How about we outsource the CEOs for 10% of their salary? ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Flash for programmers - Flash MX Pro http://www.houseoffusion.com/banners/view.cfm?bannerid=56 Message: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=i:5:158182 Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/threads.cfm/5 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=s:5 Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.5 Donations & Support: http://www.houseoffusion.com/tiny.cfm/54
