To buck the overall trend, Computer Systems Technology at Camosun College. I have seen professionals in our field ranging from Computer Science trained, to those with Doctorates in Paleontology. Its funny how most of the instructors (something like 75%) did not have degrees in either computer science or education.
From a practical standpoint, experience does count the most. I think, though, that a lot of companies use 'must have a a degree' as a brainless filter to try and weed out a large number of applicants. Its an attitude that has always been there. I personally believe that experience over education is what should really be considered when staffing. That, and communication skills. I've seen computer science people with Masters degrees who were terrible programmers, I've seen people with no computer science background being terrific programmers, and everything in between. I wouldn't even want to apply for a company that _requires_ a degree over experience, because if they are looking at the wrong criteria right off the bat, can you imagine what their attitudes towards doing business are like? Allen Souliere Phillip Vector wrote: > Just curious.. > > I've seen allot of jobs require lately BA/BS and not accept experience > in it's place. What in your estimation is the percent of coldfusion > people who have these and do you have one yourself? > > For me, I don't have any college experience and I would guess that > about 5% of the coldfusion community actually have a BA/BS. > > Has your experience been different? > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Want to reach the ColdFusion community with something they want? Let them know on the House of Fusion mailing lists Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-talk/message.cfm/messageid:327600 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-talk/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.4
