On Fri, Oct 23, 2009 at 9:57 AM, Phillip Vector <vec...@mostdeadlygame.com> wrote: > I've seen allot of jobs require lately BA/BS and not accept experience > in it's place.
I think you will find that alot of these jobs requiring a BA/BS are in a more corporate environment where HR reps who know very little about technology are doing the initial resume sifting. A HUGE percentage of companies on Monster.com or other similar websites are going to be these big corporate entities, or recruiters - so if you are looking there, you'll probably see alot more of this requirement. You'll also find this in some other smaller companies, but typically a smaller company will make an exception if you truly are highly skilled at what you do and don't have a BA/BS. Lastly, I think that there is sometimes a distinction between just any ole 4 year degree, and one which focuses on technology. > What in your estimation is the percent of coldfusion > people who have these and do you have one yourself? None of us have a real way to measure this, and I would say that feedback from this list is probably skewed too since people who are self taught are more likely to seek out this list (since it's a mechanism for self teaching). > 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. I thinks 5% is wildly low. I have no idea what the statistics are, but I am very confident it's far higher than 5%. -Cameron ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| 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:327644 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-talk/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.4
