In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, Alex Martelli <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >Giving outstanding contributions to open-source projects or others made >feasible by the internet is, of course, another "hard to fake signal" >in terms of asymmetric-information markets. And of course, Google will >happily accept resumes from such "stars of open source". For example, >Eric Raymond has no university degree, but, were he to apply for a job >at Google, rest assured that his resume would be happily considered, >under the "or equivalent" clause of many of our job offers. Of course, >Eric is "outstanding among the outstanding", but similar considerations >may apply to many lesser stars in the open-source firmament.
Side note: I don't have a degree, and I interviewed at Google several years ago. I'm about 97% certain that my lack of degree played little role (if any) in my failure to get a job offer. -- Aahz ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) <*> http://www.pythoncraft.com/ "19. A language that doesn't affect the way you think about programming, is not worth knowing." --Alan Perlis -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
