On Mon, Mar 24, 2014 at 5:08 PM, Justin Carmony <[email protected]> wrote: > It also demonstrates the ability to work on something & finish it
I used almost that exact phrase to someone many years ago when discussing the value of a degree. You may have learned absolutely nothing about your field in the years it took you to get a degree, but it does show that you were able to stick with it long enough and navigate the various hurdles to get the thing done. Think of it as the minimal possible value. All other things being equal someone with a degree was that going for them. Of course when comparing candidates for a job things are not usually equal. While I generally try to avoid being on the hiring team, I have developed a fairly good idea of what makes for good/great devs at the company I work for, at least from my point of view. Most of it echoes what has already been said ( experience, curiosity, passion, ability to learn, willing to dive in and try things, etc. ). -- Joseph Scott [email protected] http://josephscott.org/ _______________________________________________ UPHPU mailing list [email protected] http://uphpu.org/mailman/listinfo/uphpu IRC: #uphpu on irc.freenode.net
