Since we're on the topic of jobs, I thought I'd ask. Is an education really as valuable in the computer field as it is in other fields? I've talked to a lot of people who have said: 1) They don't care if the person they're hiring has a degree or not as long as they know their stuff, 2) people graduating with degrees in CSci don't know what they need to to do their jobs, 3) they're gainfully employed as a network admin/high level programmer/other computer job, and they don't have a degree
and other stuff along those lines. I don't think #3 can be disputed, because I don't have a degree and I'm working as a programmer right now (in a job that's so flexible that I can sit here and read my email before I go into work every morning,) and I know several people who don't have degrees but do have fantastic jobs in the field of their choice. But what about the other two? Are there people on here who have a BS or MS in CSci who are finding that their educations haven't prepared them for the tasks their employers need from them? Thanks, Daniel ____________________ BYU Unix Users Group http://uug.byu.edu/ ___________________________________________________________________ List Info: http://uug.byu.edu/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/uug-list
