Sometimes I wonder if it really is worth it. The company that I work for (Xactware) won't even look at hiring you as a programmer if you don't have a degree. This I am fine with, the only problem that I have is that I am attending the lovely UVSC. I am in a "Unix" class that is supposed to be helpful, the only problem is the guy teaching it knows about as much info on Linux as my 5 year old niece (I think that she actually know more than he does). And most of my programming teachers don't know anything either. So again, I wonder why we have to pay $1500.00 to teach ourselves. I wouldn't mind paying the money if I had decent teachers... Maybe I should look at transferring to BYU... How are the teachers over there? Dallin
-----Original Message----- From: Daniel Crookston [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, October 09, 2003 10:18 AM To: BYU Unix Users Group Subject: [uug] Value of an education? 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 ____________________ BYU Unix Users Group http://uug.byu.edu/ ___________________________________________________________________ List Info: http://uug.byu.edu/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/uug-list
