Quoting Daniel: >>> [EMAIL PROTECTED] 10/09/03 10:18 AM >>> >1) They don't care if the person they're hiring has a degree or not as long >as they know their stuff,
That depends largely on the organization. Working for a school district, I've reached a point where I can no longer advance without a degree. It's an _absolute_ rule. They'd rather hire an unqualified person w/ a degree than a qualified person w/o a degree. You can chalk it up to the culture of an educational institution like a school district, or just that it's your tax dollars at work -- but that's the way it is, here. Additionally, in a employer's market like we now have, companies will look for _any_ reason to shorten the thick stack of resumes they receive for every opening. >2) people graduating with degrees in CSci don't know what they need to to do >their jobs, In my opinion, formalized education alone rarely fully prepares you for the "real world." That's true in more industries than just CS/IT. I don't know if educational instituions just can't keep up w/ the industry, but I _have_ seen many graduates that have absolutely no clue how to solve real problems. However, I firmly believe that an education is required to be successful as an IT professional. Whether you get it from formal schooling or not, you WILL get educated, or you'll wash out of the industry. >3) they're gainfully employed as a network admin/high level programmer/other >computer job, and they don't have a degree Yup. Dave ____________________ BYU Unix Users Group http://uug.byu.edu/ ___________________________________________________________________ List Info: http://uug.byu.edu/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/uug-list
