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Re: list problems?
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Avleen Vig)
Wed May 22 11:53:41 2002
Date: Wed, 22 May 2002 16:53:08 +0100 (BST)
From: Avleen Vig <lists-nanog@silverwraith.com>
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On Wed, 22 May 2002, Andy Dills wrote:
> If you ask me, I think that this is analagous to the situation where some
> guy gets rejected at a job interview because he "doesn't have a degree",
> which is in truth just an excuse.
Actually (without hoping to trigger a flame war), there are a lot of very
large comanies, mainly in the US (mainly in the finanial sector or
eduction sector, and occassionaly in the defense sector), who DO refuse to
hire without a degree.
There are many good technical persons out there who don't have a degree.
There are almost many unemployeed technical persons who would make better
admins / engineers than some people I know who have degrees.
With the current situation, I see the following:
Proportionally here are more technical people in jobs WITH degrees than
without
People with degrees have more experience, and get farther
I believe the latter reason is because more people hire candidates with
degrees. Vicious circle.
Not hiring people who don't hold degrees is fast becoming a policy matter.
The reasons for it are numerous. Very few (IMO) are 'good' reasons.
