[48078] in North American Network Operators' Group
Re: list problems?
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Scott Granados)
Wed May 22 13:46:44 2002
Date: Wed, 22 May 2002 10:45:35 -0700 (PDT)
From: Scott Granados <scott@graphidelix.net>
To: Avleen Vig <lists-nanog@silverwraith.com>
Cc: <nanog@merit.edu>
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I'm not sure, someone who has a degree sometimes shows that they have
the ability to stick with something long term and complete it. I
realize that is an over generalization but it does show something. On
the other hand I can think of some good reasons why someone might not
have a degree but still be totally qualified.
On Wed, 22 May 2002, Avleen
Vig wrote:
>
> 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.
>
>
