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Wed May 22 15:53:08 UTC 2002

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.