list problems?

Wed May 22 17:45:35 UTC 2002

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.
> 
> 