In today's context it seems that we are chasing for more paper qualification. It is true that with that paper makes us more knowlegable but does it weigh so heavily until I don hire the others that are less qualified? So far the argument is this. No degree not easy to find job - true. No PHD no do research - true. But no PHD in business management can run multinational company. Funny that technical ppl are subjected to such guidelines........ John --- William Chops Westfield wrote: > > On Jun 25, 2006, at 8:43 PM, dal wheeler wrote: > > > he'd be the first one to tell you its not the > easiest way to > > maintain a career. I've seen these people in > other companies > > and it is very difficult for them to change > jobs... > > That matches the experience of assorted friends and > relatives. In > times of significant company loyalty to the > employees, a non-degreed > engineer can do fine. But if, say, the Internet > Bubble pops, your > company goes Poof! (and with it your chances of > glowing recommendations > and identifiable accomplishments), and you find > yourself with a mortgage > and kids to support at the same time as thousands of > people with similar > skills, similar resumes, AND college degrees... > Well, you'd better have > a good nest-egg or many and/or wealthy friends. > > A 4 year college degree is probably worth 2 or 3 > years worth of "real" > experience (of the sort that it is very hard to get > when you're 18.) > It doesn't exercise the SAME skills as actual work, > but the skills it > does imbue aren't as worthless as some people think. > > BillW > > -- > http://www.piclist.com PIC/SX FAQ & list archive > View/change your membership options at > http://mailman.mit.edu/mailman/listinfo/piclist > __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com -- http://www.piclist.com PIC/SX FAQ & list archive View/change your membership options at http://mailman.mit.edu/mailman/listinfo/piclist