> > Worsts of all, a college degree has become
> > a commodity; every idiot has one. Smart employers understand this,
> > and look at what you've done, and what you know.
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> I disagree somewhat.  While it's true anyone can buy a degree online,
a real
> degree does have some utility.  The bozo who bought a degree will be
spotted
> in the first 30 seconds of the interview.  It is about what you know,
not
> what the paper says, but the paper helps you get in the door.
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> If there are 100 applicants for a engineering job, most will have to
be
> weeded out with only a few seconds of effort.  That may not be right
or fair
> or optimum, but is reality when 100 people apply for a single job.
Tossing
> the ones without even a BS degree is a obvious shortcut.
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> However, I'll go further and say I like to hire people with a masters
degree
> for serious engineering positions.  In my experience, they just work
out
> better.  I don't think it's the extra education so much, but the
character,
> passion for the field, and drive to see it thru that is then applied
to real
> engineering tasks later.

My take on the UK situation, where the government decided some years
ago, that everyone should get a university education (yeah right!), is
that with the proliferation of people taking degrees, the 'new degree'
is membership of an appropriate society, such as the IEEE or similar
body.
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