Are You a Blue-Collar Or White-Collar Developer?

jammag writes "Some developers have gone to four-year universities, where they've also studied subjects like history and sociology, while other coders go to vocational schools and focus purely on writing great software. So why, asks a longtime developer, is there a stigma attached to not having a four-year degree, when 'blue collar' coders might be better trained? Why does the software industry keep emphasizing this difference — and generally giving better pay to four-year grads? Isn't being a developer about real skill level, not the piece of paper on the wall?"

Comments

Re:It's about social status...

[Anonymous Coward]

"Sounds like you're confusing education with schooling."

We all know dumb people with degree's, my point is just because someone went through school does not guarantee they are any good at what they do or that they learned much of anything while they were there.

The degree is about handing out marks of status, in my experience with people someone with a masters is not really better then someone with a bachelors. One simply had more persistance, endurance/ability to cheat amd money to pursue a mark of higher status.

Indeed. Do you happen to have one?

Re:proofreading for the college graduate?

[Hognoxious]

How does one "queue" awkward silence?

You tell it to get in line behind nervous ball-scratching and red face.

Re:Slaves wear collars

[Deagol]

A telecommuter I hope?

Re:gotta filter the applicants somehow

[wik]

Let me guess, you inadvertently also found the candidates who eat candy constantly while at their desks.

Re:No.

[hemp]

So your evidence that Google hires applicants without degrees is the fact that you don't have a degree and Google didn't hire you?

Hmmm....back to Boolean maths for you!