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Key EDS Witness Bought Internet Degree
An anonymous reader writes "EDS's key witness during the firm's court case against BSkyB was shown to have bought his degree online – but still managed to get a worse mark than a dog. Joe Galloway said he had a degree from Concordia College in the US Virgin Islands and gave detailed evidence on how he took plane journeys between the islands and attended a college there. But while questioning Galloway in court, Mark Howard QC managed to obtain exactly the same degree as Galloway from Concordia College for his dog 'Lulu' with one key difference – the dog got a higher mark."
"I blew a shitload of money, went into debt that I won't see a positive bank account 'til I'm around 50, to hell with what he can do or what he cannot, he does not deserve having it easier than me just 'cause he's good!"
(Not saying he is or he ain't good, just that this is the general sentiment I tend to feel when people wave their degrees around)
We used to have a Bill of Rights. Now, with the rights gone, all we have left is the bill.
I spent a lot of time to get my advanced degrees, but I have no illusions about their actual value. My real value comes from my work experience and successes in my field.
Just to take the devil's advocate position here: you essentially are implying that you learned nothing in school and could have had the same successes without taking the courses you took?
He said the piece of paper was worthless, not that the schooling was worthless. Of course, a lot of schooling IS worthless... but that's a separate conversation.
They didn't have very high English requirements at your school, I take it?
"You're right," Fisheye says. "I should have set it on 'whip' or 'chop.'"
As someone with no degree, who makes a shitload of money as a software developer, I can safely state that your 99% figure is pulled straight from your degreed ass. I'm even an independent contractor and I don't seem to have a problem getting gigs. I don't work with many other non-degreed developers (which are pretty rare) but I do work with people with all sorts of degrees that have little or nothing to do with Comp. Sci. Most people I have worked with in this business don't even look at the degree information unless they are hiring someone straight out of school because they realize it's worthless to determine worthiness. Degrees are used as a barrier to entry and nothing more. If you can find a way around the barrier, you're golden.
Are agnostics skeptical of unicorns too?