They look for experience. Doesn't everybody know that? How else could I, with no other credentials than an Associates in Machine Tool Technology, get to be a SysAdmin at age 22? I started out as a just night-shift machinist, and over 4 years I had demonstrated to the powers that be that I was self-educated and capable of many useful services. Now I have the trusted position at the top of the food chain. (It really pisses off the older guys that went to school that I am their boss, even though I am only a machinist that never even finished high-school.) Anyway, the guys that tend to have a problem with meritocracy also tend to have MCSE's, (so they are easy to pick off =8), and I tend not to hire them if they like to boast about their "credentials". In my experience, a four-year degree is worth about as much as 1 year of real work experience.
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My version of calc.exe at work said "Error: Positive infinity".
MS must want people to think MySQL is REALLY expensive...
Does the world really need - Yet Another - explanation?
They look for experience. Doesn't everybody know that?
How else could I, with no other credentials than an Associates in Machine Tool Technology, get to be a SysAdmin at age 22?
I started out as a just night-shift machinist, and over 4 years I had demonstrated to the powers that be that I was self-educated and capable of many useful services. Now I have the trusted position at the top of the food chain. (It really pisses off the older guys that went to school that I am their boss, even though I am only a machinist that never even finished high-school.)
Anyway, the guys that tend to have a problem with meritocracy also tend to have MCSE's, (so they are easy to pick off =8), and I tend not to hire them if they like to boast about their "credentials". In my experience, a four-year degree is worth about as much as 1 year of real work experience.
Sorry to burst everyone's bubble...