Einstein was 26 and working at a
patent office when he submitted his first scientific paper on the structure of light, then the well known E=mc.
(no education)
I don't think I have enough room for Edison's credentials here.
(no education)
You get the point and there are many more of these examples throughout history.
"It provides a way to keep score. If you are doing good in school in relation to others in your field than you are good at what you do. If you do badly in relation to others, you are bad at what you do. "
What the hell is this? How does a degree help rate you aginst someone in your field? So, if someone doesn't have a degree and they are more proficient than you, then you are REALLY bad at what you do.
People can also be GREAT test takers and poor performers. Ever study for a test and then forget the material by the next week?
I have suffered through three different AAS degrees, but a four-year college will only transfer 19 of those credits. I have attended 1.5 years of a traditional college, giving me a grand total of roughly 160 credits. I also have years of real world experience in human interaction that should be mandatory for all IT/CS people.
I have completed an internship with a young man who completed a CS degree and I could whoop his ass around a IT system. Then, at hire time, they hire me, but because I don't have a "piece of paper" that has BS credentials on it, they give me 10G less than what they would have given him!
How does your piece of paper, extracted from a tree in the boonies and represents roughly 120 credits of academia, make you more valid than the person who has busted their butt over a long period of time, has "real-world" experience and would like to make the next step or "fast-tracking", as you call it, as painless as possible?
Just for..oh jee whiz...
I also have a friend that has no degree and is the CTO of a company. He REFUSES to get a degree or certs, claiming, "they are for people who are lacking real skill and need paper to validate their existence."
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Einstein was 26 and working at a
patent office when he submitted his first scientific paper on the structure of light, then the well known E=mc.
(no education)
I don't think I have enough room for Edison's credentials here.
(no education)
You get the point and there are many more of these examples throughout history.
"It provides a way to keep score. If you are doing good in school in relation to others in your field than you are good at what you do. If you do badly in relation to others, you are bad at what you do. "
What the hell is this? How does a degree help rate you aginst someone in your field? So, if someone doesn't have a degree and they are more proficient than you, then you are REALLY bad at what you do.
People can also be GREAT test takers and poor performers. Ever study for a test and then forget the material by the next week?
I have suffered through three different AAS degrees, but a four-year college will only transfer 19 of those credits. I have attended 1.5 years of a traditional college, giving me a grand total of roughly 160 credits. I also have years of real world experience in human interaction that should be mandatory for all IT/CS people.
..oh jee whiz...
I have completed an internship with a young man who completed a CS degree and I could whoop his ass around a IT system. Then, at hire time, they hire me, but because I don't have a "piece of paper" that has BS credentials on it, they give me 10G less than what they would have given him!
How does your piece of paper, extracted from a tree in the boonies and represents roughly 120 credits of academia, make you more valid than the person who has busted their butt over a long period of time, has "real-world" experience and would like to make the next step or "fast-tracking", as you call it, as painless as possible?
Just for
I also have a friend that has no degree and is the CTO of a company. He REFUSES to get a degree or certs, claiming, "they are for people who are lacking real skill and need paper to validate their existence."