I definatly agree here. I've recently moved away from my last job (VB/PowerBuilder programming) and am finding that many companies don't seem to care whether or not you have a degree. In fact, the only person who even asked me about it was just curious because he wanted to know if it would conflict with my work.
Personally, I think it's great that many businesses are moving away from the management "Magic Piece of Paper" mentality. I just came from a company stuck in that mindset. I was doing the SAME work as my coworkers, but did not recieve ANY benifits (vacation, dental, ect) and didn't get paid HALF of what they where! All that they would tell me was "get that degree, THEN we'll take care of you." >:^p
As you can imagine, I was greatly pleased with this new, no paper needed attitude adopted by so many companies. They understand that EXPIERENCE and actual know-how is what is important.. not some certificate saying you wasted a LOT of money.. and not to mention time. Yes.... all those Art and History classes HAVE helped me do my job better!! (note the sarcasm.)
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I definatly agree here. I've recently moved away from my last job (VB/PowerBuilder programming) and am finding that many companies don't seem to care whether or not you have a degree. In fact, the only person who even asked me about it was just curious because he wanted to know if it would conflict with my work.
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Personally, I think it's great that many businesses are moving away from the management "Magic Piece of Paper" mentality. I just came from a company stuck in that mindset. I was doing the SAME work as my coworkers, but did not recieve ANY benifits (vacation, dental, ect) and didn't get paid HALF of what they where! All that they would tell me was "get that degree, THEN we'll take care of you." >:^p
As you can imagine, I was greatly pleased with this new, no paper needed attitude adopted by so many companies. They understand that EXPIERENCE and actual know-how is what is important.. not some certificate saying you wasted a LOT of money.. and not to mention time. Yes.... all those Art and History classes HAVE helped me do my job better!! (note the sarcasm.)
Ooops... to long-winded as usual..
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