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I'm not sure, someone who has a degree sometimes shows that they have the ability to stick with something long term and complete it. I realize that is an over generalization but it does show something. On the other hand I can think of some good reasons why someone might not have a degree but still be totally qualified. On Wed, 22 May 2002, Avleen Vig wrote: > > On Wed, 22 May 2002, Andy Dills wrote: > > > If you ask me, I think that this is analagous to the situation where some > > guy gets rejected at a job interview because he "doesn't have a degree", > > which is in truth just an excuse. > > Actually (without hoping to trigger a flame war), there are a lot of very > large comanies, mainly in the US (mainly in the finanial sector or > eduction sector, and occassionaly in the defense sector), who DO refuse to > hire without a degree. > > There are many good technical persons out there who don't have a degree. > There are almost many unemployeed technical persons who would make better > admins / engineers than some people I know who have degrees. > > With the current situation, I see the following: > Proportionally here are more technical people in jobs WITH degrees than > without > People with degrees have more experience, and get farther > > I believe the latter reason is because more people hire candidates with > degrees. Vicious circle. > > Not hiring people who don't hold degrees is fast becoming a policy matter. > The reasons for it are numerous. Very few (IMO) are 'good' reasons. > >
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