[Gllug] Jobs Sites and Universities [slightly off-topic]

[John Hearns]

On Thu, 2004-07-01 at 20:57, Ian Northeast wrote:
> Bernard Peek wrote:
> 
> > The best developers I ever hired both failed their degrees.
> 
> The best sysadmin I ever hired had a PhD. But in nuclear physics, not 
> computer science.
:-)  I think a pint heads your way at the next GLLUG.

> 
> A good degree from a good university indicates that the candidate is 
> intelligent, not a lot more as far as IT work is concerned (it's 
> somewhat different for doctors, lawyers etc. where there's a lot to be 
> learned which doesn't change so fast). So it's fairly irrelevant what 
> the subject is.
A good point.

> But I agree that there are loads of highly intelligent people out there 
> with no degrees. 
Indeed.

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