[Gllug] VACANCY: Junior Systems Support

[- Tethys]

On Tue, Sep 1, 2009 at 10:56 AM, Hari Sekhon<hpsekhon at googlemail.com> wrote:

>> At a guess, you don't have a degree. They're far from a waste of time
>> and money. Certainly at the time I did mine, a degree in computer
>> science equipped you to deal with the world of IT far better than
>> learning on the job, and consequently, I'd always hire someone with a
>> relevant degree in preference to an equivalently skilled applicant
>> without one. Although that said, having seen the ineptitude of some
>> recent candidates with first class honours in computer science, I have
>> to wonder what on earth they're teaching them these days...
>
> Tet, didn't you just contradict yourself?

No, not at all. This is precisely the failure of logic that you might
have understood if you had a degree in computer science :-) Not all
fish are herring. In my experience, there's a strong correlation
between minimum levels of competence and a relevant degree from a good
university. In the past, there was no need to add the last clause, but
these days, when every man and his dog is given a degree almost by
default, it seems to be needed. Of course there are always exceptions.
I've seen hopeless people with a good degree and I've seen talented
geniuses without. But it's still a pretty good rule of thumb. YMMV.

Tet

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