Re: [SAGE] Computer Sciences degrees in IT

[Lyndon Nerenberg <lyndon@orthanc.ca>]

[ Jon, I am deliberately ignoring your Reply-To header as I don't think 
it was what you really intended here. ]

Jon 'maddog' Hall wrote:

> I think many people on this list (including myself) have stated that a
> college degree is not required for a sysadmin job, nor really for many
> jobs.  Nevertheless, all things being equal (and I mean ALL things being
> equal), if I had two people standing in front of me and one had a
> college degree and the other did not, I would probably take the one with
> the degree.

I'm curious why you would pick the one with the degree over the one with 
the best critical thinking skills.  Having a degree doesn't imply good 
problem solving skills, but (IMO) the latter is much more relevant to 
doing the job well.

--lyndon