Re: [SAGE] Computer Sciences degrees in IT

[Cat Okita <cat@reptiles.org>]

On Sat, 24 Mar 2007, Lyndon Nerenberg wrote:
> 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.

I'm quite curious about your bias here - I can't say that I've noticed a
strong correlation between having (or not having) a degree, and critical
thinking skills.

As far as 'relevant to the job' - that depends on what the job is, as
always :)

cheers!
[on my part, all things being equal otherwise, I'd look at how well the 
candidate would fit with my organization - although I'll admit to a bias
against people who have partially completed degrees, and a poor explanation
of why they didn't complete their degree]
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