Re: Fifty years' experience in C programming; 20 in VB...

From: Niall Litchfield <niall.litchfield_at_dial.pipex.com>
Date: Sun, 5 May 2002 08:13:24 +0100
Message-ID: <3cd4db94$0$232$cc9e4d1f@news.dial.pipex.com>

"aztek" <rachel7GET9RID_at_dodo.OFcom.THISau> wrote in message news:3cd35553_at_news.comindico.com.au...
> I'm not sure where all this degree knocking came from - maybe the fact
that
> in the US chances are given to people without a (completed) higher
> education

I haven't read any of the posts as degree knocking. what folk are saying - and I'd be among them - is you do not necessarily need a degree and even if you do it doesn't have to be a CS degree to achieve in the database world. Thus job ads that state 'CS degree required' are short sighted and ignorant. If you do have or are working for a CS degree then keep at it it is worthwhile.

FWIW I started out as an Accountant (with KPMG) the best accountants I met didn't tend to have economics or business degrees. The best consultant I've ever met had no MBA and a degree in French.

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Niall Litchfield
Oracle DBA
Audit Commission UK
(BA Economics)

Received on Sun May 05 2002 - 02:13:24 CDT