Path: news.easynews.com!easynews!priapus.visi.com!news-out.visi.com!hermes.visi.com!news.tele.dk!small.news.tele.dk!207.115.63.138!newscon04.news.prodigy.com!newsmst01.news.prodigy.com!prodigy.com!postmaster.news.prodigy.com!newssvr11.news.prodigy.com.POSTED!not-for-mail Reply-To: "Kyralessa" From: "Kyralessa" Newsgroups: comp.databases,comp.databases.informix,comp.databases.ms-access,comp.databases.oracle.marketplace,comp.databases.oracle.misc References: <1020348477.202370@ernani.logica.co.uk> <3CD18D9D.25533570@exesolutions.com> <3cd253d9@news.comindico.com.au> <3CD2A981.F880942B@exesolutions.com> <8WEA8.4277$Dx3.2845@nwrddc02.gnilink.net> <3cd35553@news.comindico.com.au> <3cd4db94$0$232$cc9e4d1f@news.dial.pipex.com> Subject: Re: Fifty years' experience in C programming; 20 in VB... Lines: 54 Organization: Only when absolutely necessary MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="Windows-1252" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Newsreader: Microsoft Outlook Express 6.00.2600.0000 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.00.2600.0000 Message-ID: NNTP-Posting-Host: 65.64.154.230 X-Complaints-To: abuse@prodigy.net X-Trace: newssvr11.news.prodigy.com 1020634550 ST000 65.64.154.230 (Sun, 05 May 2002 17:35:50 EDT) NNTP-Posting-Date: Sun, 05 May 2002 17:35:50 EDT X-UserInfo1: TSU[@IONGZRKR\PXJJMD]_HBWB]^PCPDLXUNNHLIWIWTEPIB_NVUAH_[BL[\IRKIANGGJBFNJF_DOLSCENSY^U@FRFUEXR@KFXYDBPWBCDQJA@X_DCBHXR[C@\EOKCJLED_SZ@RMWYXYWE_P@\\GOIW^@SYFFSWHFIXMADO@^[ADPRPETLBJ]RDGENSKQQZN Date: Sun, 05 May 2002 21:35:50 GMT Xref: easynews comp.databases:93472 comp.databases.informix:122160 comp.databases.ms-access:507026 comp.databases.oracle.marketplace:119370 comp.databases.oracle.misc:81212 X-Received-Date: Sun, 05 May 2002 14:33:42 MST (news.easynews.com) I've tried to convince people that my biblical languages degree (with experience in Greek, Hebrew, Aramaic, Latin, etc.) and my fluency in Romanian are fantastic assets for a programming position, but for some reason they don't believe me. So count me among those who finally gave up and decided to start working on a CS degree. The good part of it, though, is that I also managed to obtain a staff position at the college where I'm studying, meaning that classes are now FREE after a $50 fee. :) So things could be worse. If I have to get the degree, at least I won't have loans to pay back (assuming I'm competent at the job I've got now, which is an Access job.) -- "Niall Litchfield" wrote in message news:3cd4db94$0$232$cc9e4d1f@news.dial.pipex.com... > "aztek" wrote in message > news:3cd35553@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. > > > -- > Niall Litchfield > Oracle DBA > Audit Commission UK > (BA Economics) > >