On Tue, 27 Sep 2011 22:47:53 -0600 Tim Mensch wrote: > It's not that the degree is necessary to be any good, though I did learn > a lot of important concepts in a few CS classes. It's that the degree at > least indicates they're willing to stick to something long enough to > complete it, and implies a minimum level of CS knowledge.
The 80% study about Unix professionals being self-taught, I was talking about was Network and system Implementers, not coders, though coding can be beneficial in networking. There's two things, Education accelerating learning from knowledgeable lecturers, though Google empowers through pdfs for networking especially anyway but then also 30% being learning useless and potentially outdated and impractical skills just to pass rather than *everything* you do being for a practical and useful reason. Hence academic and theory being used in critical ways. As for commitment absolutely rubbish it often indicates an ability to accomplish a certain amount within a time frame but many degrees aren't even used and many see it simply as a way to increase their wage as they've worked hard enough and can now relax. When I hire, background and ability will be foremost, degrees well maybe if I haven't the time or knowledge in that area to find out properly. The best way for a leading company as it sounds Google may do by getting in early, is apprenticeships, not degrees. Not that both aren't very valuable. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Android Discuss" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/android-discuss?hl=en.
