"If I wanted a code monkey worker drone, sure. If I wanted something more out of them, I would require a four year degree. Skills can be taught. How many of us are self-taught? It's why trade school programs are shorter and easier than 4 year degrees (generally)."
Do you realize that a technical school doesn't necessarily mean a community college? Places like NC State , Texas A&M, and MIT are technical schools. That four year degree requirement would have ruled out Steve Jobs, Bill Gates, and Mark Zuckerberg It is also classist. An intelligent poor person may only be able to afford a community college associate degree, but may be a lot better programmer than a privileged child who attended a four year school "4 year degree tells me that at least they will do the work, they are probably more skilled socially, tend to have a greater knowledge of the world and the human condition from which to draw when learning something new and incorporating it into their life, they can set goals, finish things on time and put up with the general BS that goes along with it. Well rounded people. " Glad to know that someone who has to work part time to put herself through community college isn't a well-rounded person and can't set goals, can't cooperate with others, and can't finish things on time. Completely unlike those people who spent four years in a campus bubble. "You can teach someone like that what you want them to know (and many companies expect this and do that very thing). As I was saying in my last post, they will be faster learners." I agree with this if it means for anyone. I do not agree with this if it only means for people who have four year degrees. "I would be less likely to promote a coder who has only been educated to be a coder into the position of a project manager. I would be more inclined to take someone with a higher education and put them in that position and teach them what the coders do. The learning curve for them will be lower as they will only be picking up a new skill as opposed to a new way of thinking about application development." I would be more like to evaluate each candiate on a variety of things. Education would be part of the evaluation, but work experience would be more valuable to me. J - >From an early age, smart people are reminded of their intelligence, separated from their peers in gifted classes, and presented with opportunities unavailable to others. For these and other reasons, intellectuals tend to have an inflated sense of their own wisdom. It is thus arrogance, and not intelligence, that leads them into trouble. Theyre so smart, hubris compels them to believe, that they can run everyone elses life. But no one is that smart. Whats more, theorists devising systems for the rest of us to live under often have a difficult time running their own lives. Mundane tasks are to them what quantum physics is to the rest of us. - Daniel J Flyn ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Order the Adobe Coldfusion Anthology now! http://www.amazon.com/Adobe-Coldfusion-Anthology/dp/1430272155/?tag=houseoffusion Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/message.cfm/messageid:347826 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/unsubscribe.cfm
