In my experience about the most effective use for the degree/certifications is
to assist in separating the chaff by HR departments, and trying to get to the
short list of the myriad of resumes they receive.
The whole idea behind a well written resume and having the
degree/certifications, is to win that interview. No HR department is going to
interview every applicant, but will schedule interviews of a select few that
"look good on paper" The resume should be tailored to the specific job opening.
The reason being is that "over-qualified" applicants scare hiring managers.
Considered here is whether or not the employer will have the loyalty of the
applicant, and whether or not they will intrude on
The interview is where the decision is made to hire. You must be prepared to
shine here as well.
Now, that said, having a degree is not necessarily magic, because many hiring
managers will give equal weight to what is known as "equivalent experience" To
get your experience across requires spending a considerable amount of time and
effort in presenting your qualifications to what is usually a non-technical HR
screener.
Most probationary periods are not designed to measure skill, but to allow time
for required background investigation, criminal history, work ethic, attendance,
personality, fit into the company scheme of things and the like.
Now, as far as coding is concerned, the differences between coding done by a
non-degreed person and one with the education, is pretty well obvious, even
though in both scenarios the application works. One must remember, however,
that application development goes far beyond the basic methodology taught in
college or university. Most of us have learned to hack our way into producing
applications which work. Some can do it faster than others, and I am not sure
that is education related, but more along the lines of experience with a
particular function or group of functions.
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----- Original Message -----
From: "Matthew Small" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: "CF-Community" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Wednesday, October 01, 2003 8:48 AM
Subject: Re: CF Salary Range
| I would like to know how many people on the list actually have a CS/MIS
degree.
|
| I do.
|
| - Matt Small
| ----- Original Message -----
| From: Dana Tierney
| To: CF-Community
| Sent: Wednesday, October 01, 2003 9:37 AM
| Subject: Re: CF Salary Range
|
|
| OK, I will concede that the SQl class was helpful. And despite the focus on
| PASCAL in comp sci 1 and 2, I learned a lot about programming per se. But
| whether I could have learned the same material without being present in a
| classroom from 10 to 11 on Tuesdays and Thursdays is what I am questioning.
| I think so...
|
| Dana
|
| Dana
|
| Jeffry Houser writes:
|
| > If the classes you took focused on a language, I can understand how they
| > may not be applicable to web development. But, a good curriculum will
| > concentrate on theory. I apply programming theory every day. I'm sure
| > that many will agree that to get anywhere when building dynamic web pages
| > you need to know something about database design.
| >
| > At 01:05 AM 10/1/2003 -0500, you wrote:
| > >
|
|
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