On 2009-08-22 04:08, Luke S Crawford wrote: Let's see if this manages to get posted or not, I was having issues a couple months ago.
> I was writing of 'soft' degree programs. Using a community > college to get the first two years of your math degree out of the way > just means that your parents aren't rich. And Math degrees, while not > directly relevant to the SysAdmin trade, do seem to correlate with the > ability to figure things out. I have a relative who now teaches math at a community college. The recommendation is that even if you have money, a lot of people should use the community college first, not just because it is cheaper, but because a community college is better able to handle the low to moderate complexity math subjects. The reason has to do with culture, emphasis, etc. [snip] > I'm pretty sure you glossed over the 'soft' part. Do you honestly think > it better to have an AA in psychology, or, say history when applying for a > technical job? Does being able to quote Hideki Tōjō help you diagnose > a flaky server? "Soft" majors like music, English, etc. are the degrees of some very good sysadmins I know. In my experience, the degree demonstrates two things. First, that the individual has the commitment to carry through on a long project. Second, that they are capable of approaching a problem from a different perspective. The first is very valuable to know from a hiring perspective, the second helps me identify that all important "problem solving" capability. -- "The speed of communications is wondrous to behold. It is also true that speed can multiply the distribution of information that we know to be untrue." Edward R Murrow (1964) Mark McCullough [email protected] _______________________________________________ Discuss mailing list [email protected] http://lopsa.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/discuss This list provided by the League of Professional System Administrators http://lopsa.org/
