On Mon, Jan 27, 2003 at 12:02:46PM -0800, Cory Petkovsek wrote:
> HA! A BS is about worth as much as a certification except a LOT more
> co$tly! I have eight weeks to go and I'm a *certified* bachelor.
> Specializing in BS.
One of the nice things about a degree program is that they teach you
*how* to learn-- if you pay attention. This makes things much easier
(and cheaper) when you need to learn new technology. Given the quality
of the vendor-specific training I've had (MSCE classes-- the Cisco class
I had was actually pretty good), I find that I learn much more in a
shorter period of time by picking up a book and installing whatever I
need to fiddle with in a test environment. The theoretical background
is also most useful when it comes to troubleshooting.
Finally, one of the more underappreciated benefits of a liberal
arts-type education is that it can lead to many insights into how people
in a given culture behave the way they do. This is a very useful thing
to know if you ever do any tech support, as it makes relating to
non-geeks much less exasperating, at least until an individual forgets a
password twice in one day....
Plus, at least at the U of O, you get to play with Sparcs. :)
Cheers,
Dennis
--
Injustice is happening now; suffering is happening now. We have choices
to make now. To insist on absolute certainty before starting to apply
ethics to life decisions is a way of choosing to be amoral.
--Richard M. Stallman
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