My experiences have been similar. I do consulting and get most of my
work by having good connections. I don't have a degree at all. I
went to school just never finished it, never needed to, and frankly
don't see any advantage to doing so. I do occasionally get requests
for my resume, and I hide the education bit at the bottom. I'd have
to say I'd be skeptical of anyone that required a CS degree or any
degree for that matter. Perhaps if you were going into the Molecular
Biology field a degree might be a good indicator, but I think that in
this field it is irrelevant.
Paul
On Feb 19, 2008, at 6:20 PM, Doug McCune wrote:
I don't think I've ever been asked about my education when
discussing potential work. When I was first getting into Flex
consulting I didn't even give out resumes with that information
before getting hired. If you have solid samples that's all anybody
cares about. Start a blog and post like hell.
Doug
On 2/19/08, Matt Chotin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
In my opinion, a degree primarily counts if you're looking to get a
job out of school when you have little to show your prospective
employers. Once you've had industry jobs it's your experience that
matters, not your degree. Degrees get you the interview potentially,
they don't get you the job.
Matt
On 2/19/08 4:12 PM, "Sherif Abdou" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
A bit off-topic but I was just wondering since i have no
reminescense of this and their seems to be a lot of programmers on
here I thought I would ask this question. Do you actually need some
sort of CS degree or Computer Related degree to get a job say in
programming Web Applications or getting a Job at Adobe or MSFT or
Google. I have a degree in Molecular Biology with a Chem Minor. I am
Self-Taught so let me here some stories. Thanks.
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