as one who is frequently in a position to hire kick-ass developers, i
personally dont care if you have a CS degree or not. In our company
most of our top people have either no degree, or a degree in
something other than CS. This is not to say a CS degree isnt a
worthwhile endeavor, but for me, as one who is frequently looking to
hire developers, it is not something which enters into the equation
for me at all.
At 10:38 PM 2/19/2008, you wrote:
Doug McCune wrote:
>
>
> The benefit of higher education is one question, but is largely
> unrelated to the question originally posed, which had to do with whether
> or not a CS degree would make the applicant more "hireable".
No question about it; having a degree will make you more hireable.
The HR + Recruiters (AKA Gatekeepers) don't know anything about great
code samples or how to evaluate the quality of your blog. For many of
the jobs out there, you need to convince the gatekeepers to let you to
speak to the "People who can really evaluate your skills". And they
need to use some form of cut-off to whittle down the number of
applicants. A degree in a related field is one item. Certification is
another.
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