Hi Josh, The best answer is proof you completed a course and with what grade point average. Think about it. If an employer has two programmers applying for the job and both don't have degrees, but they list what online courses they took through the internet. How does the employer know what skill level they have, what they completed, and which one is right for the job. However, if they obtain the same degree of information through a college or tech school the employer can instantly see that programmer A completed the course with honors and programmer B barely passed the course. However, i want to make a quick correction in your statement. You said i did not get a degree in programming. I took Visual Basic 5, C++, Java 1.1, and SQL in my college courses. However,as those languages have been updated I upgraded my own knowledge in those languages by using a service like Safari. For example, what I took in college, Java 1.1, is ancient. I have books on Java 5 and Java 6 which are more up to date. The Visual Basic 5 course I had in 1996 is equally totally rubbish now. I have stuff on Visual Basic 8.0 and 9.0 in my software library. I didn't get a degree in Java 6 or Visual Basic 8 or 9 because it wasn't available. However, what I learned in college has fallen out of date, and I did more learning outside of college than in because I have had to constantly keep my skills up to date. Can I walk into employer x and say I know Visual Basic 9? Probably not just because I don't have an updated degree which is one reason I need to go back to a tech school or something and get the official paperwork sometime soon if I am going to get any programming jobs which are few and far between.
josh wrote: > hi, > ok so if you did not get a degree in programming and you know so much, why > is it that employers require you to show a degree? or have one? What's so > special about that paper if you can just as easily learn stuff on your own? > Heck you could teach blind game programming at a university for blind people > if you wanted to couldn't you? > > Josh > --- Gamers mailing list __ [email protected] If you want to leave the list, send E-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] You can make changes or update your subscription via the web, at http://audyssey.org/mailman/listinfo/gamers_audyssey.org. All messages are archived and can be searched and read at http://www.mail-archive.com/[EMAIL PROTECTED] If you have any questions or concerns regarding the management of the list, please send E-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
