Since everybody else is throwing their money in here's my sense (play on words if you didn't guess).
Knowledge has NOTHING to do with a piece of paper (degree). Many of our most respected intellectuals and scientists in history didn't always have a degree. What they ALL did have in common was an inquisitive mind and a certain drive to understand that which they were interested in. That is the key to acquiring a degree also but it is not limited to those that seek a degree. Businesses and organizations that require minimum higher education standards are depriving theirseves of a rich resource of talent. In fact I would look more closely at a self-taught person than one holding a degree in his/her hand and actually do this in my own business. Which do you really think had more stick with-it-ness to get where they are? I think that it is easier for those of us with a degree to justify our choice to acquire one by comparing others by that choice. This is latently wrong. As I read this thread I noticed several of you mention some with degrees that were "dumb as bricks". If this is not prove enough of what I am saying I don't know what is. The acquisition of knowledge is what's important not HOW it was acquired. If you are smart enough to judge the knowledge of others then respect your judgment. It's as simple as that. Will Lowe ----- Original Message ----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [email protected] Sent: Sunday, September 21, 2003 6:46 AM Subject: Re: [brlug-general] 4 year degrees and IT positions Gentleman: B.S. is what you THINK it is. M.S. is just MORE of it. Phd. stands for Piled higher & deeper. Some companies want a 20 year old with a Phd., 10 years of "experience" and STILL wanna pay him $5.50 an hour and NO "benefits!" This is NOT just in Louisiana, either. Your best bet is while your going *getting your edukayshon* is to start your own business and go from there. IF you have the *stick-to-it-ness* and a decent business plan, you just may make it. A job is not always about $money$ though. Choose something that you REALLY enjoy doing, instead of trying to make megabucks and you'll be a LOT happier. Doing something EVERY day that you enjoy and are interested in is much more rewarding mentally, spiritually(peace of mind) and socially. Just me 2?, "Cap'n Buck" P.S. Can anyone see this, besides me? Or is it telling you that I have an "embedded message?" ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ _______________________________________________ General mailing list [email protected] http://brlug.net/mailman/listinfo/general_brlug.net -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://oxygen.nocdirect.com/pipermail/general_brlug.net/attachments/20030921/ab1bf390/attachment.htm From [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sun Sep 21 10:31:47 2003 From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Doug Riddle) Date: Sun Sep 21 11:32:00 2003 Subject: [brlug-general] 4 year degrees and IT positions In-Reply-To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Message-ID: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Well said. Knowledge is power. Read, learn, and grow! --- Will Lowe <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Since everybody else is throwing their money in > here's my sense (play on words if you didn't guess). > > > Knowledge has NOTHING to do with a piece of paper > (degree). Many of our most respected intellectuals > and scientists in history didn't always have a > degree. What they ALL did have in common was an > inquisitive mind and a certain drive to understand > that which they were interested in. That is the key > to acquiring a degree also but it is not limited to > those that seek a degree. > > Businesses and organizations that require minimum > higher education standards are depriving theirseves > of a rich resource of talent. In fact I would look > more closely at a self-taught person than one > holding a degree in his/her hand and actually do > this in my own business. Which do you really think > had more stick with-it-ness to get where they are? > > I think that it is easier for those of us with a > degree to justify our choice to acquire one by > comparing others by that choice. This is latently > wrong. As I read this thread I noticed several of > you mention some with degrees that were "dumb as > bricks". If this is not prove enough of what I am > saying I don't know what is. The acquisition of > knowledge is what's important not HOW it was > acquired. If you are smart enough to judge the > knowledge of others then respect your judgment. It's > as simple as that. > > > > Will Lowe > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > To: [email protected] > Sent: Sunday, September 21, 2003 6:46 AM > Subject: Re: [brlug-general] 4 year degrees and IT > positions > > > Gentleman: > > B.S. is what you THINK it is. > > M.S. is just MORE of it. > > Phd. stands for Piled higher & deeper. > > Some companies want a 20 year old with a Phd., 10 > years of "experience" and STILL wanna pay him $5.50 > an hour and NO "benefits!" This is NOT just in > Louisiana, either. > > Your best bet is while your going *getting your > edukayshon* is to start your own business and go > from there. IF you have the *stick-to-it-ness* and > a decent business plan, you just may make it. > > A job is not always about $money$ though. Choose > something that you REALLY enjoy doing, instead of > trying to make megabucks and you'll be a LOT > happier. Doing something EVERY day that you enjoy > and are interested in is much more rewarding > mentally, spiritually(peace of mind) and socially. > > Just me 2ยข, > > "Cap'n Buck" > > P.S. Can anyone see this, besides me? Or is it > telling you that I have an "embedded message?" > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > > _______________________________________________ > General mailing list > [email protected] > > http://brlug.net/mailman/listinfo/general_brlug.net > > _______________________________________________ > General mailing list > [email protected] > http://brlug.net/mailman/listinfo/general_brlug.net > ===== Warmest Regards, Doug Riddle http://www.dougriddle.com http://fossile-project.sourceforge.net/ http://www.libranet.com -- "Firearms are second only to the Constitution in importance; they are the Peoples' Liberty Teeth." - George Washington -- __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! 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