Or you can try what one of my best friends did several years ago. He was a self-taught wizard with no college and could not even get an interview. So I "manufactured" a resume for him awarding him a CS degree from a highly-regarded state university. He waltzed into the next job that came along (a matter of days) and ended up writing Lockheed-Martins health benefits application. For the past 5 years he has been working for a very highly-regarded West Coast firm and is now a departmental VP for software. My experience has been that IT departments and recruiters are much more concerned about proven experience than a degree or certification. The degree only gives them a sense of security, and in over 10 years in the business I have not known a single employer to check the educational credentials of a candidate. It's the technical interview and experience that's important.
Moral: Don't let artificial and superficial barriers stand in your way - be creative! Mark -----Original Message----- From: David Graham [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Saturday, March 29, 2003 3:29 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: [OT] Re: Does a degree matter? A university degree is important for employers even though you have experience. If nothing else it might be fun to go back to school! David >From: "Brandon Goodin" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >Reply-To: "Struts Users Mailing List" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >To: "Struts Users Mailing List" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >Subject: Does a degree matter? >Date: Sat, 29 Mar 2003 13:09:11 -0700 > >Hey all, > >I'm trying to make a decision as to what I am going to do. I am sucking >wind on profitable work. So, I was thinking about going to school and >getting a BA in Comp Science to make myself more attractive in the job >market. Is it really worth doing? I've been doing development for 5 years >professionaly. 2 years Perl and ASP, 3 years Java. Prior to that I was >hobbying in those languages on my own. My knowledge is competitive with >anyone else in my realm of experience. Anyways, I was just wondering how >important you all think a BA in Computer Science is for a family man trying >to give his career a boost. > >Brandon Goodin > > >--------------------------------------------------------------------- >To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > _________________________________________________________________ --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
