I have a degree, mind you bachelor of business not computing science. What is annoying is that the hard work I had to put into it and working two part time jobs for 3 years to pay my way through, many people today just buy a degree. We are seeing increasingly numbers of Universities that are passing people who have failed because students have paid hundreds of thousands of dollars for the course. There is a growing concern of corruption in this area, by the share desperation of certain nationalities to have a degree. What is even a greater concern is that there are a significant number of people that lie about having a degree and don't have one, the HR people never check and are giving jobs to people without degrees. If they are not going to check the degree, then why lose access to a skill base of people that have built up considerable skills without a degree.
Finally having a bachelor of computing science degree. The majority of people I know in the PICK industry do not have a computing degree, but a variety of other degrees related to other professions. At the end of the day, it is not the art of programming, but the ability of the person to automate business processes, and the understanding of the business process is quite critical to deliver a professional product. This is probably why PICK applications are still so successful, they are written by people who understand the business problem they are trying to resolve. People from Einstein to Bill Gates have never had degrees but have been brillant people, mind you as many people with degrees have been equally successful. The degree can add to a persons talent, but it can never makeup for a lack of talent. Regards David Jordan ------- u2-users mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] To unsubscribe please visit http://listserver.u2ug.org/
