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- From: Steve Brain <steve.brain@fmr.com>
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- Subject: Re: ANNOUNCE: Vacant Job Positions
- Date: Fri, 09 Feb 1996 15:05:28 -0500
- Organization: Fidelity Investments
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- Paul Dito wrote:
-
- >
- > As you point out just about any twit can get a degree, so what does it
- > prove? It shows that you are really good at jumping through hoops. Most
- > employers like hoop-jumpers...
- > There is no substitute for ability. A degree does not necessarily mean
- > you are capable of doing a job. It means you can pass classes.
- >
- > Paul
- >
- > My opinions are just that: my opinions.
-
- The problem is that it is VERY hard to judge somebody's ability
- at interview, and references generally say very little about
- people these days. A degree qualification shows that someone
- has gone through some kind of semi-rigorous education and
- evaluation.
-
- Increasingly the requirement in software development is not how
- well you know C++ syntax, but how one can produce real systems
- to meet real business problems. Ok, a degree doesn't tell you
- too much about this, but at least it tells you that the person
- did a course which required different skills and had different
- types of assesment.
-
- That's my two-penneth's worth.
-
- If you know a better way of assessing someone then just say.
-
- Steve
-