I'm not sure, someone who has a degree sometimes shows that they have the ability to stick with something long term and complete it. I realize that is an over generalization but it does show something. On the other hand I can think of some good reasons why someone might not have a degree but still be totally qualified. On Wed, 22 May 2002, Avleen Vig wrote:
On Wed, 22 May 2002, Andy Dills wrote:
If you ask me, I think that this is analagous to the situation where some guy gets rejected at a job interview because he "doesn't have a degree", which is in truth just an excuse.
Actually (without hoping to trigger a flame war), there are a lot of very large comanies, mainly in the US (mainly in the finanial sector or eduction sector, and occassionaly in the defense sector), who DO refuse to hire without a degree.
There are many good technical persons out there who don't have a degree. There are almost many unemployeed technical persons who would make better admins / engineers than some people I know who have degrees.
With the current situation, I see the following: Proportionally here are more technical people in jobs WITH degrees than without People with degrees have more experience, and get farther
I believe the latter reason is because more people hire candidates with degrees. Vicious circle.
Not hiring people who don't hold degrees is fast becoming a policy matter. The reasons for it are numerous. Very few (IMO) are 'good' reasons.