Re: [orca-list] Ot: does anyone have a certification from the Linux foundation?

["B. Henry" <burt1iband gmail com>]

Agreed, never meant anyone to think I was saying that a degree was not not only valuable, but very important, 
both in the real and perceived benefits 
acrued from the degree. 
I was only saying that in some cases one might have a chance with out the degree.


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     B.H.
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  John Heim wrote:
Thu, Mar 10, 2016 at 08:18:47AM -0600

> Right, believe me, I understand that you have to play the hand life
> deals you. I've gotten into that debate on other lists as well. Far
> too many blind people think that if anyone isn't as successful as
> they are, it's their own fault. It doesn't matter what level of
> success that is. I have seen guys on SSDI trash other  people for
> being on SSDI. I'm not doing that. I just want to fight this
> perception that a college degree isn't particularly useful. That is
> just totally wrong. If you want to get into a STEM field (science,
> technology, engineering, and mathematics), a degree is very
> important.
>
>
> On 03/09/2016 04:33 PM, B. Henry wrote:
> > The problem is that some folks just could not swing it for one reason or another, and how to go back to 
> > college both time and money wise later in life
> > can be very challenging to say the least.
> > Not finishing highschool is pretty dumb in most cases, and if you are bright enough to not need it then 
> > you should be able to finish an adult ed
> > highschool program in weeks I'd think.
> > Anyway, the only reason I even chimed in on this at all is that I did hear reports, think on business news 
> > about several major companies dropping degree
> > requirements for many positions. I'm talking mjor i.t. players, but do not remember which ones.
> > Come to think of it they may have been talking more developers/coders than admins also, and I can see 
> > where it'd be more likely that someone might not
> > pick up on some of the skills they need on their own when it comes to some aspects of administration. The 
> > sikill set is a bit more diverse than that for
> > programming I'd say.
>
> -- 
> John Heim
> john johnheim com
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