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drventure:

--- Quote from: ChadTower on June 22, 2012, 05:47:33 pm ---You do not need a Bachelor's or a Master's to get an IT job.  It helps but there are probably more people without them than there are with them.

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+1

I think it helps if you're looking to get into mid-senior level software dev roles, but there's lot of entry level dev and general IT positions floating around right now. You need to be able to demonstrate reasonable competence with PCs, networks etc, but even then, in many cases, you may not even need that.

ChadTower:

I wouldn't trust some of the people I work with to competently make me a sandwich.

AtomSmasher:

--- Quote from: ChadTower on June 22, 2012, 06:55:26 pm ---
I wouldn't trust some of the people I work with to competently make me a sandwich.

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It's been my experience this is the case with anyone who's gotten a phd (at least with the dozen or so people I work with who have phd's).  It's seems getting this degree changes engineers so they no longer are able to do anything practical (like make a sandwich) and spend all their time in the theoretical.  Instead of spending a month crunching the numbers to find out if this ratio of peanut butter and jelly is optimal (only to find out your numbers are wrong anyways), just take a minute to make the sandwich now and find out right away.

Dawgz Rule:

--- Quote ---You do not need a Bachelor's or a Master's to get an IT job.  It helps but there are probably more people without them than there are with them.
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+1  I have been working in IT management for years and most of the people that work for me do not have a degree.  I do believe that a degree and/or certifications can help get you in the door for an entry level IT position but most advancement seems to be driven by performance and skills that are acquired on the job. 

flashiv:

--- Quote from: AtomSmasher on June 22, 2012, 07:18:35 pm ---
--- Quote from: ChadTower on June 22, 2012, 06:55:26 pm ---
I wouldn't trust some of the people I work with to competently make me a sandwich.

--- End quote ---
It's been my experience this is the case with anyone who's gotten a phd (at least with the dozen or so people I work with who have phd's).  It's seems getting this degree changes engineers so they no longer are able to do anything practical (like make a sandwich) and spend all their time in the theoretical.  Instead of spending a month crunching the numbers to find out if this ratio of peanut butter and jelly is optimal (only to find out your numbers are wrong anyways), just take a minute to make the sandwich now and find out right away.

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My fiancee has a PHD and she makes a damn good PB and J sandwich. :laugh2:

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