From: Sean O'Dell <sean@...>
Date: 2004-06-09T04:35:32+09:00
Subject: Re: Unit tests ... not just for the young

On Tuesday 08 June 2004 12:31, Michael Campbell wrote:
> > > I wouldn't necessarily disagree, but the absence or presence of a CS
> > > (et. al.) doesn't necessarily skew that heavily in one way.  I've been
> > > in this industry a long time too, and I've seen this assertion made a
> > > lot of times, almost exclusively by people w/o the degree they're
> > > blaming poor workmanship on.
> >
> > There's truth behind the assertion.
> >
> > Degrees look GREAT in interviews.  Given a young, sharply-dressed person
> > with a degree, compared with a middle-aged programmer with loads of
> > experience but no degree, people just get gooey about youth and pedigree.
> >  It's human nature.
>
> Again, that says nothing about the degree; it says something about the
> interviewer and/or the interview process.

Do you feel I am criticizing people with degrees?

	Sean O'Dell