[Cialug] Job Posting - Linux Admin

[Dave Hala Jr]

I wonder if there is a perception by employers that everyone with XXX
degree or XXX certification is equally skilled. 


On Fri, 2010-02-26 at 09:15 -0600, Jeff Davis wrote:
> I know many very talented IT people who don't have a degree.
> (I'm sure many in this group do.)
> Unfortunately that is a difficult thing to quantify and show on a resume.
> 
> Another aspect of the issue is that having a degree is losing its value.
> My father-in-law was told in a discussion with a professor at a local college,
> "we are not allowed to fail students."  The gist of that statement was if
> you show up to class and put forth an effort, you will pass.  It might not
> be a very good grade, but you *will* pass.
> 
> In the last few years I've worked with some individuals who have these
> generic types of MIS degrees.  One didn't have any idea what DNS was
> or how it worked.  Another thought a VPN was a VNC/Remote Desktop solution.
> 
> I don't mean to imply that having a degree is a bad idea.  It's just not
> a valid indicator that the person with the degree can actually leverage
> the knowledge covered in the classes they took.
> 
> -Jeff
> 
> 
> 
> On Fri, Feb 26, 2010 at 8:12 AM, Corey Chandler <lists at sequestered.net> wrote:
> > On 2/26/10 7:24 AM, Kulish, Chris wrote:
> >> I've found that any degree, bachelors and below, is negotiable.
> >> My current position wanted a bachelors + 5 years experience with
> >> Solaris.
> >> I had about 8 in Linux and AIX combined at the time.
> >>
> >
> > I lack a degree as well.  The only companies who've ever made an issue
> > out of it have been companies that I wouldn't have been happy at in any
> > case.  I've found as a result that their position on degrees is a great
> > litmus test for me of "do I want to work here?"
> >
> > Give me a degreeless guy who can get the job done over a well-papered
> > fool any day of the week. :-)
> >
> > -- Corey / KB1JWQ
> >
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