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John: On Mon, 06 August 2001, John Myers - MM wrote: > > At 09:17 PM 8/3/01, you wrote: > > > > AS/400. Everyone else in the population either doesn't have a Master's > > > degree > > > >So they should drop the Master's requirement. > > > >The Master's should be needed by someone who heads up the course > >collection (I'd call it "department head" or similar, but I doubt the > >AS/400 course collection fits as a "department"). But individual courses > >or sections or whatever certainly shouldn't be that restricted. > > Tom, > > They might waive the Master's requirement for this position, however ... > > What you must understand is that the "ranking" criteria for colleges is > VERY closely tied to the ACADEMIC CREDENTIALS of their staff. % of > instructors with PHD or terminal degree in the field is a key ranking > criteria. % with master's degrees is next. This ranking is life & death > at the college level!!! > > There are a ton of candidates with higher degrees in the other > architectures ... quite frankly, one of the greatest strengths of the > AS/400 is that you DON'T have to have a graduate degree to be a successful > AS/400 user! It is a different world than the one that the rest of us live > in! That's the difference between a university / college and a "technical > school". Many AS/400 developers have come up through the technical school > route. The trouble is that the local technical schools have abandoned > their AS/400 curriculum!!! > > Without new entrants to replace those of us that are nearing retirement, > the AS/400 will die ... After 6 years with the Department of Education supporting Teacher Certification, I got a feeling for such requirements. I also got a feeling for what they're worth! I know what you're saying. But I still feel the same and I suspect others do also. And it's unfortunate that your final conclusion has validity. I don't like it, but there's no path around it that's likely to be taken. At least I sure don't know of one. Tom Liotta -- Tom Liotta The PowerTech Group, Inc. 19426 68th Avenue South Kent, WA 98032 Phone 253-872-7788 Fax 253-872-7904 http://www.400Security.com ___________________________________________________ The ALL NEW CS2000 from CompuServe Better! Faster! More Powerful! 250 FREE hours! Sign-on Now! http://www.compuserve.com/trycsrv/cs2000/webmail/ +--- | This is the Midrange System Mailing List! | To submit a new message, send your mail to MIDRANGE-L@midrange.com. | To subscribe to this list send email to MIDRANGE-L-SUB@midrange.com. | To unsubscribe from this list send email to MIDRANGE-L-UNSUB@midrange.com. | Questions should be directed to the list owner/operator: david@midrange.com +---
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