RE: Experience vs College Degree

Justin,

JMO, but IBM midrange has traditionally been very supportive of non-degreed
programmers.  Many companies seem to have some sort of migration path from
system operations to programming, with most of these candidates being
mentored within IT department.  I remember reading some years ago that
programmers without degrees were actually earning more than their degreed
counterparts, simply because of the extra years of experience.  (That was
from one of Nate Viall's Salary Surveys.)

Eric DeLong
Sally Beauty Company
MIS-Project Manager (BSG)
940-898-7863 or ext. 1863



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> From: Justin Houchin [mailto:justin@RELIATEK.COM]
> Sent: Friday, June 28, 2002 12:45 PM
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> Subject: Experience vs College Degree
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> I know this is off the topic, but I need to ask the programming
> community. I am 21 years old and have been programming in RPG
> and E-RPG
> for about 1.5 years. I  love it! But I do not have a degree.
> My question
> is do you all feel that I could get turned down for a job over someone
> that has a bachelor's degree? This has never happened to me
> but I do not
> want it to ever happen. I am very seriously thinking about
> starting back
> to college at night to get my bachelors in CIS. This is a very hard
> decision to make because of the amount of money it will cost to go to
> college. That is why I'm am trying to see if job experience would
> triumph over a degree. Please give me some pros and cons on this
> situation.
>
> Justin Houchin
> Programmer and Web Developer
> ReliaTek, Inc
> justin@reliatek.com
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