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I agree that you should invest in the college degree. It will possibly open doors for you later in your career. I am what they refer to as a "dinosaur", having been in information systems for 30 years, starting back when it was called Data Processing. I started as a programmer-trainee straight out of a technical school and, over the years, worked my way up to MIS Manager. Picked up a BS and MS along the way. But, several years ago, I decided to return to the part of the profession I enjoyed the most and that was programming. So, now I am a senior P/A and loving every minute of it. With the climate we are now in, pursue the degree...you will never regret it. Rick-- >>> JMichael.Smith@arch.com 06/28/02 02:21PM >>> Invest in the college degree. Then the "lack of it" can never become an issue. Michael Smith 27+ years IT experience BBA from the University of Mississippi -----Original Message----- From: Justin Houchin [mailto:justin@RELIATEK.COM] Sent: Friday, June 28, 2002 12:45 PM To: Midrange-l Subject: Experience vs College Degree This is a multi-part message in MIME format. -- [ Picked text/plain from multipart/alternative ] 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 -- _______________________________________________ This is the Midrange Systems Technical Discussion (MIDRANGE-L) mailing list To post a message email: MIDRANGE-L@midrange.com To subscribe, unsubscribe, or change list options, visit: http://lists.midrange.com/cgi-bin/listinfo/midrange-l or email: MIDRANGE-L-request@midrange.com Before posting, please take a moment to review the archives at http://archive.midrange.com/midrange-l. _______________________________________________ This is the Midrange Systems Technical Discussion (MIDRANGE-L) mailing list To post a message email: MIDRANGE-L@midrange.com To subscribe, unsubscribe, or change list options, visit: http://lists.midrange.com/cgi-bin/listinfo/midrange-l or email: MIDRANGE-L-request@midrange.com Before posting, please take a moment to review the archives at http://archive.midrange.com/midrange-l.
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