Re: Experience vs College Degree

["Adam Lang" <aalang@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Well, it matters.

If you both have same experience, then yeah, I would assume the guy with the
degree would get the advantage over the guy without.

Adam Lang
Systems Engineer
Rutgers Casualty Insurance Company
http://www.rutgersinsurance.com
----- Original Message -----
From: "Justin Houchin" <justin@RELIATEK.COM>
To: "Midrange-l" <midrange-l@midrange.com>
Sent: Friday, June 28, 2002 1:44 PM
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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