On 7/23/2012 9:46 PM, Ed Pawlowski wrote:
On Mon, 23 Jul 2012 19:38:55 -0400, wrote:




Yet I see a lot of that from masters.. It's just another piece of paper.
It's the person.. not the degree. I have seen people without degrees
build better than people with. I have seen people with degrees do well.
I have watched many PHds flounder. Absolutely no clue...



The most valuable degree you can get is the one from "Hard Knocks
College" - and yet it has become almost obsolete in the job market.

In today's job market, you have to be able to check off the
appropriate boxes. I know a fellow that is presently out of work and
is having a hard time finding new work for that reason.

He can out engineer most engineers in his field, but he does not have
the piece of paper that says so. Years ago, you could get an
interview and explain that to the guy doing the hiring. Now you fill
out a form on a web page and come up short. In his mid-fifties, it
will be tough for him.



I think you can thank the excess number of lawyers for the fact that one
the average Joe cannot find find a good job with out that college
degree. It only makes sense with cover your bases by hiring those with
a degree vs those with out a degree to help limit your liability should
something go wrong and you end up in court.