24 Sep
2000
24 Sep
'00
12:48 p.m.
Hello Tim
On 24-Sep-00, you wrote:
Regards
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Gary Hildebrand
Box 6184
St. Joseph, MO 64506-0184
816-662-2612
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ghldbrd(a)ccp.com
Neil Cherry wrote:
I agree with most of that. I'm a college dropout myself, and I've seen and
heard of college grads in EE who couldn't even design a simple linear power
supply. Nothing replaces the school of hard knocks. And some of our
greatest inventions were done by non-degreed people.
All that degree really means is that you made it through 192 credit hours of
classes with a 2.0 or better GPA. It doesn't say you remembered any of it.
And then there's Bill Gates, but that is a lenghty rant that would run into
volumes. Won't go there today . . . .
interest in the VAX. But then again they have
MS's while I have an AS
degree, yet they seem to come to me to resolve weird problems. Could it
be that my curiosity got me were I am? Nah, they've got a degree, they
must be smarter than I am (actually a few of them are! But they don't
look down at my curiosity, they encourage it!). Sorry for the diatribe.
I don't think education has all that much to do with it quite often. I
didn't make it out of high school, but have done quite well for myself,
IMnotsoHO. :)
I've seen some of the people who have come out of college and university
courses, and I think experience can teach you more than what you get in
school.
Many highly educated people have a lot of theoretical knowledge, but
limited experience or practical knowledge. I'm not knocking going to
school. In fact, the one thing that I think school provides is a
validation of your ability to stick with things through to the end.
Recently, I thought about going back and finishing high school, and then
taking university courses, but at this stage of the game, people aren't
looking at my academic record, as much as my ability to solve their
problems and work effectively and efficiently.
Just my CDN$0.02.