2 Oct
2011
2 Oct
'11
11:35 a.m.
Now maybe you learned something from your degree
program and maybe you
didn't. But in short, a BS degree in computer science allows an HR
drone to check off a box before sending your resume on to the hiring
manager. It's there for clueless HR people and hiring managers who
don't know the first thing about software development to allow some
other mechanism to help them filter out people who can't program
because they're too inept to make the decision using their own
knowledge and skills.
THis is exactly the problem I mentioned yesterday (and which personally
affects me). I have no formal qualifications at all in electronics,
computer science, engineering, etc. But I don't think I am terminally
clueless in any of those areas. Sure there are plenty of people (and on
this list) who know more than me, but I think I know more than some
others I've met...
My qualification is in particle physics. Now, half of my (300 page or so)
thesis is schematics nad program listings. Presumably that should
indicate I have some kind of clue. But it's not the right bit of papepr
to satisfy a clueless HR person. Oh well.
-tony