[spam score 2/10 -pobox] [TriLUG] Linux Support Position (OT)

[Tanner Lovelace]

On Fri, 2002-06-28 at 14:09, Andrew C. Oliver wrote:
> Every society has its caste system.  This is ours.

I disagree.  While for some positions a college degree may not
make that much of a difference for some it does, quite a bit.
For developers, I believe it makes an enormous difference.  
Developing software takes extremely logical, ordered and creative
thinking.  While some exceptional people can do this without
benefit of a college degree, the vast majority simply cannot
(witness the vast amount of software on Source Forge that is
simply crap).  To say otherwise shows a lack of understanding
of the discipline of programming.

System administration, on the other hand, can easily be learned
in apprenticeship fashion.  While I believe a good system administrator
will benefit from a college degree, I believe they will benefit
more from experience (even experience administering a linux
box at home).  Note that this does not mean I believe Sys
Admins are any less competent than programmers, just that
they are in different fields.

Tanner
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