Re: ANNOUNCE: Vacant Job Positions

}>>>>>>> Perry's response to MPower 'your future today' -- Mark Otero <<<<<<<< Your lack of a college degree shows in your spelling and sentence construction. If you are going to take a stand for a degree not being a requirement, at least make sure your e-mail is well written with no spelling mistakes. I don't think it matters that much whether you have a degree or not if you have at least some college time under your belt. It really comes down to the questions is this person capable of doing the job, willing to work diligently, and able to self educate or seek out help when needed. One of the main points of obtaining a degree, IMHO, is not to teach you a lot of stuff, but to teach you how to educate yourself and how to solve problems. If you have these two skills and can apply them well, I don't feel a college degree is an absolute requirement. Couple these abilities with a proven work history and I believe you have a good employment candidate on your hands. What a degree gets you, sort of, is a replacement for work experience. It basically shows that you are capable of learning and applying what you learn. It also shows that you can stay focused for a period of time and accomplish a specific goal. That's really what employers are looking for, someone who can get the job done. } From: mpower@ee.net (MPower 'your future today' -- Mark Otero) } Subject: Re: ANNOUNCE: Vacant Job Positions } Date: Fri, 09 Feb 1996 00:34:53 GMT } To: informix-list@rmy.emory.edu } } Brian Stoler <brian@feith.com> wrote: } } >Bill Wendling wrote: } >> } >> Alberto Maurizio Chavan inexplicably wrote: } >> } >> } Education: } >> } University degree in Computer Sciences or equivalent. } >> } >> I always love it when people ask for such and such degree in CS. Didn't } >> one of the people who started up Apple not have a degree in CS until } >> long after the company get started? :) And look at The Gates! } } >Agreed. I'm a 16-year old junior in high school (employed by an ISV for } >2.5 years) and it bugs me that people assume that one must have a } >college degree to be a good job candidate. I'd hope that if I were } >looking for a job this would not hinder me. Let the prospective } >employee's ability speak for itself. } } >- Brian Stoler } >- brian@feith.com } } Hi Bill and Brian, } } I could not agree more. } When you see such an ad they are looking for a drone - } 1.as a male honeybee, which serves only in a reproductive capacity, } has no sting, and does no work 2. an idle person who lives by the work } } of others; } They need a body to fill a slot. } There are few true positions for those who thrive on creativity and } true accomplishments. Every company has them but they are hidden away } to do the real work, they disturb the drones and cause chaos. Look at } it like this you are part of the commando squad, you seek out and } conquer, once the battle is over you must seek another beachhead to } overtake, but before you leave, the army (ants) come in setup shop and } maintain, while the erosion begins. } } And no I do not have a collage degree :^) } } Mark } } } } =================================================== } !!!!! } /'@ @'\\ } +---------------oOOo-----U-----oOOo---------------+ } | BigDaddy's Internet USENET FaxBack Service | } | 'never leave home without it' | } | | } | Mark Otero mpower@ee.net | } | MPower Your Future Today | } | 178 Beechbank Road (614) 338-1550 | } | Columbus, Ohio 43213-1261 Fax (614) 338-1553 | } +-------------------------------------------------+ } | | | | } {__| |__} } } } } -perryd (Guru) ==================================================================== = Perry Dillard - Chief Architect Direct Dial: (206)517-6430 = = FourGen Software, Inc. FAX: (206)522-0054 = = FourGen Building Tech. Support: (800)444-3398 = = 115 NE 100th Street Sales: (800)333-4436 = = Seattle, W.A. 98125-8098 = = = = e-mail: perryd@fourgen.com Web Site http://www.fourgen.com = = = = Home Page: http://www.geocities.com/SiliconValley/3198 = ====================================================================