[aclug-L] Re: Cool new fan site....hehe

[brinkley j harrell <brinkley.j.harrell@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

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> As someone who *does* have a four-year degree (BS in CS), I 
> don't think it
> means all that much.  When it comes down to it, you still 
> learn all the
> nuts and bolts on your own, and you find that being able to write BNF
> grammars, draw automata state diagrams, or calculate the 
> runtime magnitude
> of an algorithm really isn't all that useful when you're configuring a
> router.  i.e. it don't take a college degree to learn how to be a
> Unix/Linux system admin... it just takes hands-on experience 
> and a group
> of knowledgable peers.  You learn real system administration 
> from other
> administrators, not from a bunch of newbies trying to teach each other
> what they don't know.  
>
>     {snip}


As someone who writes personnel requirements and hires people, I
disagree with you strongly about the degree position. Having a BS in
Computer Science does not make you a literate computer user or
administrator. It will get you _P_A_I_D_ more!

Frankly, if you have the professional computer experience and can back
it up, I could care less what the degree is in.

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Brinkley Harrell
Sprint ATD, ION Service Development
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