[aklug] Re: Jobs

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James Tweet wrote:
> You may be able to get your foot in the door if you get a bunch of Microsoft certifications. If you want to move up then you will need a degree. My advice to you is to suck-it-up, take it like a man and finish your degree.
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> Secondly when a job description states "BS in Computer Science or equivalent experience." It means you need a BS in Computer Science. The HR people have no clue what equivalent experience to a BS in Computer Science would be. So any resume without a BSCS is either filed in the trash or put on the bottom of the pile.
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> Third, business people believe anyone who has a BSCS must be a computer genius. It's like a golden ticket or something.
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> Finally, every semester more and more people are graduating from college with a BSCS. You will be competing with them for jobs and they will get first pick.
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> I am 38 years old and I'm going to UAA to finish my degree.
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> James
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Judging by a few of the responses I received, I just want to make
something clear: My original e-mail was not meant as some kind of call
for sympathy, or as a complaint about the difficulties I finding work
after college. Whether I spend the rest of my life working as a Burger
King fry cook, or as a vice president at Google, God will take care of
my needs. I simply wanted to let you guys know that I'm out job hunting,
in case you should happen to run across anything you think I might be
interested in. And let me express my appreciation to those of you who
have thrown me some good tips.

James, thanks for the advice, and I can see how having a BS in Computer
Science would definitely brighten up a résumé. Rest assured, however,
that my educational decisions are based on more than a simple
calculation of personal manhood. I have been a college student for seven
years now, and if I thought it was in my best interested to make it
eight, or nine, or ten years, I'd have more than enough of the resolve
needed to make it happen.

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Christopher Howard
http://linuxprogrammingforums.com
http://indicium.us
http://theologia.indicium.us
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Received on Wed Apr 7 02:03:58 2010