Article: 73843 of alt.sysadmin.recovery Approved: no Newsgroups: alt.sysadmin.recovery Subject: Re: I want off this ride. References: <40f25517@rsl2.rslnet.net> X-Newsreader: trn 4.0-test76 (Apr 2, 2001) From: abuse@dopiaza.cabal.org.uk (Peter Corlett) Originator: abuse@dopiaza.cabal.org.uk (Peter Corlett) Date: 12 Jul 2004 16:18:47 GMT Lines: 14 Message-ID: <40f2b9e7$0$58816$5a6aecb4@news.aaisp.net.uk> NNTP-Posting-Date: 12 Jul 2004 16:18:47 GMT NNTP-Posting-Host: 217.169.21.26 X-Trace: 1089649127 news.aaisp.net.uk 58816 217.169.21.26 X-Complaints-To: aaispnews-abuse@gradwell.net Path: news.meer.net!sea-read.news.verio.net!newsartnum1.dllstx09.us.to.verio.net!newspeer1.stngva01.us.to.verio.net!news.verio.net!newsfeed.cwix.com!newsfeed.icl.net!proxad.net!fr.ip.ndsoftware.net!216.196.110.149.MISMATCH!border2.nntp.ams.giganews.com!nntp.giganews.com!caladan!news-peer-lilac.gradwell.net!not-for-mail Xref: archive.mv.meer.net alt.sysadmin.recovery:73843 Ernie wrote: [...] > There's one problem with this. You wanna be a sysadmin in this city? > You have to have 5 years experience and a degree in Computer > Science. I have 4 years experience and flunked out of Computer > Science thanks to difficulty with Calculus and Linear Algebra. [...] I always consider that high requirements is a means of weeding out people too timid to stand up and say "you're looking for the wrong skillset, you want my skills", rather than a means of weeding out people who don't fit the lofty requirements. -- PGP key ID E85DC776 - finger abuse@mooli.org.uk for full key Article: 73891 of alt.sysadmin.recovery X-Trace-PostClient-IP: 24.81.33.60 Newsgroups: alt.sysadmin.recovery Subject: Re: I want off this ride. From: dagbrown@LART.ca (Dave Brown) References: <40f25517@rsl2.rslnet.net> <40f2e97e$0$58824$5a6aecb4@news.aaisp.net.uk> <2736f0lic06u7c4i9806227dnq2l9rhpj0@4ax.com> Approved: Bah Organization: None. Come on, you expect me to be organized or something? X-No-Archive: yes X-Newsreader: trn 4.0-test74 (May 26, 2000) Originator: dagbrown@home.com (Dave Brown) Message-ID: Lines: 20 Date: Tue, 13 Jul 2004 01:37:09 GMT NNTP-Posting-Host: 64.59.144.75 X-Complaints-To: abuse@shaw.ca X-Trace: pd7tw3no 1089682629 64.59.144.75 (Mon, 12 Jul 2004 19:37:09 MDT) NNTP-Posting-Date: Mon, 12 Jul 2004 19:37:09 MDT Path: news.meer.net!sea-read.news.verio.net!newsartnum1.dllstx09.us.to.verio.net!newspeer1.stngva01.us.to.verio.net!news.verio.net!news.glorb.com!border1.nntp.dca.giganews.com!nntp.giganews.com!pd7cy2so!shaw.ca!pd7tw3no.POSTED!53ab2750!not-for-mail Xref: archive.mv.meer.net alt.sysadmin.recovery:73891 In article <2736f0lic06u7c4i9806227dnq2l9rhpj0@4ax.com>, Joe Zeff wrote: : The one time I know it happened, the person breaking the news to : me appologized. He wanted me for the job but the PHB decided : that the degree was more important than the ability to do the : job. PHBs use it to justify the money they spent getting their own degrees. They spent all that money, and they don't want to think that it might have gone to waste if they can hire someone who DOESN'T have a degree, who can still (amazingly enough) do the job just as well as someone who does have a degree. It's the kind of logic that only a PHB could come up with. --Dave -- "It's easy to blame a mindless, inanimate object. That's why we always blame the luser." -- Tony Lassila