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Re:What happens to tech workers when their skills become obs... by pjmlp on Thursday September 12, 2019 @03:15AM (#20948837)
I guess I only worked for archaic engineering companies then.

Outside a couple of startups with dubious prognostic of success, I never saw a CV going through HR for IT department without having higher education degree, with the exception of technical students.

And in most European countries one doesn't get to sign Engineer on formal documents (from law point of view) without the proper tile certification.

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Re:What happens to tech workers when their skills become obs... by ido on Thursday September 12, 2019 @04:49AM (#20949380)
I've worked in lots of places where having a degree was not a requirement to get hired but certainly a lot (especially bigger) companies value an education. I would say that the more accurate statement is that enough valuable work-experience can alleviate the need for a degree but degrees are far from worthless.
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Re:What happens to tech workers when their skills become obs... by collyw on Thursday September 12, 2019 @06:42AM (#20949963)
Some of the best as well as some of the worst developers I have worked with had no formal CS education. (The worst ones got in through biology -> bioinformatics, the best ones through gaming and setting up networks and general enthusiasm for the subject).
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