[thelist] Career Q's

At 10:52 PM -0005 3/19/00, aardvark wrote:


>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: Adrian Kearns

>> 1) Does it count against you if you have no formal quailifications?
>> obviously it would depend on the qual'.
>
>ermm... yes.  i wouldn't hire a plumber who hasn't done it before, or an
>electrician, or an
>architect, or a programmer, etc... i won't hire a designer who' only ever
>done print work to do
>my web site, either... gotta know the job...


Ummm.  I think Adrian was asking about self-taught versus school-trained.
In my limited experience, school-trained people have a lot easier time
getting the interview, but I know quite a few self-trained people who are
good who have good jobs... this may be one of the few fields any more where
it is possible to get a decent job without a degree.

-Jorah