"Keyes, Randall" <randall.keyes@jnli.com> writes: > In all seriousness, I have found that vender certification (MCP, MCSE, > CCIE,..etc) seems to be more important the graduate degrees unless you are > moving toward management. Have others found this also to be true? I don't want to be just another programmer. I want to do research. A PhD is a necessity.