grad school / openbsd / editors

[Sean]

I think EDS falls into Marks "no place I would want to work" catagory. 

It breaks down between conceptual learning vs. trade/skill learning. 
If you understand the _concept_ of what is going on, you are going to be
able to pick up anywhere with relatively little training. If you learn a
trade (mcse), you will know you do this this and this, and it should work
not what you are actually doing. That works great until you hit a
cross-platform environment or are put into a system that is not M$.

I am not saying you cant get a cert and figure out what you are actually
doing conceptually, it is just harder to do that way. Most people I know
with just an MCSE arent worth a damn until they learn another (unrelated)
OS and try to get them working together. 



On Mon, 12 Mar 2001, Keyes, Randall wrote:

> Sounds like fun.  I just wondered. 
> 
> I have a Bachelors in Education, but my Microsoft Certification and
> experience held more weight with my current employer than others with
> computer degrees.  EDS seemed to be the same way.  That's why I wondered
> what the experience of others was.
>
>
> 
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Ben Pfaff [mailto:pfaffben@msu.edu]
> Sent: Monday, March 12, 2001 10:48 AM
> To: Keyes, Randall
> Cc: linux-user@egr.msu.edu
> Subject: Re: grad school / openbsd / editors
> 
> 
> "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.
>