On Mon, Oct 31, 2005 at 07:53:15AM +0000, Adam Bower wrote:
To me it sounds a bit stupid saying "MCSE need not apply" given that I know a few technical people who are some of the best I've ever met who also had MCSEs, especially given that some of these people had to get the MCSE as part of their jobs "spec" when working as contractors (and I must say I'd probably be mercenary and get an MCSE if I was offered ~100k a year).
To play devils advocate a bit, some of the biggest idiots I have had the mis-fortune to work with have had degrees (many of them in computer science) who have been more of a liability than anything else, so would it be sensible for me to put on any job adverts i was to write "Applicants with degrees need not apply"?
Hmm... I've suspected since long that one of the devil's recipes for making an invalid argument that people will nonetheless accept is to provide only a necessary condition where a sufficient one is required... ;-)
Best regards, Jan