[Novalug] Fwd: Credentials

jerry w jerrywone@gmail.com
Sun May 10 11:18:52 EDT 2015


Reply all, for the pie stuffed key pokin brat, such as me opinionated self.

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From: jerry w <jerrywone@gmail.com>
Date: Sun, May 10, 2015, 11:17
Subject: Re: [Novalug] Credentials
To: Beartooth <beartooth@beartooth.info>


More than just academic cred, street/web cred, show us what you have done,
thesis project, code output, talk about what you learned.  In a language we
can understand.  With diagrams and lol cats, if necessary.

Oh, and don't hunt disabled...

On Sun, May 10, 2015, 11:13 Beartooth via Novalug <novalug@firemountain.net>
wrote:

> On Sat, 9 May 2015, jerry w via Novalug wrote:
>
> [....]
> > I'm not actually a fan of Drupal but would be willing to let others play,
> > keep in mind security and other concerns.  Might be a good summer project
> > for students like novalug summer of code (gdrug not required). And
> realize
> > thesis defense and approval process...
> [....]
>
>         Lots of you must sit on hiring committees, or make final
> decisions yourselves.
>
>         I've been meaning to ask, just out of curiosity, whether
> (and how much) academic qualifications matter on the modern CS
> job market. (Possibly the biggest single benefit of retiring is
> that you never have to go through *that* again.)
>
>         I've known occasional students at Tech to plan to
> study for advanced degrees, then get a job offer they can't
> refuse, and go happily away. Others stay, and also seem to get
> good jobs.
>
>         What do y'all advise young people, if they ask? (If they
> ask with an offer in hand, does that change much?)
>
> --
> Beartooth Implacable, Curmudgeon On Line
> They say it's a great life, if you don't weaken.
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