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I feel the need to "defend" my degree. :-)
>
> Everything is relative, but I have had the exact opposite response to the
> last two posting. I had real world experience--although nothing prepares
> you for some things that happen in software development--we had deadlines
> and not due dates, we had projects that required us to interview SMEs, we
> were required to have paid internships prior to graduation, we had to take
> programming languages, we had to have specializations like computer
science
> or medical writing. I could go on, but I think that everyone gets the
> point.
>
> And I have never had anyone be suspect of my degree. It has for the last
> five years, grad school was not that long ago for me, moved me to the
front
> of the candidate list and always gotten me more money than was initially
> being offered.
>
> Guess I've just been in the right place at the right time!
>
> Have a great Monday,
> Bonita
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