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Subject:Piled High and Deep From:Guy McDonald <guy -at- WAYPT -dot- COM> Date:Tue, 31 Dec 1996 21:16:40 -0800
Sella said:
"Coming from an environmental engineering background, I'd say that a lot
of engineers/scientists will like your degreed state because it gives
them assurance that you know the topic (and also salves any ego issues).
That just gets you over the first hurdle. Depending on whether the
hiring person knows and values good writing, then you have to prove you
can write. There Bill--is that succinct enough for you?"
Ahhhh... the voice of reason & experience cries out this 1996 eve from
Sullivan & Rush keyboards. What??? Is there a consensus??? Yes...
education & experience walk hand in hand, but education coupled with
*experience* buys the choice cut of beef.
And... NO THIS IS NOT an invitation to start 1997 with a boisterous
blab-a-thon that expells verbal vomit on *certification*. Best wishes to
all that have paid the
waiter & also to those that just ordered dinner.
Guy McDonald
Leland Technical & Associates
guy -at- waypt -dot- com
