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On Tue, 10 Feb 2015 22:29:30 -0600, Califbill
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"Mr. Luddite" wrote:

"Lot of cases"? That's where I think you are wrong. The degree may
qualify you ... it's the main reason I pursued one ... in the eyes of
others but it doesn't mean you don't have the knowledge or expertise
to do your job. College doesn't teach that ... I know that for a fact.

When I was doing hiring interviews, there were degreed and non degreed
engineers. I would hire a degreed engineer over an equal non degreed
engineer, for the simple reason, they proved they could stick to something
for the duration.

Engineer is a bad example. You pretty much need college to get that
certification from IEEE.

Ask the same question about hiring a retail manager or a
programmer/analyst and how would you answer?
If it was anything near the construction business I doubt there is
even a question to ask.

Experience will beat education every time for a company that actually
wants to succeed.

Lots of states do not require a degree for engineer title. To get a PE
certificate, you have to pass tests as well as experience, and most likely
can not pass the test without university math. When I took the EIT I was
just out of school, no was 30 years old, worked my way through university,
and passed the test. 2 years later would have been hard to pass it.