Jacked Camry wrote: Nobody is going to not hire a whizkid programmer because he or she has no degree (unless, of course, it's a stupid development aid RFP), but that is most definitely the case with the other professions.
used to happen all the time... for exactly the reasons you cite for other professions. then the world moved on and those fixed in their rigid belief that to be able to do the job appropriately you needed college moved on with it... the younger blood took over. only a matter of time for other fields as well. a quick google search turned up the following:
The National Science Foundation reported this week that approximately 22 percent of the workers in science and engineering fields do not have a bachelor's degree. The report shows that out of 4,682,400 science and engineering employees in the U.S., 225,200 list their highest education as high school, and 811,000 list their highest education as an Associate's degree.
Jacked Camry wrote: And while there can obviously be consequences from bad programming, the responsibility for the project would be a more senior level person who is likely an engineer - in the West certainly they would be just due to liability considerations.
Completely wrong. Other than a few cases you only have minimal code reviews, usually with peers instead of supervisors (who usually know nothing about the tech and focus on time/people management) and then it goes to a QA group who spend a fairly short amount of time trying to break it. if they can't, it goes to production. it's up to the programmer to make it as bulletproof as possible... and while liability will fall on the company (and their insurance company), a critical failure will ruin the programmers career.
Capital_9 wrote:OrangeDragon wrote:
and during a stint in jail over some youthful indiscretions
What indiscretions led to a stint in the big house?
Rebellious actions involving my stingy stepfather, his checkbook, and a new set of shocks for my car. He didn't press charges, as it was a family affair, but the state insisted on picking them up anyway.