Quote Originally Posted by 'Fursphere',index.php?page=Thread&postID=171819#po st171819
In high school (1997, last year for me) I predicted this happening.

Then I sat back and watch the IT industry hire complete retards WITH degrees and / or Certs (not saying everyone is), and now its finally coming around.

A piece of paper is for wiping your back side. Real world experience and know-how are where its at. At least, this has been working for me and my friends for some time now.
I had something of a front-row seat for this, I had just been promoted to IT Manager at my workplace (they pretty much created the department at that time), and a friend of mine was just heading into the job market fresh off of time spent in one of those fly-by-night technical colleges. He turned out alright, he was smart, hard-working, and ambitious but not the type to leap into a pool before checking for water. I heard about guys who were just starting out and making three or four times my salary (and spending it as fast as it hit their pockets). I heard about recruiters walking right into offices and walking out with people who they had made ridiculous offers to.

And then I got to hear about how those guys were pretty much finished when the market imploded. Their jobs went away, the high salaries went away, the perks went away... the mortgages for their summer homes didn't go away, nor did the debt on their fancy cars, or their credit cards, or the loans... nasty stuff. I was glad that I didn't decide to make the jump at that time, I was pretty set where I was (and where I still am... I will have been here 20 years as of September). And my job, salary, and perks are still here, too.