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Originally Posted by RWebb
interested to see that & how you evaluated their skills
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Look at some of the resumes I have and sit in on some of the interviews I have.
The stuff I've seen is downright disheartening and some of it truly angers me, since some of the applicants I've evaluated have had similar "paper credentials" to my own (same degree), yet were utterly clueless about basic technical issues, code issues, construction methods or how to coordinate work across disciplines. The ability to apply knowledge in a practical way is sorely lacking in many graduates I'm sorry to say... Not all, but certainly a noticeable percentage. This devalues MY degree by watering it down and dragging down the expectations associated therewith. Grr.
A college degree has become what a High School Diploma used to be. Same education at 10X the price. Maybe even less education at more than 10X the price - again a generalization but I'm pretty disgusted by what the "college education industry" has become in general - an overpriced degree mill where actual skills and abilities are supplanted with liberal opinions, touchy-feely political correctness and conjecture. Again, this is another discussion and I'll start another thread when I get a minute.