Obama: College Degree Not Needed for a Good Career

[Kelvin Mace]

51. True story:

Once upon a time back in the day, I was turned down for an IT job at a local regional hospital because I did not have a computer degree. This was at a time when PCs were exploding and colleges were still training their computer science people VAX/IBM mainframes. The job involved installing and maintaining the hospital's new Novell network and supporting the staff.

Shortly after being turned down for that job, I got a job at a local business that taught PC tech and software courses to business folk. My first class on "Intro to PC Networks" included the two people (with CompSci degrees) the hospital had hired instead of me.

They were paying around $2,000 a pop for the course.

I would have sent the HR guy an snarky email, but first I had to teach his new IT staff how email worked.

I would say I am making Obama's point for him, but he underestimates the blind faith MANY companies put in degrees.