OT: Degrees as barriers to entry [was Re: - E04 - Leadership! Google, Guido van Rossum, PSF]

[DaveM]

On 3 Jan 2006 20:09:34 -0800, aahz at pythoncraft.com (Aahz) wrote:

>Unfortunately, this isn't quite true.  Medicine and law both require the
>passing of an apprenticeship, so there's still some room for favoritism
>and blackballing.

In the UK, in Medicine, House Officer jobs pretty much match the
qualification numbers. Sure, which HO post you get can give your career a
head start, but that advantage is evanescent if you can't cut the mustard.

Fouling your career by upsetting the wrong people is, OTOH, easy to do.

DaveM