Speaker to Animals wrote: ↑Mon May 20, 2019 9:17 am
The Conservative wrote: ↑Mon May 20, 2019 9:10 am
Martin Hash wrote: ↑Mon May 20, 2019 6:39 am
PhD in Computer Science who also wrote over a 1,000,000 lines of code. Professional Engineer who wired my house and built a computer from scratch. (I mean I etched the circuit board and soldered diodes for ROM.)
p.s. The quote's good though.
I have 30 years in the IT field. Director of IT/Infrastructure of a multi-Billion dollar company. (30k users.) and in charge of over 100 people world wide.
I’ve designed infrastructures from scratch, I’ve built network systems that have to work through the great firewall of China.
I’ve built networks and systems for homes, wiring the entire house.
I don’t have a degree, what I have is decades is sweat and failures, as well as successes to fall back on. Reading hundreds of books and websites to fill the gaps of my knowledge.
I’ve also written 150k lines of code for a single app I created from scratch. (Inventory control system software)
The point is, that education gets you in the door, experience keeps you there.
I am not saying what you have done isn’t impressive, but the point is that people with real world experience sometimes is just as useful as someone with an advanced degree.
PS. Thanks about the “quote”
The point is, Martin was responsible for a major
animation software kit in the 1990s. That's not resting on a degree. He built commercial software. Was successful.
I can tell you about software engineering from the perspective of the guy writing code in a cubicle. Martin ran the entire business and put something to market.
My software is used by Intel and Tel-Nexx... can I use that as a successful credential?
The only reason I am not doing that full time is that, well I designed the software internally is because I made it for the company I was working for at the time back in 2002, and they forced me to give the code to the companies so they could customize it for their purposes. (Because it was theirs to do with)
The software kept track of over 50,000 individual parts, 15,000 BOM's and ordered hardware and other material as it became low from usage. It also kept track of where a unit was being built, who was working on it, and what they were working on. It also figured the cost of material waste.
It created reports for the CEO, CFO, and the floor managers to see where everything was, what was on time, what was late and also to keep track of patterns (sales and manufacturing). It also kept track of all hardware such as screws, etc by weight and had a 99.6% accuracy.
I had my success ripped from me. But yeah, he was successful... I got screwed, it doesn't mean my ability or credentials are any less impressive.