<br><font size=2 face="sans-serif">David - No Degree - Incident manager
(via 1st & 2nd line support roles, MS consultancy)</font>
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<br><font size=2 face="sans-serif">Got into IT via an unemployment training
scheme, appeared to have a 'knack' with PC's and got my break at a small
manufacturing company aged 21. Best year of my career, everythign from
PC support to soldering serial connections into a HP48. Later moved
onto contracting work, bounced around various roles for several years and
spent 3 1.2 years i a MS consultancy role, where a colleague introduced
me to Linux. Few more roles and got into the ITIL side of things about
3 years ago.</font>
<br><font size=2 face="sans-serif">IMHO I will interview graduates and
non- grads equally - I'm more interested in the personalities and adaptability
(for my side of IT anyway)</font>
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<br><font size=2 face="sans-serif">The above is my personal opinion and
in no way reflects that of my employer etc.<br>
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<td width=40%><font size=1 face="sans-serif"><b>"Chris Rowson"
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<br><font size=1 face="sans-serif">Sent by: ubuntu-uk-bounces@lists.ubuntu.com</font>
<p><font size=1 face="sans-serif">17/10/2007 14:59</font>
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<br><font size=2><tt>It'd be interesting for people to put their money
where their mouth's<br>
are, and tell us what they do for a living and what their level of<br>
qualification is. It's the only real way to see if having a degree<br>
makes a difference or not.<br>
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Anyone who is currently on a degree course is of course going to say<br>
that it's the best way forward, as alternately anyone who hasn't got<br>
one is going to say it doesn't matter...<br>
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I'll start the ball rolling...<br>
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Chris - No Degree - Second line support engineer (although I've<br>
recently started working a in job which involves project coordination,<br>
service reviews etc etc)<br>
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ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com<br>
https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk<br>
https://wiki.kubuntu.org/UKTeam/<br>
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