OlaeviaTraisharan wrote:
Not many companies care about the degree so much as your work experience 
I have 5 years of programming work experience but a B.A. degree in a foreign language.
Exactly. Around here, we call that "Well rounded" 
Slightly more seriously, an engineering degree from an accredited school is a great way to get exposed to lots of different disciplines, and a solid opportunity to learn the "why" behind a ton of disparate subjects, whether or not you use them later on. Learning how to learn about different things is a practiced skill in itself, for sure.
But there's definitely no reason to assume that's the only way people can get a wide variety of knowledge, or understand the all-important "whys," (definitely important with engineering) or that they can't teach themselves how to learn by learning lots about other things on their own.
Just like there's no reason to assume that a four year hitch and a piece of paper ensures that a person did school the "right" way, and actually learned all of those things along the way, instead of taking the cramming route and just skipping through along the surface.
Life, school, whichever -- You get out exactly what you put in.
Randomly,
- Scott
Message Edited by Gallenite on 10-06-2005 11:43 PM