Moose..
In the US Microsoft has 27,249 employees
Dell has 39,000 worldwide
oracle- 43000 worldwide , 21000 US
Exactly what percentage of these employees have a college degree?
Take a wild guess?
Do you honestly think any of these companies hire people without a college education?
Well..sure they do.. if you want to work in packaging or if you want to to some shipping, maybe some inventory?
So yea the founders didnt go to college, and hey power to them.. but do you honestly think they hire people who "learned it on thier own" without a college degree? HELL NO.
Will you even get an interview with out a degree hanging on your wall? Sure to clean some toilets, maybe restock the vending machines.
Americans are lazy. I am proud to be an American but we are still lazy. Do you know what an H1-Visa is? The government had to 'bend' the rules to get more foreign workers into this country, want to know why?? There are so many technology jobs like software, and engineering jobs that are left unfilled because the education isnt there. 70-90,000 jobs just sitting there waiting to be filled but we can't handle it. Technology based companies are importing 80,000 extra workers from other countries to fill in software programming, web design, systems engineering.. the list goes on. We are providing more jobs then we can fill. Education is key in this day and age. Take India for example.. it is a poor country, but according to forbes, within 10 years India's Banglore area will surpass the United States silicon valley because any tech degree is a gold mine and they are taking full advantage of it. People need a slap in the face to be aware of what's going on.
ace0r, stick with e-commerce bud, its one of the highest paying comp. feilds out there. My wife is on the chair for Oracle's recruiting branch in the midwest and said that there are actually less than 40 schools in the U.S. that offer e-commerce as an undergrad and to take FULL advantage of DePaul. I am going to e-mail you some statistics of e-commerce related job hires from DePaul grads for the year 2000.. i think it'll put a smile on your face
by the way moose you spelled college wrong
