Re: Re: OT: Degree Scams

Geoff:

>I once came across a gentleman from India who claimed to have a
degree. It turned out it was his brother's but the photograph of him receiving the certificate was the proof he gave of having one. WHo could tell, they looked alike. Ever tried to get certification out of a university?

I once worked with a gentleman from India who listed 2 degrees. The first was in Education from a school in India. He recognized that this would not be sufficient to get a job as an engineer. The other was a non-accredited engineering degree from a US school that sounded a lot like a big-time Indian school, Indiana Institute of Technology. It got him jobs with at least one major multi-national manufacturer.

>An engineering degree normally means someone has kept out of trouble
for three or four years, chased the opposite sex, played rugby whenever possible and can drink copious amounts of beer.

I must have gone to the wrong school. My degree was damned hard to get, and I was one of the 10% who finished in only 4 years. Since it was an engineering school, finding for the opposite sex was a challenge, and substitute basketball and soccer for rugby.

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[PipingDesign] Re: OT: Degree Scams

Anyone with a laser printer can get a piece of paper purporting to be a degree and it would be worth just as much as the degrees offered in these scams. There is many an employer out there who doesnt even go to the trouble of questionning the degree status let alone going back to the university and getting certification.

That is why I dont even worry about degrees when I interview people for a job. Many an engineering degree has been awarded to a good mathematician. It doesnt mean they will be able to engineer anything whilst ever their derrier points to the ground.

Geoff

_ Received on Mon Apr 02 08:53:00 2007