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If I hadn't quit college to continue my tech career, I would have ended up with a degree in Sociology. Would having a non-Tech degree make me less qualified th

If I hadn't quit college to continue my tech career, I would have ended up with a degree in Sociology. Would having a non-Tech degree make me less qualified than someone who has no degree? Of course not. It proves I can do the drudge work necessary to earn a degree, without which I must fall back on testimonials. They have an MFA. That's a hell of a lot of hard work. Proves they are capable of doing hard work. I don't see what the problem is here. EDIT: Received a BA, magna cum laude, and MFA, summa cum laude. That's impressive regardless of the field. That's "succeed at all costs". EDIT: Changed BS to degree in the first paragraph because I have no clue wtf makes something BA or BS. It's an arbitrary division that's used primarily as a weapon to disrespect women and is not a valid distinction of "intelligence" or "science-capable" or "technical-capable" in the modern era in any way whatsoever.

subie 9y ago
> I don't see what the problem is here. The massive breach of personal information.
- floatingatoll 9y ago
  I don't understand. Could you help me understand? I'm not able to see the connection you see between an MFA in Music and the Equifax breach, and I'll need you to describe it clearly in order to comprehend what you're trying to say here.
  - subie 9y ago
    Equifax's Chief security officer may have had a lack of knowledge in the domain she was hired for(A very important role). They ignored security warnings from Apache and now we have the fallout from the breach. So did the CSO's lack of security knowledge aide in the breach? If so that is on Equifax for hiring her into that role.
    - floatingatoll 9y ago
      I'm unable to follow your logic here, as there's a missing component of the explanation. How does the CSO's multiple degrees in Music convey a lack of knowledge in the domain she was hired for? It doesn't, because there's no information to derive there. I believe you are attempting to construct an argument that says that an offtopic degree disqualifies her to be a skilled practitioner by default. This is wrong. The topic of someone's degree has no implicit bearing on their work experience before and after it. LinkedIn shows endorsements by tens of people at each of her jobs in the specific labels "Information Security", "Disaster Recovery", and "Business Continuity". By that basis, she is perfectly qualified to handle this breach. Unfortunately, that information - which takes up as much or more screen space on her LinkedIn page than her dual degrees - wasn't considered relevant by the OP, and is being studiously ignored for some unknown reason.
      - gaius 9y ago
        LinkedIn shows endorsements by tens of people at each of her jobs in the specific labels "Information Security", "Disaster Recovery", and "Business Continuity". By that basis, she is perfectly qualified to handle this breach LinkedIn endorsements are as meaningful as Facebook likes.
        floatingatoll 9y ago
        Of course her LinkedIn profile does not correctly reflect her experience and qualifications. Yet here we are, on Hacker News, with people calling her out for not having security experience based on her LinkedIn profile having an Art degree, rather than a Science degree. I agree wholeheartedly with you that LinkedIn is as meaningful as Facebook. We absolutely should not be here evaluating her qualifications based on her LinkedIn profile. Any conclusions therein derived would be obviously wrong, by your own point.
        subie 9y ago
        Nobody is outright saying she doesn't have the experience. Clearly some employees at Equifax were ignoring security vulnerabilities. The first person you look at is the CSO. The Linkedin doesn't paint the whole picture but it could indicate something and that what's being pointed out. This isn't an attack on a single person it's an attempt to figure out how the biggest breach of user information in history went down.

subie 9y ago

> I don't see what the problem is here. The massive breach of personal information.

floatingatoll 9y ago
I don't understand. Could you help me understand? I'm not able to see the connection you see between an MFA in Music and the Equifax breach, and I'll need you to describe it clearly in order to comprehend what you're trying to say here.
- subie 9y ago
  Equifax's Chief security officer may have had a lack of knowledge in the domain she was hired for(A very important role). They ignored security warnings from Apache and now we have the fallout from the breach. So did the CSO's lack of security knowledge aide in the breach? If so that is on Equifax for hiring her into that role.
  - floatingatoll 9y ago
    I'm unable to follow your logic here, as there's a missing component of the explanation. How does the CSO's multiple degrees in Music convey a lack of knowledge in the domain she was hired for? It doesn't, because there's no information to derive there. I believe you are attempting to construct an argument that says that an offtopic degree disqualifies her to be a skilled practitioner by default. This is wrong. The topic of someone's degree has no implicit bearing on their work experience before and after it. LinkedIn shows endorsements by tens of people at each of her jobs in the specific labels "Information Security", "Disaster Recovery", and "Business Continuity". By that basis, she is perfectly qualified to handle this breach. Unfortunately, that information - which takes up as much or more screen space on her LinkedIn page than her dual degrees - wasn't considered relevant by the OP, and is being studiously ignored for some unknown reason.
    - gaius 9y ago
      LinkedIn shows endorsements by tens of people at each of her jobs in the specific labels "Information Security", "Disaster Recovery", and "Business Continuity". By that basis, she is perfectly qualified to handle this breach LinkedIn endorsements are as meaningful as Facebook likes.
      - floatingatoll 9y ago
        Of course her LinkedIn profile does not correctly reflect her experience and qualifications. Yet here we are, on Hacker News, with people calling her out for not having security experience based on her LinkedIn profile having an Art degree, rather than a Science degree. I agree wholeheartedly with you that LinkedIn is as meaningful as Facebook. We absolutely should not be here evaluating her qualifications based on her LinkedIn profile. Any conclusions therein derived would be obviously wrong, by your own point.
        subie 9y ago
        Nobody is outright saying she doesn't have the experience. Clearly some employees at Equifax were ignoring security vulnerabilities. The first person you look at is the CSO. The Linkedin doesn't paint the whole picture but it could indicate something and that what's being pointed out. This isn't an attack on a single person it's an attempt to figure out how the biggest breach of user information in history went down.