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I know numerous people whose technical skills I highly respect that have a degree in all kinds of things, or, indeed, nothing.

• CalChris 9y ago
  Are any of them the Chief Security Officer of a $17.5B company?
  • kinkrtyavimoodh 9y ago
    "of a company handling important private financial data of more or less the whole population of the United States" would be more relevant than the market cap here, I think.
  • ojr 9y ago
    so a college degree in Computer Science, where they recycle old final exams would have save the day? How many degree holders can even go back and pass the final exams, cramming knowledge for a test is not an indicator for security competence
    • vecter 9y ago
      That's a pretty silly strawman to build up and then tear down. That's tantamount to saying an engineering degree is just a piece of paper. Of course it implies a lot more.
      • grandalf 9y ago
        Many people with a CS degree are clueless about security. It's a relatively new discipline.
• optimuspaul 9y ago
  Indeed. The only thing a degree in anything proves is that the holder of those degrees paid someone money to say they were taught something, probably.
  • vecter 9y ago
    Or, I don't know, they learned useful and relevant things while earning those degrees?