Why so many job ads requiring B.S degree for Net Admins?

Judd

Why do you see so many job ads that state, "the candidate will have a B.S. degree in CS or equivalent..."

You would think that college IT majors would be based somewhat on the demands of industry, however with networking this isn't the case. Even though most people know that the majority of formal networking education comes in the form of an A.S degree, the jobs we should be qualified for routinely have requirements of a B.S. degree.

Most of us answer this requirement with additional certifications during or after college, but for some employers certification doesn't matter.

Why is this so common? Is it because some employers don't fully understand the job duties of a net admin, so they assume it requires a B.S? Is it because of the old skool way of thinking that every job in IT should have a B.S. degree? That was the case long ago for programmers, but many tech colleges offer programmer degrees now.

What are your thoughts on this topic? How have you dealt with this issue?

TeKniques

freakonaleash wrote:

I am not here to downplay a degree by no means. But just thought that you might get a kick out of this info I found on CNN the other day when I was reading an article.

What do Microsoft founder Bill Gates, Oracle CEO Larry Ellison and entertainment mogul David Geffen have in common? Besides being exceedingly rich, none of them has a college degree.

You learn something new everyday!!

Yeah, so 3 people out of about 295 million got lucky. Okay, maybe it's a little bit more than that. Lets say about 100,000 people are millionaires without a college degree. That means you have about a .033898% chance of being a millionaire without a college degree.

No thanks.