[Beowulf] Degree

[Joe Landman]

On 10/24/2012 10:20 PM, Josh Catana wrote:
> As some working in HPC as an indefinite length contractor in the U.S.
> this topic intrigues me. Even though the company I contract for has me
> training their new employees and basically in control of everything in
> their environment for the last 3 years, they refuse to hire me on
> directly because I don't have a bachelors.

Some of the smartest, most professional, and hardest working people I've 
met don't have advanced degrees.

It sounds to me like a failure in management more than anything else.

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