Klarinet Archive - Posting 000280.txt from 2009/02

From: "Keith" <bowenk@-----.com>
Subj: RE: [kl] Fair Use
Date: Thu, 12 Feb 2009 11:11:00 -0500

Alexander Brash wrote:

>Yikes! I'm sure I'm getting a reputation for being Jonathan's lapdog,
but seriously, the guy has a Physics degree from Harvard,

And Tony has a mathematics degree from Cambridge.

But seriously, an undergraduate degree gives you some basic training but
does not allow you to say you are a scientist or a lawyer or whatever. It
allows you to start the process, which by further training such as a PhD (or
similar) AND the demonstration that you can work effectively and
innovatively on your own for some years after, allows you to be considered
seriously as a scientist or whatever. There are loads of PhDs about who
earned that qualification but are quite unable to perform at the 'original
scientist' (engineer, lawyer, physician, etc) level. I fell asleep
interviewing too many of them for jobs in both university and industry.

In old-fashioned terms: undergraduate degree = apprentice, PhD (or
equivalent eg law school training) = journeyman, 5 - 10 years proving
yourself in professional activity = master.

So let's not get hung up over undergraduate qualifications. They do not
allow you to pontificate with credibility.

Keith Bowen

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