Sunday, April 13, 2008

Work code

In India, people are fascinated with degrees and qualifications. You cannot work if you are not qualified to do so. Qualification is not whether you can do the work, it is more about whether you have a government approved degree declaring the same!!

In the US, of what I have heard, all that matters is if you can do the work. As long as the establishment is satisfied with the quality you produce it doesn't give a damn about your degree. This works both ways though.

What is a degree? It is an assurance that the candidate has studied and passed the prescribed examination for some fixed subjects. It can never be a reliable indicator of how good that person is in that field.

Signing off to ponder.

1 comment:

Eskoni said...

A degree makes you feel responsible....I means if you are an architect and given a job to design a house, you are supposed to know how to do it. You feel bad and irresponsible if you cant perform the duty, but if you dont have a degree, you can always get away....
depends on person to person....