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- From: bernard@sirius.gte.com (Bernard Silver)
- Newsgroups: comp.ai
- Subject: Re: Grad school comments
- Message-ID: <BERNARD.92Nov18081349@sirius.gte.com>
- Date: 18 Nov 92 13:13:49 GMT
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- In-reply-to: shanks@saifr00.cfsat.honeywell.com's message of 17 Nov 92 17:04:54 GMT
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- In article <1992Nov17.170454.9426@saifr00.cfsat.honeywell.com> shanks@saifr00.cfsat.honeywell.com (Mark Shanks) writes:
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- In article <2B0917E4.DC7@deneva.sdd.trw.com> shrdlu@willow.sdd.trw.com (Lynda L. True) writes:
- >> Much in the same way you have to have a High School Diploma or a B.S.,
- >> a graduate degree is pretty much required as proof of competency in
- >> the field of AI.
- >
- >Hah! Again I say HAH! I've been working in the field of AI for ten (count 'em,
- >ten) years, and I have a BA. Not even a BS, and not even in comp sci (although
- >I DID minor in comp sci).
- >
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- Mmmmmm, I disagree with you, Lynda, at least as far as the larger corps.
- You are quite fortunate - *most* large engineering-oriented corporations
- (at least in my experience) won't even TALK to you without a BSEE/BSCS,
- and, as is largely the case with Human Factors, for AI an advanced degree
- is de rigueur. Mind, I'm not saying that's the way it OUGHT to be, but
- I think your experience is more the exception than the rule. I would
- be prepared to do a LOT of fancy tap-dancing if I wanted to get my foot
- in the door of a serious AI lab without at least an MSCS. Maybe not
- a "union card"; more like a ticket or a coupon good for 90% reduction
- in harrasment during interviews.
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- I agree with Mark. Note that Lynda started in AI ten years ago.
- Ten years ago, AI was very hot and there was a shortage of practitioners.
- Now, there is great competition and, however good you are, you are unlikely
- to make the cut in the resume review. We get huge numbers of resumes and
- need some way of paring them down. Lack of a graduate degree is an
- obvious one.
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