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Subject:Re: Do you need a degree? From:Wayne Douglass <wayned -at- VERITY -dot- COM> Date:Fri, 11 Jul 1997 10:48:35 -0700
At 12:29 PM 7/11/97 -0400, Mary wrote:
>Another possibility: Those involved in the hiring process,
>particularly other writers who interview you, might be of
>the mindset that "I finished *my* degree in preparation
>for the job, so they should have to have finished *their*
>degrees, too!" (Not always a fair or valid point of view,
>but I've encountered that mindset at more than one
>company.)
>
I call this the Hazing Ritual Mentality.
--Wayne
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