Spehro Pefhany wrote:
> On Wed, 27 Apr 2005 12:30:04 -0500, the renowned Larry G
> <[email protected]> wrote:
>
>
>>On 27 Apr 2005 04:53:00 -0700, Andor <[email protected]> wrote:
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>>>"
>>>Education: Undergraduate Degree required, Graduate degree preferred, or
>>>
>>>equivalent years of industry experience considered.
>>>"
>>>
>>>That's interesting: how many years of industry experience make up a
>>>undergraduate or graduate degree?
>>>
>>>Regards,
>>>Andor
>>
>>
>>Believe it or not, some people acquire knowledge by reading, working
>>with the technology, and solving real-world problems. Sort of like
>>they do in school, only with a more practical focus. Reality TV for
>>education, only better.
>>
>>Cheers,
>>Larry G.
>
>
> Sure, it happens, but it's pretty rare, IMHO, for people to acquire
> deep theoretical knowledge that way. Perhaps Andor's point is that the
> two are virtually orthogonal requirements.
>
>
> Best regards,
> Spehro Pefhany

I was lucky when I workd for the Navy. I was working for an ONR sponsor
on a program that required a bit of theoretical knowledge and at the
same time going to grad school part time. The work and school
dovetailed very nicely. The theory was for lack of a better term,
practical.