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Hey guys/girls,

If you we’re hiring a prospect, as a Junior .NET developer, which canidate would you prefer:

#1

Associates Degree, with electives in IT. However, with 2-3 years of experience in that field.

or…

#2

Bachelors Degree in the CS with a 3.9 GPA, but no real-world experience, just book studing and labs.

And why?

Thanks.

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Funnily enough, we are in the process of doing just that. Personally, I’d go for #1–cheaper/easier to have someone else figure out if this person can cut the mustard in a production environment. Especially for the sorts of things we do, having a CS degree won’t help much. Alot less than stuff like knowing how to use source control, configuration management and basic office etiquette.

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It doesn’t matter. Anything can be learn and train.

4

Excellent, I’ll remember that next time I need to hire an airline pilot and my choices are a guy with 20 years experience as a pilot and someone who has never even seen a plane before.

Of course it matters.

There isn’t anywhere near enough information in the descriptions to make a decision on. Bring them in, and see who does better on the interview and testing.

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I would probably go with the person that didn’t have the degree but had real world experience.

I would also factor in which would be a better fit within the company.

6

I agree with tke71709. Interview them both and see who is the better fit.

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I guess it depends on how much time you want to spend managing them.

#1 is the easy choice because he’s ready to go while #2 is going to take more effort to get him into a work environment. It could pay off big in the end though. :smiley:

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Well, if you’re under tight schedule then #1 but if it’s for long run then #2. I probably send #2 kid to 2~4 week training.

9

I wouldn’t make a decision until after an interview and see how they handle some simple programming questions/examples/exercises.

10

Well, I think practical experience is more important than having a degree as for degree holder you need to explain and train more comparing to experienced person.

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Nice thread
I will choose no 1 because I’m an IT :smiley:
also to maintain the standards of your company
interview/ some test matters too.

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All other things being equal, experience.

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I would like to prefer the first because he has experience in the same field for 2-3 exp.,so we can get him into process with out any training