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Portfolio vs Education.

  • 08-09-2012 4:41pm
    #1
    off.the.walls
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    If you were going to hire someone to do a job would you rather see a good portfolio or someone up to say a masters level of education?


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  • #2
    NeoRox
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    Portfolio definitely.


  • #3
    cormee
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    Portfolio - but I'd make them talk me through it, line by line (of code) - if they were able to do that to my satisfaction I wouldn't care if their level of education didn't go beyond hedge school.


  • #4
    KonFusion
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    Good portfolio, always.


  • #5
    p
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    What's your real question? :P


  • #6
    The Corinthian
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    off.the.walls wrote: »
    If you were going to hire someone to do a job would you rather see a good portfolio or someone up to say a masters level of education?
    Hire them for what kind of job?

    Designer, then a portfolio would be of most interest - can you even get a masters in 'Web design'?

    Developer (by that I mean a programmer), then past experience would be important, although this is not always possible to really catalogue in a portfolio, but some level of formal education in computer science would also be important, and in this economic climate essential.


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  • #7
    KonFusion
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    The Corinthian wrote: »
    ...also be important, and in this economic climate essential.

    Could you elaborate on this?

    Thanks.


  • #8
    The Corinthian
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    KonFusion wrote: »
    Could you elaborate on this?
    If seeking employment, the number of CV's that a company looking to hire someone will get has naturally ballooned. Where once you may have been lucky to get 3 or 4, now you might easily get over 30.

    With this increased competition for fewer jobs, applicants need every edge they can get, and like it or not qualifications are likely to be that little extra that will get one applicant picked over another, even though their experiences and portfolios are on a par.


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