Comments on: On The Pod #15: Stephen Collins http://onthepod.thepodcastnetwork.com/2007/12/12/on-the-pod-15-stephen-collins/ Duncan Riley, writer for TechCrunch and co-founder of b5 media, interviews tech celebrities from the world. Sat, 6 Sep 2008 00:39:01 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5.1 By: NathanaelB http://onthepod.thepodcastnetwork.com/2007/12/12/on-the-pod-15-stephen-collins/#comment-552 NathanaelB Wed, 16 Jan 2008 05:40:54 +0000 http://onthepod.thepodcastnetwork.com/2007/12/12/on-the-pod-15-stephen-collins/#comment-552 Just to anyone out there wanting to get into IT: You don't HAVE to go to Uni for 4 years studying Computer Science. In fact, I as a potential employer would prefer if you didn't! I know the curriculum for that degree, and I know how little relevance it has to many jobs in IT except perhaps the hardcore system and database administration roles. I consider myself a "skilled worker" yet I have no more than 6 months of tertiary/technical education ... a diploma/cadetship course I did back in 2000. 6 months! It's about getting the relevant skills for a particular career ... Uni does not neccessarily equate to being skilled. I strongly support vocational education ... and not simply because I work for the Vocation and Technical Education branch of the Department of Education, Employment and Workplace Relations! Just to anyone out there wanting to get into IT: You don’t HAVE to go to Uni for 4 years studying Computer Science. In fact, I as a potential employer would prefer if you didn’t! I know the curriculum for that degree, and I know how little relevance it has to many jobs in IT except perhaps the hardcore system and database administration roles. I consider myself a “skilled worker” yet I have no more than 6 months of tertiary/technical education … a diploma/cadetship course I did back in 2000. 6 months! It’s about getting the relevant skills for a particular career … Uni does not neccessarily equate to being skilled. I strongly support vocational education … and not simply because I work for the Vocation and Technical Education branch of the Department of Education, Employment and Workplace Relations!

]]> By: Stephen Collins http://onthepod.thepodcastnetwork.com/2007/12/12/on-the-pod-15-stephen-collins/#comment-258 Stephen Collins Wed, 12 Dec 2007 02:54:45 +0000 http://onthepod.thepodcastnetwork.com/2007/12/12/on-the-pod-15-stephen-collins/#comment-258 @ChrisSaad actually name-drop you in the conversation. @ChrisSaad actually name-drop you in the conversation.

]]> By: Chris Saad http://onthepod.thepodcastnetwork.com/2007/12/12/on-the-pod-15-stephen-collins/#comment-257 Chris Saad Wed, 12 Dec 2007 02:43:03 +0000 http://onthepod.thepodcastnetwork.com/2007/12/12/on-the-pod-15-stephen-collins/#comment-257 Awesome - going to listen to this now. Have you both seen http://government2.pbwiki.com ? Awesome - going to listen to this now.

Have you both seen http://government2.pbwiki.com ?

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