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Just like working for any other boss, IME. My last job the owner of the company would say something like, "I'm not as smart as you since I don't have a degree..." and I would just laugh inwardly because he was the one with a multi-million dollar company and I was working for him for peanuts.
It actually made me a little uncomfortable because I felt he put so much emphasis that I had all the knowledge about my area because of my degree when in reality most of what I learned was on the job through hands on experience. The degree was just a piece of paper that got my foot in the door. In fact, I was pretty stupid in my profession even after going through four years of schooling for it since it was all theory and abstract lessons. Realities in the workplace was much, much different.
Where I work on the job experience is far more important than a degree. In fact, if the manager has a degree it's a hindrance because they feel that they can just sit in the office. Often enough with call-outs and shortages the managers need to fill in to get the work done.
Some of the most incompetent jerks in management have advanced degrees. I'll take experience/people skills over degree'd, arrogant know-nothings any day.
I can't see why it would matter one way or another. If they are a good manager--yay! What does their academic background matter to you? And if they are a bad manager, do you honestly believe that, say, a through knowledge of renaissance art is going to change that?
There are entire companies working for bosses with no degrees.
Facebook - Mark Zuckerberg
Apple - Steve Jobs
Microsoft - Bill Gates
Virgin Brand (Airlines, Wireless, Space Tourism)- Richard Branson
Dell - Michael Dell
Then, there are companies run by guys that never graduated high school.
Walt Disney Co - Walt Disney
Imagine, if you one are those guys that has $60k in student loan debt working for Facebook. The top boss doesn't even have a degree. The engineers are jumping off towers in Silicon Valley. well, maybe not.
Last edited by move4ward; 03-07-2015 at 02:33 PM..
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