Why is it that Information Technology has so many employees that lack a college degree and even in some cases a high school diploma? There is a marked deficiency in ability to think differently and adapt to change which is critical to support the required transformation Intel is going through. Should all employees credentials be reviewed evaluated??
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Degrees are only as good as the person holding them. As long as Intel prioritizes hiring "protected status" individuals who barely understand the field they're in, instead of hiring people based on skill and track records...well the writings on the wall. I don't need to remind anyone here about our failures and continual decline...
I'd rather take the employees with no degrees and demonstrated skills over the ones with supposed degrees and skills on their application that show up to work not knowing what a MOSFET is.
I have worked for an other semiconductor company as an engineer..no degree (engineering or science..those came later). I was sucessful..promoted 4 times in five years, doing the same stuff Phd's are doing at Intel. Energy adjustments on asml's, spin speed adjustments for resist thickness, troubleshooting fatal errors on the old single scan asml's (i-line, scanners, DUV's etc), actively worked with asml engineers on recovery plans, Pas stop/Starts, adjusting overlay, standard job energy adjustments to comply with SPC..It isn't rocket science..yes, one has to be bright..but we hit goal or heads would roll. We knew how to manufacture. Intel has become a politically correct company hiring unqualified individuals due to their "protected" status and it shows. Unless the company realizes this, things will continue to get worse. On a final note, I don't think a degree should be required, if the person is able through testing, to demonstrate knowledge and skills.
Correction, not the first supercomputor, but one of the earliest..for Cray.
I have a friend (deceased) who was in charge of the first supercomputer progect (Cray or Sperry Univac..not sure). He had no degree. Was supposed to graduate class of '72, but quit 1 semester from graduation due to a great job offer. Here are some others:
Mark Zuckerberg- CoFounder and CEO of Facebook. ...
Steve Jobs- Former Founder and CEO of Apple. ...
Bill Gates- Former Founder and CEO of Microsoft.
I have two degrees, but so what?
I'm pretty sure those autists wouldn't last very long baby sitting an etcher.
If you watched “The Big Bang Theory”, you might remember the dialogue. There are 3 Ph D, and a master degree from MIT. Their degrees do not matter to solve the car problem.
Leonard: Uh-oh.
Raj: What's the matter?
Leonard: Something's wrong, I'm not getting any gas. Anybody know anything about internal combustion engines?
Sheldon: Of course.
Raj: Very basic.
Howard: 19th-century technology.
Leonard: Does anybody know how to fix an internal combustion engine?
Sheldon: No.
Howard: No, not a clue.
So let me get this straight....the people with no degrees got Intel to its present status and not the genius premadonna and often predatory super educated? You mean to tell us that the abysmal leadership of Sohail and Murthy (both PhDs and both allowed to manage enormous swaths of Intel) are overlooked because a few Intel employees worked their as--s off to succeed in the face of educational prejudice by those that think they are worthy because of some lettering behind their names? Obfuscation is not a strong enough word for this misguided thesis!
Isn't much of IT already outsourced? Almost feels like everyone's their own tech support nowadays
Maybe PTD should hire some more PHDs
A hardworking technician with HS diploma got some good reviews for assembling computers and helping some powerful people. He was promoted to engr-3.
There is a weird rule that within 5 years an engr-3 has to be promoted to an engr-5, in 5 more years to a engr-6 and 5 more years to engr-7.
So in about 15 years, he is now a grade-7 manager for people assembling computers.
He interviews fresh grads from reputed univs, gives updates to senior mgmt :D
Strange that SMIC is also stuck at 14nm++
Kinda shows you how valuable a degree is as it support from India is so renowned.
Eventually IT will all be outsourced to India. I don't know what is taking so long. No shortage of degrees.
A fish rots from the head down.
i have a co worker no degree just high school been with the company 24+ years - has little white fluid/saliva always showing up near lips when engages in talk- some how has our mgr. on her fingertips pleases him keeps over communicating and letting him get credit -leaves around 2pm daily--comes in early know one knows when--gets good reviews never seen her stress- feel awful i am with a degree mgr always wants more from me - she screams and yells/whines when covering vacations--but mgr feels that's justified --sad state but as always if mgr likes u- you have it made- that's real education -hoping Pat will change all this.
Perhaps one of the reasons Intel cannot compete in the chip arena as the CEO stated previously in a 60 minutes interview
Because Intel pays that bad. Yeah.
I see this consistently in the I2 organization and agree there is a lack of skills enabling individuals to do anything other than what they are explicitly told what to do, so sad