Re: OT: Degrees as barriers to entry [was Re: - E04 - Leadership! Google, Guido van Rossum, PSF]

In article <mailman.314.1136970085.27775.python-list@xxxxxxxxxx>,
Steve Holden <steve@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
>The major problem with professional bodies is precisely their lack of
>insistence on a practical demonstration of capability. "Paper MCSEs",
>for example, frequently make bad Windows system administrators because
>their education has been geared to the acquisition not of practical
>skills but of the qualification itself. The medical profession acquits
>itself reasonably because it does still require a good amount of
>doctoring before qualification. Why are the lawyer jokes not doctor
>jokes?

While it may not have the same intensity or duration as medical
internship, lawyers are typically required to serve an internship before
being permitted to go into independent practice.
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