Ha, my word is ABLE!
How appropriate.
I have a degree in my field and never mention it because to have higher education in some fields is interpreted as having a higher level of snobbery (according to those without) never mind the knowledge you bring to the job. You slaved, you aspired, you earned that degree. It’s a personal achievement, for a professional world. How you handle it (interpersonally) will determine your degree of success as a PHD...and THAT education never ends.
I have worked for a company that makes batteries, and have witnessed the different psychological traits within each and to his/her wisdoms. The young engineers start with a snobbery, then lose that as they themselves are treated like crap..... The older Engineers stop trying to prove themselves and revert back to “talkin’ shop” and the smartest and wisest of all the doc.s at the plant would run up to the janitors and security lifting them up like long lost kin...... whom would also say things like “..you can never learn enough.” and “...nothing is ever perfect.” ..... hmmm sounded to me like a swedish Mark Twain.
I would like to say… that I have NO degree.... but I do have 8 years of exprerience in what I do… and that is designing of steel.... carbide....R&D tool steel, structural, fabrication of most parts… tolerancing to .0002 of an inch...and I know I have more education than those of 4 yr. degrees..(in my field) but I get no respect.... hell,.. maybe I deserve none,.. but the fact remains… I CAN HELP A COMPANY LIKE THAT NEVER SEEN WITH ANYONE WITH A FOUR YEAR DEGREE....(in my field)........
take care,
Al
Any time you work for someone you’ll always find you have to justify your qualifications. It sucks. There’s always jealousy involved anytime someone else feels less qualified compared to their coworkers. It sucks, without a doubt. At my work, the union guys and technicians think I’m a bubbleheaded salesman. It doesn’t matter that I got a BS-EE from one of the most competitive engineering schools in America. I’m just a dumb sales asshole.
I have to prove myself over and over. And sometimes I have to make market decisions for the company that are difficult for some to understand from a short-term perspective. I see the big picture that many do not.
Keep the faith. You have your degrees and your work history. “What do you have, Angel?”