Richard Dixon wrote:

On 18 June, 15:18, Graham Easterling
wrote:

By having such firm regulations as to which degree is really relevant,
it's easy to discount proven ability & aptitude.

Prime example - and he'll murder me for saying this on here - but
waghorn (a rare poster on here now) has an education in fine art - and
having taught himself meteorology over the years, recently published
his first paper with my former supervisor:

http://www.abuhrc.org/Publications/AA2.pdf

Proof if ever there was that you don't need the qualifications to have
the ability !


Also, having the qualifications doesn't doesn't mean you have the ability.
I've known a few who, though they were well-encumbered with degrees, bring
to mind phrases such as "two short planks" and "Toc-H lamp".

When I started in the Met Office, someone said to me, "forecasting isn't a
science - it's an art!" In those days, at the sharp end of the business, I
think it was true but it's less so these days.

--
Graham P Davis, Bracknell, Berks., UK. E-mail: newsman not newsboy
"I wear the cheese. It does not wear me."