Does Skills matter more than degree?

Elon Musk once said "Skills Matter More Than Degree". I believe that it depends on what perspective the person is looking at. Let me tell in perspective of an Employer like Elon Musk. He wants his things to get done and his companies to be run successfully. In his perspective, he needed skilled manpower to run his business and there is nothing to worry about what degree they possess or whether they possess a degree. Since Elon Musk had already proven his mission and vision, even a small kid would be amazed by his abilities and achievement.Which shows that even if he has no academic background which connects with his success, everyone would respect him. Everyone who applies at his organizations will be ambitious to work under such an employer.

Consider an average employee who completed a degree in engineering and not experienced enough to get into Tesla. He will be proud of his graduation achievements up to some extend since he worked more than 2 years for the same. Besides that, he may have inspired by these legends who had already proved their vision. But what if he ends up joining a company that is not popular enough to make him proud. So he will probably look weather his employer is qualified enough to manage qualified engineers like him. So from an employee perspective, he may want to work under a qualified person.

Considering a person who has no degree in this century but has very good experience in working on technology. When he joined in a team of a small and medium segment company and later by his hard work becomes a team lead for some new junior engineers of his company.But this team don't know what are the achievements of their team lead so they will try to look into his profile and found he is not a qualified person like them. Then they may feel like who is he to control professionals like them. In these situations where degree qualification gives a default authority to an employer in the eyes of an employee.

So if you are a person who decided to become an employee for a lifetime you can stay skilled and unqualified. But if you are planning to lead a team and to take authority of an employer for the future in any organization, a strong qualification will obviously help you to pursue your employees and run an organization confidently.

No one can be an overnight success. To grow, you should know how to organize a team and make them work. Authority is not something that you should show it must be something that you should earn.

Written By 

Ameen N.Abdulsalam

www.ameen.click