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1. I do not work in IT. Never have.

2. I was serious when I wrote, “It looks as if NRO has taken the Phi Beta Cons ‘too much education’ theme to heart” — not sarcastic (as my fellow letter-writer seemed to think) or joking (as the PBC editors thought). I applaud the use of a skills list, since that is what is required. Whether or not those skills need to be learned within a degree program is utterly unknown to me. I am not saying that PBC ought to throw away all applications that show a degree – indeed, I originally thought that the Webmaster ad mentioned no degree because someone in PBC had wanted it to be written that way.

3. If you go to my private web site, you can click “about me” and read what I have to say about my own degrees.

Robert Allgeyer

Aptos, Calif.