# Degreed dopers:  Could I do your job?

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/degreed-dopers-could-i-do-your-job/499838>\
**Category:** In My Humble Opinion\
**Created:** [June 15, 2009, 3:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/degreed-dopers-could-i-do-your-job/499838 "2009-06-15T15:23:22Z")\
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**Author:** ![Freddy\_the\_Pig](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/a587f6/32.png) [@Freddy\_the\_Pig](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Freddy_the_Pig)\
**Post date:** [June 17, 2009, 3:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/degreed-dopers-could-i-do-your-job/499838/81 "2009-06-17T15:40:30Z")

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> [@Agent\_Foxtrot](#):
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> Thus I ask: given that I have half a Bachelor’s Degree and a good head on my shoulders, could I successfully learn and do your job which requires a Bachelor’s or professional degree? Why or why not?

I’m having trouble understanding why the answer to this question would ever be “no”. The only exceptions I can imagine would be if a person is doing something physical, like a professional athlete or singer or dancer. A lot of people might not have the DNA to perform those jobs, no matter how much they worked out or practiced. And a very few jobs, like advanced theoretical physics, might require IQ points beyond the range of most people.

But other than that? Of course you could do my job, given enough training. I wasn’t born knowing actuarial science. I learned it, and (given a “good head on your shoulders”) you could too.

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**Author:** ![Agent\_Foxtrot](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/9fc29f/32.png) [@Agent\_Foxtrot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Agent_Foxtrot)\
**Post date:** [June 17, 2009, 3:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/degreed-dopers-could-i-do-your-job/499838/82 "2009-06-17T15:52:37Z")

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> [@Glory](#):
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> I’m really surprised how many people in corporate America (I work for a very large consumer electronics company) cant write at all.

Gaudere’s Law strikes again! 😃 Other than that, I couldn’t agree more.

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**Author:** ![MissIntent](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/97f17d/32.png) [@MissIntent](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MissIntent)\
**Post date:** [June 17, 2009, 11:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/degreed-dopers-could-i-do-your-job/499838/83 "2009-06-17T23:08:19Z")

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How about this, when I was starting my junior year of college (that’s about equivalent of an AA isn’t it?) I could not do all of my current job.

I am a project manager, accountant and assistant at a small non profit. Some of the things I do are quite easy (“call so n so and schedule a meeting”) others are quite hard (“create a budget for this grant proposal” or “create a bookkeeping system for us”)

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