A combination of both. A degree can both get you in the door and give you some good basic skills and knowledge before being faced with the need on the job. Knowledge picked up on the job is invaluable to furthering your knowledge and allows you to specialize in the filed on your choice.
What if a person couldn't do both, and let's say he or she chose
life's education instead. How would you personally view this person's decision and character?
Let's say this person chose formal education and avoided life's lessons of hard knocks. How would you view this person's character?
It's the
hard working undereducated vs silver spoon-ivy league scenario (not referring to the average person's life of course). The extreme life choices one has to make and how those individuals are perceived by the rest of the world.
Yes, I'm asking for everyone to make a snap judgement. Not because I feel anyone should judge others off face value, but because most of the time we all do it to some degree.
I want to see how others respond so that we all can read the responses and think deeply on our own personal views.