Quote Originally Posted by gm_gm View Post
Interesting point, both are equally important. At the outset as Frog refers too the certificates get your feet through the door, but from personal experience people with lower qualifications but with more drive and experience will flourish more.
A lot is down to chance.

I like to think that I've taken more than most in work as well as life.

Thankfully Thatcher made decisions that effected my direction and I got on my bike and found work.

I also know people who have never changed the companies that they work for and refused promotion but they'll have a better pension than me.

A guy once said to me that the world needs plodders to keep things going.

60% of people are in a post that's too much for them. We all know people who are out of their depth.