Of course experience is key but if you do not have your papers (Degrees & Certifications) you will A. find it hard to get a job, B. after you acquire your job they give you any little thing they want I'm not sure but I think there is a clause in empoyment about paying your empoyees and/for the educational level, on a lot of occasions they are individuals who through trial error have gathered a lot of experience and were fortunate to get a job but because they have no qualifications when certain job posts become available even though they are more than qualified in regards to experience they have no papers and are over looked for the position similarly they are individuals who are capable of producing a lot but they either do not have a degree or high enough one and someone who is their employee who production level and knowledge is below if not much below his but due to their qualifications they still receive superior pay.
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