[ColdWater]

I hire lots of technicians, and the ones with college often think very highly of themselves compared to our other guys who have no college

Technicians typically don't need college. However, Engineers do. Why are you hiring technicians with college degrees?

[Red Boots]

Technicians typically don't need college. However, Engineers do. Why are you hiring technicians with college degrees?

Read more carefully. I didn't say college degrees, I said college.

I don't need engineers, I need techs who know how to make things work.Often they are guys who have started out in college, but quit for various reasons.

My point was that their college course work is no indicator of that.

[Wonder Warthog]

"Why are you hiring technicians with college degrees?"

Possibly because their specific college degree gives them extra expertise. When I worked for "giant chemical company", most of their lab technicians had degrees in non-science but fields of study that required some technical courses. One of the best technicians had a degree in education with specialty in physics. My sis-in-law has a degree in home economics (which requires a surprising amount of chemistry) and works as a lab-tech for a different "giant chemical company". I could give many more examples.