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Which do you think is more important in a given field: Education or experience?

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Both are important but experience helps you learn about the everyday realities of working life and gives you access to a huge, experience gives you access to a huge network of people who have been there and done that. While education might increase your peer base, helps a person to get knowledge and improve confidence in life. 
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Both are important. A good education can get you a good job and a good experience can also get you a very good job.

They both go hand in hand.If you have a vast experience in any field but you are not educated, the educated ones will be your boss.I don't know how things operate in other countries but in a country like mine,we lay great emphasis on certificates.

To be on a safer side,its good to upgrade oneself educationally while staying on the job to get the much needed experience and skills.

The truth is experience won't earn you promotion.What companies look at are your qualifications.If you don't have the needed qualification and you have experience in that field,you won't be promoted.

I don't know how private organizations work though.. at the end of the day,the boss determines who gets promoted whether you have the necessary requirement or not  because he owns the company and call the shot.

In a public sector, your educational qualification is what will pave way for you.
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That's so true. Both are important and go hand in hand. Thank you for your answer.
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True. Education is important to get a good job. Experience also gives good job.
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That answer is a correct answer and I like the answer very much thank very much for the answer
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I didn't know this,but now I know this is very useful information about the matter at hand.
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I didn't know this,but now I know this.Generally your idea is quite wise and eligible for stimulating good thinking and the right mindset keep it up.
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A very well examined and detailed answer. You have talked the naked truth. Even my country values education more than experience.

Sometimes the experienced and uneducated candidate may miss the chance in the government because he/she doesn't qualify for the entire post.

  Though experience and education go hand in hand.
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Both of them are important but experience  is more important in  any given field  but also education can give you the knowledge and skills of whatever you are doing.
Experience of a given  profession such as doctor can be very important because without experience  a doctor can not perform his or her duties well with only education.
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Thank you for your answer to my question. Makes a lot of sense.
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Yes. Education is like fundamental and one should gain experience from it. 
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By reading this I have managed to add up on my knowledge about this topic this is very useful information about the topic.
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Good point. I think though that education is basic where experience gives a person up-to-the-minute knowledge. The education can be out dated in no time but that experience gives you the entire package.
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We have two types of people; Learned and Educated people, which one do you think counts? I would definitely say an educated person is far much better than a learned person. Just to expound on it a bit, educated people work with their brains, while learned people need manuals to be able to work that's the short explanation. Education is important for everyone because that is what will enable you to interact with people around you. Experience is important too to have because it elevates you to a  higher rank. I would go for education because that can take you to greater heights without even the experience. You are able to do different things, at whatever level because you will maneuver around and eventually find your way, it does not limit you. Unlike experience, this will limit you because you are striving to get to the highest position in a certain department, so it gets you stuck in one position which does not expose you.
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Interesting. I tend to agree on the education over experience. But, experience does count for something in the equation.
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That is quite a positive mindset and perspective it will keep you optimistic no matter the situation.
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Both are equally important. The experience without education and education without experience cannot serve alone as requirement for the any job. The experience allows one to think out of box and to face the new challenges being faced in a job. 
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I share your point of view,infact I think we agree on this,am glad you see things this way because it is indeed the best.Obviously we have no choice not to because at the end of the day it's best for us,we have to be able to stand up for what is right.
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Both are important. Education important to know the technology and things. Experience important to handle it. Experience makes us perfect. 
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I find this article quite reasonable and knowledgeable infact most people might not see it this way,am glad you do.Basically this point of view is very very legit and understandable let's hope people can take it in the right way.
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Taking it the right way is very important. Good point. Am also glad my question is reasonable and knowledgeable. Thank you.
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I think experience is more important than education. There are lots of people with degrees who don't know how to do their job or don't have experience for when everything doesn't go "as planned." While a limited education may prevent some companies from picking someone for the job, a lot of experience can be fine-tuned during training to replace formal education.
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This message Is quite clear and deeply thought through I believe it is a way forward for all.Highly true and justifyable I made some research of my own and found this to be quite reliable.
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In my experience both are important. Some people think this way and others might think any one of them are important, but you can learn so many things through experience but the important part is it will take time if you learn all the things by yourself. Education also important, you will learn everything step by step in your life and you can get a lot of opportunities if you are good in the education like in the academics but without any practical experiment you won't get the knowledge of anything that is what i am saying you want to get experience in everything then only you can survive anywhere. After that if you are more experience try to teach others about the things you have learned so far, so that they will have a knowledge like you or they will try to experiment more things you have done so far. So what i am trying to say is boht are equally important in your life.
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Enough experience and it is like a education. So you feel that they are equal?
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Both are equally important. Without education one can not get good job. 
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Indeed this is true I am glad you see things from this perspective because this is quite right.
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But again without education you can't even be shortlisted for the interview supposed the job entry level is a degree. 

It's okay you have the experience for the job but you don't qualify because you don't meet the minimum entry academic requirements. So what do you do with this situation.
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A good educated person may not be experienced and also a experienced person may not be educated. This is applicable in first and second sector jobs .But the type of good jobs that are available in third sector and quaternary  sector cannot be done by uneducated person .Because they need education first to gain experience .Imagine a person not having good knowledge of english and math and working for software companies. So it depends on what type of jobs youbwant
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Well said. But the experienced person are very successful in life. Thanks for your answer. 
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This quite a positive mindset and perspective it will change people's way of thinking because you are quite optimistic.Generally your idea is quite wise and eligible for stimulating good thinking and the right mindset keep it up.
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All of them are important but experience is more important in any given field but also education can give you the knowledge and skills of whatever you are doing. 

Experience of a given profession such as doctor can be very important because without experience a doctor can not perform his or her duties well with only education.
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I share your point of view,infact I think we agree on this,am glad you see things this way because it is indeed the best.This quite a positive mindset and perspective it will change people's way of thinking because you are quite optimistic.I believe in this answer.
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Both are important having education can help you get a good job and having experience can help you get a better paying job. They are interrelated. 
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Education and experience both are very important for all human beings because getting a job in any feild for any post it is very necessary that he had proper knowledge about that job and when he started working his job he automatically gained experience from that and become expert of that.In short we can say that these are the two sides of the work of human beings.
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I find this article quite reasonable and knowledgeable infact most people might not see it this way,am glad you do.Basically this point of view is very very legit and understandable let's hope people can take it in the right way.
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Both are important but education places you in a higher scale to just having experience. In some countries you can't go beyond certain job post like managerial position without the qualified education irrespective of experience. A combination of both education and experience will help you stand out. 
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Indeed this is true I am glad you see things from this perspective because this is quite righti.This is quite a reasonable and knowledgeable answer and I think you are quite right considering the angle you are seeing the question from.
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Both education and experience are equally important for people to have. The core in building up the experience is the educational background. The practical application is the source of enhancing soft skills. For this matter, they are working hand in hand.
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That is quite a positive mindset and perspective it will keep you optimistic no matter the situation.I didn't know this,but now I know this is very useful information about the matter at hand.
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Actually Education and Experience both are important according to cercumtances education is important and experience too.

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Both are things important. But if you want to be a doctor, teacher, architecture, you must take education first. For other field, experiences would be more needed to apply for, like singer, motivator, etc
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Both are equally important. Education has  the same importance  with experience. Combining the two  would give you a better result and opportunities in finding job and reference to the job that you  prefer or your ideal job. Education would give you confidence and formalities  with the  qualifications that are asked  by the hiring companies  while, experience would be the best teacher and guide  for your career path.
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I think both are very important but when you look at them closer experience brings about education,the longer you are in a given field the more you are educated about it.
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Experience is more important for me in any work environment, you can have all the knowledge learned but if you don't have the practice everything becomes difficult
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Both are important and both complete each other, without education you can't apply for a good job and you can't get experience , and without education how you can read and write and how you can sign contracts and important papers. first education and high certificates this is basic to apply for jobs then when you work you will have that experience.
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