I came across some good literature on the technology behind Google and some facts on Google mentoring and manpower planning. Did you know that your Google search is based on the behaviour of domestic pegions to recognise objects? To know more about PigeonRank (TM) web page ranking technology developed by Google Founders Larry Page and Sergey Brin at Stanford University, visit Google Technology
http://www.google.com/technology/pigeonrank.html

The pigeons of Google are gathered by 50 Phds (Pigeon harvesting dogs)!
It is not surprising when New York Times reports on Google’s army of Ph.d’s [NYT, June 6, 2004] http://www.nytimes.com/2004/06/06/business/yourmoney/06digi.html?ex=1088136000&en=e8e5068092ee3bfe&ei=5070 [Register for free at the website to read the article]
Google encourages all its employees to spend 20 percent of their time on independent projects, unlike Ph.d’s treated wearily by the industry [The article quote examples of failed ventures in Xerox, and Apple]. I particularly liked the view of Rajeev Motwani, a computer science professor at Stanford, who says: "Good Ph.D. students are extreme in their creativity and self-motivation. Master's students are equally smart but do not have the same drive to create something new." The master's takes you where others have been; the doctorate, where no one has gone before. It is not true and empirically justified that Ph.d’s are not all practical and unsuitable for the pace of business.
Taking off from the views on prefixing qualifications, I wish to add that…
We require path breaking efforts and ideas to create, innovate, and push the standards of excellence to a higher plane. What matters is whether you have created something new with creative ingenuity (Engineer has the origins from the latin word “ingeniare”).
Mankind has pushed the boundaries of excellence beyond doctoral studies (Post Doctoral Research!). Please donot stop at gathering prefixes and be content with the Er.’s and Prof’s. There is only one thing that accumulates and flourishes- the passion for what you do. Push ideas beyond Ph.d’s and positions.