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Until the last 10 years of your career when you may have a shot at a role as a Sr Executive, CEO, serve on a board, etc. Then, again, you'll be held back by not
by encoderer 11y ago
Until the last 10 years of your career when you may have a shot at a role as a Sr Executive, CEO, serve on a board, etc. Then, again, you'll be held back by not having a degree.
- ktRolster 11y agoThen, again, you'll be held back by not having a degree. Really?
- madengr 11y agoYes, a high level manager at my employer (fedgov contractor) was teaspooned when edict from fedgov said managers at his level needed a masters or higher, despite it being irrelevant to his non-technical job. This is someone in his 50s who had probably been there 30 years.
- n00b101 11y agoYes
- J_Darnley 11y agoYes. You cannot get hired without a degree unless you have experience. You cannot get experience without getting hired. The chicken and egg problem that a degree solves. What you might call "bootstrapping"
- thaumasiotes 11y agoAs one of the people downvoting you, I'll leave this comment to point out that your comment has absolutely nothing to do with the one you're "replying" to.
- matwood 11y agoGov. jobs have a lot of check boxes, and often one is degree. In lower level positions experience can substitute, but not always in higher level positions. When you start reaching positions where you get listed on the company website, a degree helps.
- encoderer 11y agoIt was advice from my CEO father in law. I'm only 33, so YMMV.