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>Yet, not having a degree is a detriment to me somehow still. Why? I can't think of a single good reason why so many employers would think that way. Since empl
by gozur88 11y ago
>Yet, not having a degree is a detriment to me somehow still. Why? I can't think of a single good reason why so many employers would think that way.
Since employers can't give IQ tests any more, they have come to rely on your college alma mater as a proxy for an IQ test. If you don't go to college, they don't know how you fit in with other candidates.
Yes, college has become a $100k+ IQ test.
- michaelbuddy 11y agoEmployers will learn soon enough that the best and brightest in IT think actually think critically and know that university education is a negative, and probably will be for at least the next 5 years to a decade. Tech schools and accomplishments are where it's at.
- ArkyBeagle 11y agoThe employers I worked for that did know that are no longer in business. No accusation of correlation here, just that this once was not at all uncommon.
- gozur88 11y agoI've been thinking employers would stop doing this for twenty years, but I haven't seen any movement in that direction.
- adrianN 11y agoI disagree. What makes you think that the best and brightest don't go to college and do a PhD? Not everybody wants to make as much money as possible as soon as possible.