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I obviously don't speak for everyone's experience but... I was always taught that if you had a college degree, you don't really have to pay your dues. One of t
by CaptSpify 10y ago
I obviously don't speak for everyone's experience but...
I was always taught that if you had a college degree, you don't really have to pay your dues. One of the points of a degree was that you could skip a lot of that.
Of course, it never was true, but that's what I was told.
- at-fates-hands 10y ago>>> One of the points of a degree was that you could skip a lot of that. I was told the same thing but was warned you exchange paying one set of dues for another in the corporate world. I stayed away from corporate gigs for years because of this. In reality, it wasn't dues per se, it just navigating all the corporate politics I never had to deal with in smaller companies.
- CaptSpify 10y agoI took the opposite route. I started in the corporate world, and moved into smaller companies. There were 'dues' for sure, but they were pretty easy, albeit tedious
- ZanyProgrammer 10y agoShades of Old Economy Steve. I think the 'traditional' model has you starting out on the bottom and working your way up with any old college degree, but that particular bottom was z white collar bottom, not cashiering at a grocery store.