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There are doors that close when you do not have a college degree. That's the plain and simple way of things. That being said, a diploma from whatever institut
by Steeeve 10y ago
There are doors that close when you do not have a college degree. That's the plain and simple way of things.
That being said, a diploma from whatever institution with whatever major, honors, or other kind of augmentation is simply a very expensive piece of paper. Getting a good grade in a course, or doing well in a series of courses brings about precious little practical knowledge in and of itself. And that piece of paper says very little about things that matter a good deal - like character, work ethic, and the ability to work well with others.
Relevant experience trumps everything. Barring that, near experience and a desire to learn come next. I'm big on people having a solid foundation, but my experience tells me that even the best schools turn out people with shaky foundational knowledge. People without degrees suffer the same analysis. Some are good, some are bad.
- flukus 10y ago> There are doors that close when you do not have a college degree The question then is, are those doors worth opening? Most jobs ads I see with "requires degree in CS" are for large boring companies and government agencies.
- hajile 10y agoLarge, boring company job used to coincide with stability. That seems to be far less true now than 25 years ago. The gig economy of today is far different than what last generation grew up with.
- flukus 10y agoI'm at the stage in life where that stability is appealing. But large boring companies are synonymous with awful code bases, decades of accruing technical debt and teams of onshored developers (partly because of requirements like CS degrees). When I'm job hunting a rank "not wanting to shoot myself in the head every day" higher than financial stability.
- Steeeve 10y ago> teams of onshored developers You prefer working with off-shore developers? That's honestly the first time I've ever heard that.