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during my first real salaried job out of college, a coworker told me that they thought they could have done their work with nothing more than a high school educ
by HillaryBriss 9y ago
during my first real salaried job out of college, a coworker told me that they thought they could have done their work with nothing more than a high school education. that was true about my job as well.
companies have been spoiled with degreed employees who do routine coding and testing. in a lot of cases the degree is unnecessary.
but hiring processes can't break out of this pattern, this groupthink.
- fapjacks 9y agoI think this is totally right on. Additionally, I'd blame a big part of this problem on organizational refusal to hire and support remote employees. I am mentoring one person right now that could take jobs being offered in my city, but they live elsewhere in the country. Butts-in-seats management style is also part of the problem.
- X86BSD 9y agoOh I totally agree. I can't even tell you how many times I have had degreed folks or people with certification do the dumbest things that break stuff that someone who didn't go to college but spent age 8-25+ with computers, and hacking, and living technology come up and go, "um that breaks X because of Y". I've always personally favored self taught over degrees.