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Who goes to college to work in tech anymore?
by thrownblown 7y ago
Who goes to college to work in tech anymore?
- esoterica 7y agoMost people who work in tech? Do you think the number of Google engineers with a degree is above or below 50%. Take a guess.
- armatav 7y agoDo you think their employees make up more or less than 50% of the population of engineers in Silicon Valley?
- asdff 7y agoAs a whole nearly 50% of all people in SV have a B.S. or higher and over 70% have some college experience; it's the third most educated place in the country. https://www.mercurynews.com/2017/07/25/silicon-valley-is-3rd-most-educated-region-in-america-study-says/ https://www.mercurynews.com/2017/07/25/silicon-valley-is-3rd...
- thrownblown 7y agoI would argue that a significant proportion of those in tech have that do have degrees, hold degrees that are irrelevant to their profession.
- anonymous5133 7y agoTech is just an overall outlier since the demand is so high in that field that employers are willing to hire people who just have the skills to do the job. In more traditional career paths, like engineering, a college degree is absolutely required to even be considered for the position. No degree = no interview. Lots of other professional careers are like this as well like accounting.