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Are you sure that was a hard requirement, and not just a stated one? My earliest jobs all stated that in their requirements, but were happy to interview and hi
by boring_twenties 7y ago
Are you sure that was a hard requirement, and not just a stated one?
My earliest jobs all stated that in their requirements, but were happy to interview and hire me anyway. (Later on, "or equivalent experience" became popular.)
I've never worked for the government but wasn't Edward Snowden an NSA employee while also being a high school dropout?
- stonogo 7y agoHe was a contractor, which is the same mistake the grandparent post makes. Yes, government employment with most TLAs requires a degree. But most government work is not undertaken by government employees -- it's contracted out, e.g. to Lockheed, Leidos, Booz Allen Hamilton, etc. Those organizations do hire people without degrees; I know this because I worked with lots of them for many years. Practically speaking, there are a relatively tiny number of actual government employees in tech, and they collaborate with or oversee a comparatively huge number of contractors.
- boring_twenties 7y agoYou're right of course, he worked for Booz. Forgot that part.