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> I have a degree, so it's in my economic best interest to try and inflate the importance of that degree in the job market Conversely it is in the interest of

> I have a degree, so it's in my economic best interest to try and inflate the importance of that degree in the job market Conversely it is in the interest of people who do not have a degree to deflate the importance of the degree in the job market?

maqr 15y ago
Of course. Are you suggesting that this isn't true?
cwp 15y ago
Of course. I do it every chance I get.
bad_user 15y ago
Not for entrepreneurs. I don't have a college degree, and I'm glad I don't as that would have been waisted time -- but I had to interview people, and the quality of people coming from a certain university in my city is much higher than the rest of the bunch. I even go as far as thinking that there might be something wrong with people not having a degree, so I definitely bring the point up in interviews. But a degree can also work against you. If the quality of a university is known to be poor, the candidate would be better off not mentioning it in resumes. So it's definitely about branding. People complain about the unfairness of the latest trends in regards to contributions to open-source, which look really good on people's resumes. But a portfolio of works released to the public works much better for software developers that a shitty university. On the other hand, whenever I hear MIT or Berkley, my eyes lighten up. So having (or not) a degree depends on lots of factors.
- yid 15y ago
  > I don't have a college degree, and I'm glad I don't as that would have been waisted time Ouch, talk about a bad time to make a typo ("waisted")
  - bad_user 15y ago
    English is not my native language, it isn't even my second language and I don't live in an English-speaking country. And not that I don't appreciate a good spanking, but I really dislike grammar Nazism and ad-hominems.

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> I have a degree, so it's in my economic best interest to try and inflate the importance of that degree in the job market Conversely it is in the interest of

by shadowfox 15y ago

maqr 15y ago
Of course. Are you suggesting that this isn't true?
cwp 15y ago
Of course. I do it every chance I get.
bad_user 15y ago
Not for entrepreneurs. I don't have a college degree, and I'm glad I don't as that would have been waisted time -- but I had to interview people, and the quality of people coming from a certain university in my city is much higher than the rest of the bunch. I even go as far as thinking that there might be something wrong with people not having a degree, so I definitely bring the point up in interviews. But a degree can also work against you. If the quality of a university is known to be poor, the candidate would be better off not mentioning it in resumes. So it's definitely about branding. People complain about the unfairness of the latest trends in regards to contributions to open-source, which look really good on people's resumes. But a portfolio of works released to the public works much better for software developers that a shitty university. On the other hand, whenever I hear MIT or Berkley, my eyes lighten up. So having (or not) a degree depends on lots of factors.
- yid 15y ago
  > I don't have a college degree, and I'm glad I don't as that would have been waisted time Ouch, talk about a bad time to make a typo ("waisted")
  - bad_user 15y ago
    English is not my native language, it isn't even my second language and I don't live in an English-speaking country. And not that I don't appreciate a good spanking, but I really dislike grammar Nazism and ad-hominems.