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Tech job market is a bad proxy for the job market as a whole. The whole job market is basically completely broken now - tons of terrible jobs with no career pro
by jonathan-adly 5y ago
Tech job market is a bad proxy for the job market as a whole. The whole job market is basically completely broken now - tons of terrible jobs with no career prospects, but very little progress on "career" jobs unless you are in tech and graduated from a respectable university (which becoming more and more equiv. to having rich parents).
- 999900000999 5y agoEh. At least a few years back you could get in as long as you could code. I got to 6 figures without a degree, it might be harder now, but you don't need to attend a top school to become a programmer.
- bumby 5y agoThey were saying you shouldn't generalize the "job market" by taking anecdotes from "the tech job market." Responding with another tech market anecdote doesn't refute their claim.
- 999900000999 5y ago>unless you are in tech and graduated from a respectable university I was refuting this. I've never heard of anyone needing to attend a prestigious University to become a programmer?
- bumby 5y agoAh, sorry. More to your point, there's a debate (particularly among economists) how much of a degree credential is "skills" vs. "signaling". The proportion of the latter would indicate how much a prestigious degree status matters. As a side-note, I don't think "respectable" and "prestigious" are synonymous, so you might be reading too much into their claim.
- 999900000999 5y agoFrom my experience a BA in anything just proves you can read. Most employers, aside from I guess a few select fields, don't care what you majored in. My degree's in some non sense, but I know it helps me get past automated filters. My first decent job was with a startup which are easier to get into.