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Our industry does not really care about degrees. The places that do are crappy and you don't want to work there. I've worked without a degree for 20 years. Rec
by enoughjobspam 3y ago
Our industry does not really care about degrees. The places that do are crappy and you don't want to work there.
I've worked without a degree for 20 years. Recently got one for personal achievement purposes. Totally not worth it from an career investment perspective, IMHO.
- prirun 3y agoJust to give a different perspective on degrees, I did get a BS (Applied Math and Computer Science at an engineering school) and in my late 20's secured a large contract with IBM at Ford. Ford wanted me to do the work (they knew me from a previous contract), but IBM wanted a large contracting company to do the work. I'm pretty sure if I hadn't had a degree, I would have never gotten that contract. I can't say I learned much of anything useful in college, but I didn't want to be that guy that constantly was passed over for promotions and opportunities because I didn't have a degree and a less-qualified person did.
- treprinum 3y agoI assume you are in the US. The original poster was outside US fighting thousands other CVs applying for remote US jobs. One way to distinguish oneself is to have some US symbol on the CV, like a top school, or a top employer.