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We’re talking high-school, not university. In the EU not graduating high-school opens the window for job opportunities such as garbage disposal, cleaning floor
by blub 3y ago
We’re talking high-school, not university.
In the EU not graduating high-school opens the window for job opportunities such as garbage disposal, cleaning floors and package delivery. Probably McDonalds too.
Shuttleworth is asking a legitimate question. That person should be happy they even got an interview, most HR departments would instantly screen them out.
- arp242 3y ago"Why didn't you finish high school?" is a fine question. Expecting someone to be "equivalent to the top 5% of your peers at 16" is not, and neither is banging on about it for someone with over a decade of experience. No one reasonable does that because, again, what you were at 16 says very little about who you are at 36. And no one has ever asked me my high school certificate in the EU, for any job, including software dev.
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- cwmma 3y agoIt's not that she didn't graduate high-school, it's that she didn't GO TO high school, which probably meant that she was home schooled, which in America can mean a lot of different things and doesn't preclude you from going to university (as she implies in the thread she did)
- rcxdude 3y agoThis is a reasonable approach for someone who has no relevant work history. It's absolutely ridiculous to question someone with >10 years of experience in the industry about it.
- loloquwowndueo 3y ago“Didn’t go to high school” and “doesn’t have a high school diploma” aren’t synonymous. There’s GED for example.