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That's true, but doing so leaves you in the same position as any high school graduate with regard to being able to list a degree on your resume. When companies
by nickbarnwell 14y ago
That's true, but doing so leaves you in the same position as any high school graduate with regard to being able to list a degree on your resume. When companies are able to filter based on what you have learned X years of coruses might be a distinction, but in the present system it is only possible to have a very coarse-grained view, and in the current system
has_degree = lambda years, total: years == total
has_degree(3,4)
=> False
Edit: Renamed method attended_college method to has_degree to better reflect functionality.
- lukatmyshu 14y agoNot necessarily true. I 'attended' college for 4.5 years, completed 140% of the required credits to graduate but I'm technically 3 classes shy of my degree. I left school in 2003. Suffice it to say, I don't think has_degree can be implemented as a one-liner.
- nickbarnwell 14y agoThat's true of many things, and often those that can shouldn't. It does, however, capture the sentiment of those who believe that not having a Bachelors degree renders you an unemployable member of the lowest castes of society.
- mparlane 14y agoOf course everyone must know someone who has attended Uni/college and dropped out. I know a guy who I would classify as smarter than me. Dropped out in his third year, didn't help that he was dyslexic.
- base698 14y agoMy wife went to undergrad for 3 years and has an undergrad degree. You're program doesn't account for credit hours or degree specific degree requirements.