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The biggest issue wasn't that they didn't have a degree. The issue was that during the boom anyone could slap "web developer" on their resume and get a job. _Th
by wheaties 11y ago
The biggest issue wasn't that they didn't have a degree. The issue was that during the boom anyone could slap "web developer" on their resume and get a job. _Those_ people had wonderful resumes, could not do FizzBuzz to save their lives and generally lacked a college degree. So, in order to lazily screen bad applicants, companies decided in large part not to hire non-degreed candidates.
- geoelectric 11y agoI think something people don't take into account is that most of the jobs weren't (and still aren't) filled in with randoms off the street. They're filled because you know someone who recommends you into the position. The late 90s were full of "I've used a computer so I'm a tech" type people you're talking about--they got their jobs because they had a buddy who got a job, and it was easy to get your friends placed in the next desk. But you generally knew who you partied with at work and who actually got stuff done, and those people were not the ones who got recommended into a job when times were tight. The jobs were still there to some extent, but proven people were pulled into them before they even hit a recruiter.