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Because college is awesome and many employers use a degree as a simple filter any way

[-] boletus@sh.itjust.works 5 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

Not a single person I've worked with in software has gotten a job with just a diploma/degree since like the early 2000s

Maybe it's different in some places.

[-] FlexibleToast@lemmy.world 10 points 1 day ago

Many HR departments will automatically kick out an application if it doesn't have a degree. It's an easy filter even if it isn't the most accurate.

[-] boletus@sh.itjust.works 1 points 1 day ago

Yeah fair point, but then how are you going to get the job if you're completely incompetent at programming 🤔

[-] FlexibleToast@lemmy.world 3 points 1 day ago

I don't think you can get the CS degree with being completely incompetent. A bunch of interviews I had were white boarding the logic, not actual coding. Code is easy if you know the logic.

[-] qjkxbmwvz@startrek.website 2 points 1 day ago

"Necessary, but not sufficient" sums up the role of a degree for a lot of jobs.

We are saying the same thing. Degree > diploma for jobs. Go to college, get degree

[-] boletus@sh.itjust.works 1 points 1 day ago

I meant any form of qualification. Sure it helps, but the way you get the job is by showing you can actually do the work. Like a folio and personal projects or past history.

Art? Most programming? "Hard skills" / technical jobs... GOOD jobs. Sure. But there's plenty of degrees & jobs out there. Sounds like you landed where you were meant to be, alot of folks go where opportunity and the market takes them

[-] boletus@sh.itjust.works 1 points 1 day ago

Its probably a regional difference. Here in AU, you can be lucky and land a few post grad jobs if you really stood out. Otherwise you're entirely reliant on having a good folio and most importantly connections.

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