I don’t see the post as disagreeing with you.
The graphic alone is pointing out what you are saying. Skills alone doesn’t get noticed. So you need a degree to be seen, which gets you a job, which reduces stress, which makes you happy.
But it is sad that it is true. I favor getting a degree, not for the education, but for the 4 years of experience living on ones own and having to handle life that it gives most people. It is also often an important social education. But I don’t like the idea of excluding those who don’t have a degree just because they don’t.
boonhet@sopuli.xyz 22 hours ago
I on the other hand wouldn’t trade my 7 years of software development experience for a master’s degree in the same field. I’d be unemployable in the current market.
Paddzr@lemmy.world 18 hours ago
Trick is not to do fucking nothing while you get that master’s…if you do? Then that’s on you. I did programing jobs while studying, it’s how i paid for my degree.
If you can’t get something going? Maybe the field isn’t going to work for you to begin with… there’s no silver bullet. Different fields will do different things, but if you do spend 7 years and you truly come out of uni with nothing? You failed or you got ripped off but equally failed to notice for 7 years.
Life is tough. too many go to uni before they’re ready.
Sylvartas@lemmy.dbzer0.com 4 hours ago
I got work just fine by not working while studying (still studying of course). Now the market is fucked and there’s not much I can do about it
FlexibleToast@lemmy.world 12 hours ago
Today that’s next to impossible. Comp Sci students are struggling to even find internships. I was listening to a podcast interviewing a student that applied to over 90 internships, only got 2 interviews, and no callbacks. It’s probably the worst time to try to get into tech right now.
boonhet@sopuli.xyz 11 hours ago
The job market is tough these days and uni gives you little to no practical skills.
A lot of people don’t have the bandwidth to work full time AND study full time. That’s 80 hours a week… And most companies hiring entry levels want them to be at the office at the same time as lectures are happening.
If I’d started university instead of work when I did start work, I would probably be getting rejections to job applications at McDonald’s right now.