College Degree Required by Increasing Number of Companies
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#2Start your own company then
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#3Some of the best engineers I've ever worked with had no college degree. Give me someone passionate, dedicated, honest working, smart and fun to be around, degree or no degree, that person is going to be an assest to any company.
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#4Start your own company then
"Starting your own company" is certainly not for everyone. And even for those who will eventually have the knowledge and domain expertise to start something profitable (i.e. pays at least your own salary), it often takes time. You don't suddenly pop out of high school and have a profitable company on your hands.
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#5Requiring a degree is a way to filter resumes.
If you get 200 applications to a position and requiring a degree allows you to narrow that down to 30, why not?
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#6Being a web developer often times feels like I live in backwards land.
I went to UTD for 1.5 semesters. I ended up with $2,000 in student loans (paid off!). I make a stupid amount of money, work from home in my pajamas, and have great benefits. I also do contract work on the side that pushes my income even higher. To top it all off, I love what I do and can't imagine myself doing anything else.
Compare that with friends from high school that went to state college for 4 years, have $50,000 in student loan debt and ended up getting a job that pays less than $50k, with long hours and uncertain stability.
Thankfully not having a college degree has not affected me in a negative way.
Re: College Degree Required by Increasing Number of Companies
#7Start your own company then
"Starting your own company" is certainly not for everyone. And even for those who will eventually have the knowledge and domain expertise to start something profitable (i.e. pays at least your own salary), it often takes time. You don't suddenly pop out of high school and have a profitable company on your hands.
Everyone can't start one, to start one we should have focus, commitment, idea, most important part is to do the ground work.
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#8Some of the best engineers I've ever worked with had no college degree. Give me someone passionate, dedicated, honest working, smart and fun to be around, degree or no degree, that person is going to be an assest to any company.
I agree with the sentiment, but I think we're unique. If you're a skilled developer, or a web designer, you can prove it with a body of work (open source or personal projects). Not all jobs have that.
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#9Enterprise rental car company made a fortune hiring underpaid non-college-degree-holders for its counter staff.
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#10Did this catch the attention of anyone else?
“I am over $100,000 in student loan debt right now,” said Megan Parker, who earns $37,000 as the firm’s receptionist. She graduated from the Art Institute of Atlanta in 2011 with a degree in fashion and retail management, and spent months waiting on “bridezillas” at a couture boutique, among other stores, while churning out office-job applications.
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Something is very, very wrong with the student loan program in the USA.