| > very few employers will pay for you to train/gain experience Yes and no. Most HVAC shops will pay for technician's training. Most dev shops pay for technical conferences. Most managers have access to management seminars and training. Expecting an employers to pay tens of thousands of dollars seems weird, but many employers do pay on a smaller scale for skills training. > degrees are used as proxies instead Though conventional wisdom is that a degree doesn't matter 5 years after graduation. Nor does it seem that prestigious positions are even that picky in practice. Yes, there are a number of Harvard, Stanford, Yale alumni in Congress, but other seven of the top 10 colleges for Congress members are public state schools. [1] [1] https://www.usnews.com/news/slideshows/the-top-10-colleges-f... |
It's why you see so many forums talking about sending out applications to hundreds of places for months when searching for their first job, then never having a problem again after.