[badwolf]

As someone in the job market right now, with 15+ years experience but no degree... This is an unfortunately very visible trend. It's Especially boggling to see a job posting wanting 10+ years of experience but still demanding you provide your GPA.

[alfiedotwtf]

It’s been 20 years since I’ve ever been asked for proof of my degree, and also 20 years since it has ever come up during an interview.

I think university only counts when you’re freshly graduated because you don’t have a lot to work with given the pool of candidates… but once you instead require X years of experience then education does not matter - but if it ever did, nope it out of the interview because they sound like amateurs.

[cjbgkagh]

I was asked not just for my GPA but the specific grades for all of my university courses >10 years prior even though I had worked in FANG for many years. The recruiter apologized for it and said the directive came from HR.

[ghaff]

Idiocy. It's probably not literally true that I couldn't get my hands on my grades somehow but I certainly wouldn't have them anywhere handy.

Let's not even talk about the fact that not only my grades but my majors would mostly be irrelevant to any job I took today.

[squircle]

HR is not your friend. "Human resources" -- guffaw! Of course, the Human behind the desk is more than their role.

Conversely, I've met brilliant people living on the street because [trauma]--who can't get a leg up because they're stuck in a proverbial catch-22 where bureacratic desk-jockeys can't help (even if they want to) because those of us working in state/corporate jobs love kicking the can.

I hope future generations figure out how to get shit done.