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by rprospero
4834 days ago
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I'll go against the prevailing wisdom here and say get the degree. My roommate lost his job two years ago. Despite having eight years of industry experience, it's been impossible for him to find a job. ANY job. He got a phone interview with another company. Everything was going fairly well until the interviewer asked where he went to college. Bob said he didn't have one, though he had done an equivalent job at his previous employer. The interview ended right there.
Bob tried to get a job at a call center. Bob had three years of experience at an IT helpdesk and was a personal friend of the manager at this new firm. Wouldn't let the manager bring Bob in for an interview since Bob didn't have a B.S.
Desperate for work, Bob applied for a receptionist position. He got back a form letter saying they required at least a masters.
To try and make rent, Bob started advertising as a baby sitter. In the very first phone call he got from a parent, the parent asked what Bob's degree was in and ended the interview immediately afterwards. Granted, these are the lowlights of a two year streak of seeing Bob get screwed by his lack of a degree, but you need to look at it from the perspective of the corporations. We've all seen plenty of individuals graduate from college programs without the competence to wipe themselves. So, if the people who PASS are that stupid, what kind of idiot do you have to be to fail? Granted, if you're starting your own business, it won't matter one whit. That's what Bob is doing now, since the job market is impossible. But you should go get the degree if you want the option of getting hired. |
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I would think that if he has eight years of industry experience, he could probably pick up an in demand skill like Rails and get freelance work.