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Do you have a University degree?

1222 sats \ 25 comments \ @faithandcredit 19 Nov 2023 meta

Yes64.9%

No31.6%

Dont know3.5%

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366 sats \ 8 replies \ @Undisciplined 19 Nov 2023

I have a bunch of them. I'm probably the most over credentialed person any of you ever talk to.

We've discussed it in another thread, but basically I was a lot better at school than I was at figuring out what I should be doing.

400 sats \ 7 replies \ @elvismercury 20 Nov 2023

It's a common problem.

228 sats \ 6 replies \ @Undisciplined 20 Nov 2023

Definitely. I'm just an extreme example. At least it ultimately resulted in a profession. I know some people can't even say that.

828 sats \ 5 replies \ @elvismercury 20 Nov 2023

I'm just glad that when the road forked between a PhD in classical studies and computer science, I took the path more traveled by :)

228 sats \ 4 replies \ @k00b 20 Nov 2023

It won't be the road more travelled by for much longer I'd guess. Nearly every parent of college age children that I talk to is pushing them to go into computer science.

0 sats \ 3 replies \ @elvismercury 20 Nov 2023

Won't that make it even more more traveled by?

228 sats \ 2 replies \ @Undisciplined 20 Nov 2023

Apparently, k00b thinks your a classics scholar.

0 sats \ 1 reply \ @elvismercury 20 Nov 2023

It is either the profoundest of compliments or the profoundest of insults :)

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262 sats \ 0 replies \ @BlokchainB 19 Nov 2023

Yes best decision I made in my life!

66 sats \ 0 replies \ @gnilma 19 Nov 2023

Got a bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering, graduated with honors. Then proceeded to have a career as a finishing carpenter. I sometimes wish I had started carpentry right out of highschool instead of going to university.

21 sats \ 0 replies \ @Signal312 19 Nov 2023

Yes. I didn't learn anything of real value. The social/meeting people/having a good time value was low as well, because I was pretty introverted back then. Did it help me? Definitely not in terms of skills. Maybe a tiny bit in terms of prestige value, because it was an above average college. But in my "starter job", that got me going in my career path, there were people who had no college degree. So probably not.

22 sats \ 0 replies \ @mango 19 Nov 2023 freebie

Yes. But is of no use being an unlicensed software developer earning sats. :)

2 sats \ 0 replies \ @Jon_Hodl 19 Nov 2023

No. I worked right our of high school and never regretted it because I worked in skilled labor so I can now charge people $50-100 an hour for basic tasks like furniture assembly, mounting TVs, and hanging light fixtures, etc.

10 sats \ 0 replies \ @TheBTCManual 19 Nov 2023

Lol I do from a backwater African technicon if that counts, didn't help me one bit

0 sats \ 0 replies \ @elvismercury 20 Nov 2023

Like everything else in the world, it can be life-changing and amazing, or worthless. Depends on what you bring to it.

0 sats \ 0 replies \ @TNStacker 19 Nov 2023

BS in Finance MHA with certificate in Healthcare Informatics

0 sats \ 0 replies \ @OT 19 Nov 2023

"Don't Know"

Lol

0 sats \ 0 replies \ @aoeu 19 Nov 2023

For anything medical related a degree is mandatory if you want to get licensed and credentialed.

0 sats \ 0 replies \ @PRA3S3NT1A 19 Nov 2023

I am in progress to have one however will make no difference at all.

0 sats \ 0 replies \ @grayruby 19 Nov 2023 freebie

I graduated from the school of hard knocks. I also have a degree in financial accounting which doesn't count because I have never had a job in finance or accounting in my entire life. Basic accounting was very helpful running my business though and helped me save money on bookkeeping and accountant costs when we were building the business because I just did it all myself and got our accountant to sign off for taxes. You don't need to go to school to learn basic accounting though.