Yes64.9%
No31.6%
Dont know3.5%
57 votes \ poll ended
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366 sats \ 8 replies \ @Undisciplined 19 Nov
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.
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400 sats \ 7 replies \ @elvismercury 20 Nov
It's a common problem.
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228 sats \ 6 replies \ @Undisciplined 20 Nov
Definitely. I'm just an extreme example. At least it ultimately resulted in a profession. I know some people can't even say that.
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828 sats \ 5 replies \ @elvismercury 20 Nov
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 :)
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228 sats \ 4 replies \ @k00b 20 Nov
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.
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0 sats \ 3 replies \ @elvismercury 20 Nov
Won't that make it even more more traveled by?
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228 sats \ 2 replies \ @Undisciplined 20 Nov
Apparently, k00b thinks your a classics scholar.
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0 sats \ 1 reply \ @elvismercury 20 Nov
It is either the profoundest of compliments or the profoundest of insults :)
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262 sats \ 0 replies \ @BlokchainB 19 Nov
Yes best decision I made in my life!
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10 sats \ 0 replies \ @faithandcredit OP 19 Nov
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65 sats \ 0 replies \ @gnilma 19 Nov
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.
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242 sats \ 1 reply \ @Onions 19 Nov
I do, but its a wortless piece of paper. You dont need degrees in 2024, specially in IT.
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0 sats \ 0 replies \ @okpj 19 Nov
Preach
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21 sats \ 0 replies \ @Signal312 19 Nov
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.
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22 sats \ 0 replies \ @mango 19 Nov freebie
Yes. But is of no use being an unlicensed software developer earning sats. :)
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2 sats \ 0 replies \ @Jon_Hodl 19 Nov
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.
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10 sats \ 0 replies \ @TheBTCManual 19 Nov
Lol I do from a backwater African technicon if that counts, didn't help me one bit
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0 sats \ 0 replies \ @elvismercury 20 Nov
Like everything else in the world, it can be life-changing and amazing, or worthless. Depends on what you bring to it.
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0 sats \ 0 replies \ @TNStacker 19 Nov
BS in Finance
MHA with certificate in Healthcare Informatics
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0 sats \ 0 replies \ @grayruby 19 Nov
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.
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0 sats \ 0 replies \ @OT 19 Nov
"Don't Know"
Lol
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0 sats \ 0 replies \ @aoeu 19 Nov
For anything medical related a degree is mandatory if you want to get licensed and credentialed.
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0 sats \ 0 replies \ @TubGoat 19 Nov
Yup! I graduated from the College of Winterhold AND the Arcane University in Cyrodiil where I became Arch-Mage with really good grades.
No. I don't have a degree.
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0 sats \ 0 replies \ @solis 19 Nov
I am in progress to have one however will make no difference at all.
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