Subj : Re: New to this
To   : StormTrooper
From : boraxman
Date : Tue Apr 22 2025 10:54 am

-=> StormTrooper wrote to Nightfox <=-

 Ni> I'm not really sure this is true..  I'm pretty sure I still see some
 Ni> entry-level openings for my field sometimes..

 St> One of the problems is, where we went from having an undersupply of
 St> grads and the education itself was the hurdle, there were plenty of
 St> positions to go round.  Now here at least, we had about 30 years of
 St> feed everyone you can into that education mill, just having the degree
 St> or whatever it might be is no longer enough on its own.  You're back to
 St> it being an absolute minimum and experience with the work and a work
 St> environment have become more imortant in thinning the applicants out.

Technically, you need a science degree to do my job, but I reckon 95% of it can
be done without one, and the other 5% you could muddle through without it or
just research on the go.  I definately don't need the entire degree to do this.

Same with programming, I learned it myself, and see people with degrees who
struggle to do what I taught myself.  Degrees are overrated.

.... BoraxMan
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