▲ 51 ▼ How "Learn to Code" Backfired on a Whole Generation (www.youtube.com) submitted 1 year ago by Confidant6198@lemmy.ml to c/technology@lemmy.world 22 comments fedilink hide all child comments cross-posted from: https://lemmy.ml/post/37874537
[–] eager_eagle@lemmy.world 98 points 1 year ago (3 children) "get a degree and you'll have a job" backfired permalink fedilink source hideshow 3 child comments replies: [–] KairuByte@lemmy.dbzer0.com 40 points 1 year ago (2 children) The opposite is fucking people over lately too. Pure coding jobs are passing people over because they don’t have literally any degree and it’s insane. 10 years of experience but no degree? Pass. Fresh out of a bootcamp and a bachelors in music? You’re hired! permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] fxleak@lemmings.world 7 points 1 year ago It's about rewarding people who paid into the system and punishing those who did not. permalink fedilink source parent [–] vacuumflower@lemmy.sdf.org -4 points 1 year ago Oh. There's been a time when I thought this happens in ex-USSR, but not in your cowboy lands. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] KairuByte@lemmy.dbzer0.com 40 points 1 year ago (2 children) The opposite is fucking people over lately too. Pure coding jobs are passing people over because they don’t have literally any degree and it’s insane. 10 years of experience but no degree? Pass. Fresh out of a bootcamp and a bachelors in music? You’re hired! permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] fxleak@lemmings.world 7 points 1 year ago It's about rewarding people who paid into the system and punishing those who did not. permalink fedilink source parent [–] vacuumflower@lemmy.sdf.org -4 points 1 year ago Oh. There's been a time when I thought this happens in ex-USSR, but not in your cowboy lands. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] fxleak@lemmings.world 7 points 1 year ago It's about rewarding people who paid into the system and punishing those who did not. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] vacuumflower@lemmy.sdf.org -4 points 1 year ago Oh. There's been a time when I thought this happens in ex-USSR, but not in your cowboy lands. permalink fedilink source parent