• LunarVoyager@lemmy.world
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    1 year ago

    You pay tens of thousands of dollars for the privilege of studying your ass off for four years so you can get a piece of paper that says “Yay, you did it!” and after all that you still have to get a McJob anyway because every square inch of American life is a giant fucking racket designed to bleed you dry financially, mentally and emotionally 24/7.

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      I’m curious to know what your degree is in. I’m not disagreeing with you, but I think many young people are mislead into believing that just getting a degree will be a ticket to financial freedom, but what type of degree a person gets does matter

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      1 year ago

      Might depend on the degree. I got CS degree and have been getting interviews far more easily than before the degree.

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        Plenty of people have CS degrees but are not having the same result as you. There’s likely other factors at play, it’s not just the degree

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          That may be true I do live in a techie area in Colorado however I applied for similar jobs in the past without a degree with no contact back. Literally the only difference is the degree.

          My school did help me create a resume that seems to function better with the systems in place by employers to where hot words pop out better.