• some_guy@lemmy.sdf.org
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    5 months ago

    I was raised in a family where not getting a higher education was doom. I felt like a failure for not completing it. I turned my self-taught skills into a software engineering position at one of the big dogs. I had terrible imposter syndrome for the first six months. But later on, fuck that.

    Fun fact: I don’t have a high school diploma either because credits weren’t going to transfer between schools and I’d have to graduate late. Got a GED and started uni classes while my friends were in their senior year.

    The other fun thing that needs to change about job requirements: five years experience for an entry-level position. How the fuck do you expect anyone to break into an industry?

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      5 months ago

      I’m guessing they want someone to fill a slot that had someone with 5 years plus experience so they don’t have to do much training. They want to hire and get back to full production.