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Re:The Master’s as the New Bachelor’s (2011) by dikdik on Tuesday December 22, 2015 @04:53PM (#10780631)
It's a result of supply and demand. In other industries there is too much supply, people pile on the degrees (and go deeper into debt) to be more competitive. Employers then raise the bar for hiring and people still end up with crappy low-paying jobs.

In software, more supply = hiring people who can just get the job done and not worrying so much about credentials.

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Re:The Master’s as the New Bachelor’s (2011) by npsimons on Tuesday December 22, 2015 @07:16PM (#10781245)
> In software, more supply = hiring people who can just get the job done and not worrying so much about credentials.

And yet, we keep hearing about the constant shortage of programmers. Hmm, I wonder why that is . . .

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Re:The Master’s as the New Bachelor’s (2011) by loco5niner on Tuesday December 22, 2015 @05:42PM (#10780860)
did you mean this? "In software, _less_ supply..."
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Re:The Master’s as the New Bachelor’s (2011) by dikdik on Wednesday December 23, 2015 @01:00AM (#10782194)
yes. :/
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