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Re:Ask HN: Underemployed and anxious. What would you do? by et-al on Thursday March 16, 2017 @01:47PM (#13887143)
Yeah, I feel Europe cares about the degree more than America does. We're the land of self-reinvention here, whereas Europe generally requires some sort of training/schooling to switch careers.
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Re:Ask HN: Underemployed and anxious. What would you do? by frankhn on Friday March 17, 2017 @12:41AM (#13891554)
In tech they're often less strict. Degree is more important here, but it's not impossible to land a job in tech with another background. Also, university education is nearly free in Germany (less than 1000$ a year)
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Re:Ask HN: Underemployed and anxious. What would you do? by et-al on Friday March 17, 2017 @03:24PM (#13897136)
True, tech in general seems much more accepting of different educational backgrounds. And affordable education is a really good point.
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Re:Ask HN: Underemployed and anxious. What would you do? by p0nce on Friday March 17, 2017 @06:31AM (#13892893)
That's definately important in France where some important tax cuts depends on your degree.
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