Re:Two Years, Four Nanodegree Programs, and a New Career
by physcab on Sunday November 25, 2018 @09:28PM
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I’m not so sure anymore. I’ve worked at a couple FANGs and I have never looked at a candidates resume beyond their last job or two. I only look at their degree to calculate years of experience in my head. But ultimately we put faith in our interview process more than a resume. I would totally hire someone who has relevant experience than what their degrees were (or any), as long as they passed the normal interview gauntlet that everyone takes.
Re:Two Years, Four Nanodegree Programs, and a New Career
by zaptheimpaler on Sunday November 25, 2018 @10:54PM
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Engineers typically don't care so much about school, but the first filter is recruiters who do. A recruiter has <10s to read your resume and has no technical knowledge, so a good school or FANG on your resume helps you pass their screen.
Re:Two Years, Four Nanodegree Programs, and a New Career
by sh87 on Monday November 26, 2018 @07:44AM
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years of mostly pointless assignments, lectures and pre-test cramming coupled with thousands of hard earned dollars spent on getting <10s of attention from a recruiter. Feels harsh, strange and unproductive enough to be true.
Re:Two Years, Four Nanodegree Programs, and a New Career
by noitsnot on Monday November 26, 2018 @12:36AM
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Let's say you get past recruiters and/or HR. You're sitting in a room full of potential coworkers who question how you wake up in the morning and put on your pants because they went to a four year school and have that degree. It's a club and you're not in it.
Re:Two Years, Four Nanodegree Programs, and a New Career
by tylerhou on Monday November 26, 2018 @05:29AM
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This is not the experience I had when interviewing at my current employer (or any employer I’ve interviewed at!) and I didn’t go to college.
This depends on the employer. Google is notorious for not only caring about your school, but your GPA. Also as someone who has looked at hundreds, if not thousands, of resumes over the years - the reality is you very quickly start to look for any sort of signal and schools are definitely something some (I would guess most) consider.
Do I think it's unfair? Sure. But recruiters simply do not have the time to look into every applicant with any sort of detail.