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Re:The New American Homeless by rolltiide on Saturday August 24, 2019 @11:38AM (#20787740)
> people would ooh and aah that I worked at Aflac, having no idea what I did. I had an entry level job I couldn't get promoted out of, but locals acted like I was clearly part or the privileged few to work there at all.

this is my experience telling people you are merely interviewing at Google

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Re:The New American Homeless by DoreenMichele on Saturday August 24, 2019 @11:55AM (#20787852)
Yes, it was exactly that. It was the Columbus, Georgia version of "I work at Google (let's not mention I'm actually a janitor)."
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Re:The New American Homeless by scruple on Saturday August 24, 2019 @04:43PM (#20789586)
I deal with a version of this. I never finished my degree. Yet, I've worked my way up to Senior Software Engineer. I don't lie about it, but I don't offer it up, either, because it has cost me promotions and pay my entire career.
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Re:The New American Homeless by rolltiide on Saturday August 24, 2019 @04:59PM (#20789667)
I haven't seen this in the tech hubs of NYC or SF, well I've seen enough exceptions to this to conclude that degrees are not necessary to command competitive salaries in a software engineering track.

Get a third party recruiter and game them employers.

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