Re:College became the default – Let's rethink that
by randomdata on Tuesday April 19, 2022 @04:25PM
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> if your personal goals include having things like PTO and health insurance you're going to want the degree.
Only ~40% of Americans have completed some level of post-secondary schooling, and only ~30% have a college degree. ~60-70% of jobs do not offer PTO and health insurance? That seems a little hard to believe. The BLS indicates that 79% of jobs offer PTO.
Re:College became the default – Let's rethink that
by whimsicalism on Tuesday April 19, 2022 @05:00PM
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> The BLS indicates that 79% of jobs offer PTO.
Sure, but that PTO is pretty... not great outside of salaried careers. For instance, for 5 years of work at Starbucks, you can get a maximum of ~2 weeks paid vacation across those 5 years in California (which has specifically friendly legislation to encourage this).
Re:College became the default – Let's rethink that
by sarchertech on Tuesday April 19, 2022 @04:50PM
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79% of full time jobs maybe. But that doesn’t include gig work, contract jobs, self employed people, day laborers etc…
Re:College became the default – Let's rethink that
by robbedpeter on Tuesday April 19, 2022 @04:32PM
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Networking and other IT fields are pretty open.
Degree requirements are lazy gatekeeping by organizations too big to hire people that actually care.
Not that there aren't other paths, or non-degree-gatekept jobs with those things. But they are harder and fewer and becoming increasingly so.
Programming is one of the few prestigious, highly paid jobs left that doesn't have a pretty hard req on having a degree to get into. That's why I do it. But yes I've also run into all the things you mention.