College Is Much More Than a Means to a Higher Salary

Re:College Is Much More Than a Means to a Higher Salary by madeofpalk on Wednesday June 03, 2015 @12:34AM (#9650593)

Yeah so I think that's where I see things differently over here in Australia. While 'degree leads to higher income' is still a common belief here, I don't think that there's that requirement to have a degree, let alone from a top uni (like you mentioned in SV).

Although I'm still relatively early in my career (23 years old) - Lacking a degree has never been a problem for me and I've still ended up in a pretty well paid job.

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Re:College Is Much More Than a Means to a Higher Salary by chad_oliver on Wednesday June 03, 2015 @01:04AM (#9650682)

New Zealand seems to be similar, with the added bonus that we only have a handful of universities so there is no distinction between 'good universities' and 'the rest'.

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Re:College Is Much More Than a Means to a Higher Salary by Mandatum on Wednesday June 03, 2015 @02:32AM (#9650895)

You'll find HR consultants for pretty much all big companies and govt (incl Fonterra, TradeMe, GCSB, IRD, Frucor, to name a few) will throw your CV in the trash if you don't have a degree. Luckily in this country it's much easier to get your foot in the door through meet-and-greet.

Want to meet a developer from Xero? Tweet 'em. No luck? Ask somebody you know if they know someone who works there, likely they or someone they know does.

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