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4684499 · 2014-04-04 10:37:33+00:00

Degrees bring fancy titles. Education? Not necessarily.

hanniabu | karma 4817 | avg karma 1.3 · | 2019-09-14 03:35:56+00:00

Having a degree or special title doesn't mean you're any smarter than others and not having one doesn't mean you aren't.

bpicolo | karma 6988 | avg karma 2.56 · | 2017-09-28 15:04:29+00:00

There are plenty of fields where name-brand degrees mean a crap ton starting out, e.g. finance, law.

j45 | karma 3932 | avg karma 0.91 · | 2012-12-15 12:55:30

It's not what your degree makes of you, but what you make of your degree (and self-education).

eutectic | karma 832 | avg karma 1.99 · | 2016-05-15 23:38:13

Degree matters.

dillonmckay | karma 1132 | avg karma 1.24 · | 2019-04-22 20:56:14+00:00

Unfortunately, degree != educated.

theandrewbailey | karma 10214 | avg karma 2.28 · | 2020-01-17 21:30:51+00:00

Some degrees are more practical than others.

h0w412d | karma 63 | avg karma 1.97 · | 2013-05-22 17:16:05+00:00

So your title isn't dependent on your accomplishments or abilities, but only your schooling?

ketzu | karma 1400 | avg karma 2.62 · | 2017-10-26 06:23:44+00:00

Isn't this like a college degree?

selimthegrim | karma 5458 | avg karma 0.82 · | 2021-06-12 03:14:33

Having gone there, the degree is not the magic wand you seem to think it is.

metalliqaz | karma 5420 | avg karma 3.01 · | 2019-04-18 18:17:51+00:00

What about a degree?

minsc_and_boo | karma 389 | avg karma 1.61 · | 2022-10-04 11:37:19

Right. I would also say that this is more of a symptom of university degrees being a title system, rather than strongly signalling candidates' capabilities.

miguelrochefort | karma 3843 | avg karma 1.91 · | 2017-01-03 15:03:07+00:00

Lack of a degree makes things more complicated.

peterfirefly | karma 940 | avg karma 1.05 · | 2024-05-31 17:02:23

Not all degrees are created equal. My understanding is that education degrees are particularly easy to get.

austincheney | karma 6940 | avg karma 1.65 · | 2020-12-24 03:58:50+00:00

An academic degree is not a professional license. Software has no professional licensing so call yourself any title you want.

chhantyal | karma 128 | avg karma 1.54 · | 2014-08-18 21:02:06+00:00

Degree is required, but not for IT

jmoss20 | karma 281 | avg karma 3.09 · | 2020-08-13 23:17:27

Credentials vs. education. Credentials are a positional good, education an intrinsic one. We've decided the two should be bundled together, but they don't have to be. Maybe they shouldn't be; that would be a much more interesting conversation to have.

wccrawford | karma 16480 | avg karma 3.39 · | 2017-06-06 11:38:18

You can buy degrees that turn "work experience" into credits, but nobody respects them, so it's not really worthwhile unless you really just want some letters after your name.

skeeter2020 | karma 4387 | avg karma 2.84 · | 2020-12-18 16:09:34+00:00

When I see degrees from universities I've never heard of I assume they're diploma mills and look them up. Often they're not but fill a particular niche in learning or circumstance. This is the major failing with the US system IMO, in Canada the word "university" has a much stronger legal definition so there is more trust in it. Similar to what happened to the title "Engineer" when programmers started using it*

*I have a MSc in Software Engineering but I am not a PEng

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foxhop | karma 2104 | avg karma 1.78 · | 2021-11-25 04:47:25

/degree/education/