• Yer Ma@lemm.ee
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    8 months ago

    Me @37: I’m tired of my high paid IT work, imma quit and get a PhD in plant genetics…

    Me @42: fuck

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      8 months ago

      ?

      You sound like a sure thing for bioinformatics.

      I mean, the pay isn’t great but it’s generally six figures even without a PhD

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      8 months ago

      Me @22: Boy, IT work sure looks fun and I love computers already so let me take out some student loans to become a cybersecurity specialist!

      Me @29: Retail is fine too.

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        8 months ago

        Getting a degree to work in IT seems weird to me, but I was admining before IT classes existed

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          8 months ago

          We’re from a different era my dude. These days it’s all analysts, architects and data scientist.

          Who can’t do jack shit without guys like you.

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            8 months ago

            Except now we have to find jobs through connections because we aren’t getting past HR filters.

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            7 months ago

            Architects where I work don’t have degrees, they’re programmers who have shown they understand a significant chunk of our enormous system (government IT)

            Analysts are a mixed bag. Some have relevant education, others have relevant experience

            Data scientists seem to all be appropriately degreed