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Thursday, May 14, 2026
I also don't think you should be going to university except for ths love of the game, and the fact that everything requires a degree is insane
Everything requires a degree but also bullshit fake indian degrees are fine
For me, a degree is teaching you how to learn and having a course on the intricacies of gitlab or docker would be pointless to me because you're missing the fundamentals and just becoming a mindless drone to execute work. And then a master's or phd teaches you autonomy on how to teach yourself how to learn
So I did an apprenticeship in IT instead of going to uni, and its been immensely valuable to have those 4 years of on the job experience instead of gone to uni. Since then I've been able to progress as well, now I'm much more devops/dev rather than sys admin
I've personally not found any discrimination to not having a degree and I've found employers value the experience much higher than that
This full-time, entry-level position will be minimum wage and 32 hours per week. We require a minimum of five years work experience and a bachelors degree. Please provide at least ten references that include no fewer than three previous managers, five college professors, and two of your children. Applicants older than 20 need not apply because you will expect to be valued like a professional and that's just not team spirit.
that was my original plan. practicaly dropped out of high-school by senior year. only took one class, ap compsci. spent most of my time doing a small internship and trade school for IT/sysadmin. hell went to uni as a IT/sysadmin major at first. (an even more useless degree as you like never need a degree in IT) had planned to take A+ and Net+ instead of uni
Replying to mint #wimint that was my original plan. practicaly dropped out of high-school by senior year. only took one class, ap compsci. spent most of my time doing a small internship and trade school for IT/sysadmin. hell went to uni as a IT/sysadmin major at first. (an even more useless degree as you like never need a degree in IT) had planned to take A+ and Net+ instead of uni
+1 for A+, I also did that during my apprenticeship. Did that route work out for you in the end?
Safe to say yes then 😄
most insane comment I've gotten on my video thus far
Replying to Kribbles #kribbles1 For me, a degree is teaching you how to learn and having a course on the intricacies of gitlab or docker would be pointless to me because you're missing the fundamentals and just becoming a mindless drone to execute work. And then a master's or phd teaches you autonomy on how to teach yourself how to learn
nearly everything i am doing now is self taught over the last few months
Replying to Kribbles #kribbles1 I'm either going to be a research scientist back at my school and hang out with Mint, or I'm going back to the navy and I can say hi to Spooky once a month when I go to DC
Or, you let me croot you to work on satellites
And agree with everything Mint said, computing is a weird field because if you're not trying to be an actual chip architect, every other degree/program/certification/internship leads to sorta the same nebulous job
And its a really fun job that is applicable literally everywhere, but also has the challenge of becoming oversaturated with people who cannot do anything
So you get stuck with this sorta "prove it" mindset until you find yourself somewhere you got into via connections/nepotism, and have a longer leash to actually do stuff
And for every good person I've rescued from an entry level help desk or sysadmin role, I'm sure there are many others plugging away trying to get their break
I will say, as someone who has worked jobs where I'm told to "watch paint dry" and get paid for it
It is usually torturous
In a way that I don't think people really understand until they live it
Congrats, welcome the fake economy
Collect your $100k/year for doing nothing
You'll either hang yourself or get replaced by AI
Feel free to bet on which one occurs first
Remote work that's task based is amazing and should be the standard
Issue is there's not enough work for any of these industries if you cut out all the BS
Oh lol, you're really burning it down
Replying to Spooky Phijkchu #spooky.131 I will say, as someone who has worked jobs where I'm told to "watch paint dry" and get paid for it It is usually torturous
I sorta had this issue where I was not being given any work to do, but then my boss would complain that I never do any work and I was just stunned at what I was meant to say to that.
My boss asked me to participate in a project where we'd collect common customer requests. I said I don't spend enough time in the ticket queue to know what common requests are. He was confused by that, then started saying something about that needing to be corrected, then asked what I do all day then.
Replying to TinyBomby #tinybomby I sorta had this issue where I was not being given any work to do, but then my boss would complain that I never do any work and I was just stunned at what I was meant to say to that.
make up tasks then be unable to associate them with any billing accounts
Also provided HR a bunch of examples of the guy simply not being present. New on-call system. Don't know how to use it. No one else does either. Wouldn't give info. Got a guy bothering me at bum o'clock in the morning asking me to do his job for him, brought it to my manager three times. Not even a "I'll talk to management." Got a promotion. Waited 100+ days to be excused from my old role and enter my new one. Repeatedly brought it up. HR had to intervene and I transitioned the next week.
Leg and Pika will laugh for me saying this
But the most useful thing anyone can do at companies like that is to fuck around with AI all day
You either accidentally will solve major problems or at the very least you get a marketable skill you can get a raise for at your next job
Replying to Garbage #garbageatgaming Do you guys all live in the WKUK Stapler Factory Sketch or is that just a subsection of the US economy
Yes Garbage
70%-80% of white collar work is this
Replying to Garbage #garbageatgaming
Well, my company did do a lot. I just specifically had nothing to do. It was a really weird situation where my company works with "captive shops" to get work done and my company provides the captive shops with engineers. Half the time, the captive shops were NOT receptive to engineers coming in and telling them what they're doing wrong though, so it's just kinda awkward, especially as an entry-level engineer.
And when you start managing teams, you realize most work you give them is ultimately pointless/purposeless anyway
Even when it's just greenlighting their personal projects and giving them funding, none of it will ultimately serve any purpose or even be used
Replying to TinyBomby #tinybomby Well, my company did do a lot. I just specifically had nothing to do. It was a really weird situation where my company works with "captive shops" to get work done and my company provides the captive shops with engineers. Half the time, the captive shops were NOT receptive to engineers coming in and telling them what they're doing wrong though, so it's just kinda awkward, especially as an entry-level engineer. (edited)
I have a friend doing the same thing, huge engineering consulting company in California
Literally hasn't been loaned out in 3 years because nobody wants to hear they're fucking up
Replying to Spooky Phijkchu #spooky.131 I have a friend doing the same thing, huge engineering consulting company in California
What a coincidence that I have the same issue in California haha
Example: Customers ask vague questions. It takes us a long time, sometimes nearly an hour, to guess what they want. Some retard (he's not he's just not being wise) says "Here's my AI project to speed up the guessing process." I'm like... why not ask the customer to clarify AND in the proces soft train them to ask better questions in the future?
Nah. The AI project will fix it.
Replying to mtcdood #mtcdood I have stopped short of saying it to work but our 20+ person team is mostly solutions seeking problems, and they are largely personal projects with enough lipstick to look work-related.
Yep, there's no better way to say it that I know 99% of what we bring forward is going to get shelved or not have a customer, but I have the budget and team so I may as well spend it, which ironically looks better for our metrics
And when we do find someone interested, 99% of the time it's because they have money they don't have anything to spend on, and have no intention of even seeing the project through beyond a year or two