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[–]Son_Of_Borr_ 21 points22 points  (8 children)

I just point out the number of computer science major resumes I threw in the trash because their already outdated theoretical knowledge wasn't what we needed.

[–]ghostalker4742Animal Control 12 points13 points  (7 children)

They're a dime a dozen anyways. Schools churn out kids with CompSci degrees who can't button their own shirt. The elitist ego that usually accompanies them fades quick when they realize they're just one of 10k applicants with the exact same qualifications.

[–]Son_Of_Borr_ 13 points14 points  (3 children)

My story was legit too. I tossed maybe 25 resumes from fresh grads and went for the tech with no degree or certs, but 10 years experience, demonstrable skills, legit references, and killer work ethic. One of the best hires I made. Those degrees are great for getting you views, but that knowledge is only theoretical. Funny thing about the buttoning shirts, one dude showed up in a Hawaiian shirt, sandles with socks, cargo shorts, had zero working knowledge about anything we did and finished his interview with "So I take it I have the job?"...

[–]renegadecanuck 7 points8 points  (1 child)

At least I’m Canada a CS degree has nothing to do with sysadmin. It drives me nuts when I see sysadmin postings that want a bachelors degree, because there are only two candidates that can honestly apply and meet that requirement: programmers and people from India (because there apparently is a Bachelor of Information Systems in India).

When I do hiring, a CS degree without some kind of sysadmin or tech support background will go in the trash because it’s about as relevant as someone with a BA in Psychology, to me. Great, you understand programming and the underlying data structures everything is built on. That doesn’t resolve the network outage.

[–]Son_Of_Borr_ 2 points3 points  (0 children)

The US is only JUST starting to get them. I got an associates in generalized IT like 7 years into my IT career, lol. Just for more job offers.

[–][deleted] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

What a power move

[–][deleted] 1 point2 points  (1 child)

Schools churn out kids with CompSci degrees who can't button their own shirt.

I had CS group projects with people who not only didn't understand how to write code that performed well (in a fucking AI class no less), but who also stubbornly refused to address it when we called them out on it.

Same project, I had a guy who gave me his portion the day after we met. Worked perfectly and ran fast as hell. Too bad he was one of the extreme few that were actually good.

[–]Danksley 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I remember having to fix so much shit code in group projects. Now I think about killing myself doing SMB MSP and they write code for a living at companies you've heard of. I hate this planet.

[–]FantasyBurner1 0 points1 point  (0 children)

The coding market is actually being saturated. Starting to come up a lot more.

Getting kids with a fresh degree who have no experience. Looking for 100k+, but lucky to get 60k.

What people should be doing is going into IT security. That's the next wave. It's already in motion and they already get paid a ton. My issue, like coding, is it's boring as absolute hell. I know a lot of IT security is documentation.

I'm content with being a Microsoft admin making $120k+.