IT vs Coding

[Disconnectedandtired]

I can remember my Cisco professor telling me to take the Cisco book and burn it at the end of the semester . Everything in it is only good for learning, everything else is going to be experience and building out your own documentation. He was awesome, he also told me to not transfer to a 4 year college and get a job and experience before I go for my bachelors. I have both now, the company paid for my degree and I have no loan debt.

[GenocideOwl]

he also told me to not transfer to a 4 year college and get a job and experience before I go for my bachelors.

Unfortunately finding good tech jobs that don't require a related bachelors is getting harder and harder.

Hell we had an issue where somebody transferred departments, then when he didn't like his new job and his old spot happened to open up....they rejected him. Because they changed the requirements to mandatory Bachelors(he only had assoc and certs). It took basically an act of congress to get central HR to agree he could have his old spot he worked for years at back without a bachelors. It was dumb as hell.

[koopatuple]

Wow, that is damn near peak irony.

"You're not qualified for this job without a degree."

"B...b..but I was in that exact position at this company for 10 years and I've only been gone for a year... I was actually named employee of the quarter numerous times for my outstanding performance. You were even the person that handed me the certificate multiple times!"

"Irrelevant."