Cross posted from https://mander.xyz/post/56141151

College used to be sold as the ticket to a better job.

Now it feels like the ticket to… another application rejection.

Universities are suddenly trying really hard to convince everyone their degrees are still worth it, companies keep raising the requirements for entry-level jobs, internships are becoming impossible to land, and somehow people with PhDs are being offered $18 an hour.

So… what exactly are we paying for anymore?

In this video, we’re looking at desperate MBA marketing, degree inflation, AI replacing entry-level work, ridiculous job requirements, and why standing out is becoming more valuable than collecting another checkbox on your resume.

    • fyzzlefry@retrolemmy.com
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      4 days ago

      I make 200k a year as a network engineer for a telecom and I dropped out of high school. Am I a technobro?

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        4 days ago

        You’re engineer as in having studied engineering?

        in any case a lot of people are still sucessful in spite of not going to uni, but that doesn’t mean is not important lol.

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          Its the job title, I still love learning but school wasn’t for me. I got certs and have been doing it for decades.