I found out I could've skipped half my degree and still gotten the same job

Was talking to a hiring manager at a tech meetup in Austin last month and she straight up told me they don't care about half the classes on my transcript. She said for their junior dev roles, they only look at two things: can you pass their coding test and do you have any projects on GitHub. I went home and checked the job postings from the last 6 months at like 15 companies in my area. Almost none of them listed specific degree requirements past "bachelor's preferred" or just said "or equivalent experience." Meanwhile I spent $12,000 on gen ed classes that have nothing to do with my major. Feels like I got scammed by the whole system honestly. Has anyone else found out their degree was way less important than they thought?

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finleycooper8d ago

You said "gen ed classes that have nothing to do with my major" - which gen eds specifically did you take that pissed you off the most?

james_ramirez8d ago

Paying that much just to check a box on a job app does feel like a ripoff though.