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0 pointsraverbashing3y ago0 comments

And right you are!

Now the latest trend are MS/PhD only openings. Especially at IC manufacturers

But I have two questions for those: why not on-the-job training, and did the people that joined 20/40yrs ago have those qualifications? All of them?

Well, good luck filling those positions then! /s

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Nowadays we expect people to pay for their own education. No company wants to be the sucker that invested in fleeting human capital.

znpy3y ago

i had the chance to read "The Juggling Act" by Pat Gelsinger, which is about a lot of things, and among these also about his work at intel.

the thing that struck me the most that a) intel was paying for his tuition b) he used to have enough flexibility to attend classes, in person.

for people who don't know, Pat Gelsinger is the guy behind the intel 386 and 486, and has been recently made CEO of Intel.

pid-13y ago

My company has the following deal: we pay for your education, but you must stay for x years.

If you decide to leave before, you must pay $PRICE * (x - $TIME_WORKING_HERE_AFTER_WE_INVESTED_IN_YOU)

t-33y ago

To be fair, tech hiring is rather credentialized in general these days. Even help desk and cable-runner jobs are requiring 4 year degrees.

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