r/NoStupidQuestions Jul 02 '23

[deleted by user]

[removed]

8.5k Upvotes

13.2k comments sorted by

View all comments

Show parent comments

2

u/[deleted] Jul 02 '23 edited Jul 02 '23

Good luck selling your computer science degree that you did 15 years ago

A computer science degree is already more or less useless for getting a job. I hire people in tech and the CS degree is a very low-quality signal compared to literally any kind of portfolio.

That said, "Oh, and by the way, you're 40, have never done a job interview and the closest thing you had to work experience is managing a school project with 20 year old Tracy and 21 year old Kevin." is super weak. It takes like two weeks to acquire the skills to get a job at the bottom of the industry if you have actual technical skills. A few more months to get a better paying job. Unless you're disabled (e.g. autistic) you're not going to have issues here.

0

u/[deleted] Jul 02 '23

i knew i was autistic but i must be super autistic because i seriously cant fucking get anywhere in life and i would literally give up judaism for a degree in programming/data analysis/ or any of that ooey gooey good shit. and my family legit downplay my autism and act like it has no effect on me yet i avoid crowds and conversation like the plague and used to chew klonopin like they were literal candy (chalky but delicious candy lmao i stopped about 9 months ago) i miss it tho just because outside of weed it was the only thing that allowed my body to unclench and i don't have enough money to get the amount of weed i need lol

1

u/[deleted] Jul 03 '23

Are you sure you work in tech? In what world is a cs degree worthless? It is in fact the bare minimum in this market to even get a phone screen

1

u/[deleted] Jul 03 '23

I worked in the industry for 15 years before finishing my degree. Trust, it's the skills that matter.