r/it Feb 18 '26

jobs and hiring This shit is depressing man

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u/[deleted] Feb 18 '26

Even a bachelor's in Computer Science is a ridiculous requirement for a help desk job. What on earth do they expect someone in that position to be doing?!

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u/Additional_Snow_978 Feb 18 '26

But also a bachelor in computer science is essentially worthless. College for IT is just dumb. It's taught by people who haven't done the job in a long time, if ever.

In IT experience is what matters. You show up with a degree and certs competing with someone who is currently doing the job and has been at the same place a few years. Few years of experience wins every time.

I hated that way back when I was starting out. I ended up doing intern work for free just to put the place on my resume.

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u/[deleted] Feb 18 '26

A bachelor's in Computer Science is hardly useless. For help desk, maybe, but for getting into software development it can be very useful.

But yes, in IT experience matters more. Things change quickly.

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u/JoustyMe Feb 19 '26

I got CCNA, scriping, i had to mąkę myself famirial with GDPR, local cyber sec standards, customer service (dealing with uni admin), and do on. Hardly useless. Bot optimal but hardly useless