• @clearedtoland@lemmy.world
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    2411 months ago

    Ngl if it weren’t for my soul crushing student loan debt, I’d do this. Not to qualify for jobs or gloat, I just love learning.

    I hope to start a PhD before 40 but the finances and family life aren’t looking too promising.

    • @TranscendentalEmpire@lemm.ee
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      1311 months ago

      Why do you think he’s still in school? They can’t start collecting until you finish school. All he has to do is remain in school longer than fasfa remains solvent…so Id say he’s got a chance.

    • @cabron_offsets@lemmy.world
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      211 months ago

      Bruh. I question very seriously the wisdom of any applicant who has a PhD. Considering that a good deal of my job requires me to fire useless phds when their idiot bosses won’t do it.

      I have a PhD, btw. Been through the trenches.

      • @Ragnarok314159@sopuli.xyz
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        211 months ago

        My employer has hired a few PhD’s for entry level engineering positions, and then they always end up fired because they are too incompetent to do it.

        “I have a PhD”. Yeah, but you can’t even do this basic shit and your doctorate is in nothing we care about, but you knew some people.

    • @Nachorella@lemmy.sdf.org
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      211 months ago

      If it’s not to qualify for jobs you can always just learn online for free. I suppose it depends on the degree but there’s quite a lot you can just teach yourself these days.

      • @Obi@sopuli.xyz
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        111 months ago

        I learn new things almost every day, I haven’t set foot in a school in nearly 20 years.

          • @Monument@lemmy.sdf.org
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            111 months ago

            My dog eats shoe soles when she gets separation anxiety, and miraculously, she hasn’t managed to need surgery (for that) yet.

            That one was free, but the next dog fact is gonna set you back $10k.

            (And we know the shoes are an issue. The last 3 were a friends shoe that was accidentally left here in a place we didn’t spot them, our dog sitter’s mom’s shoe (from her closet!), and my wife’s shoe from the ’no dog area’ when we forgot to close a baby gate.)

  • @ElderberryLow@programming.dev
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    611 months ago

    This person’s LinkedIn account is real but they’ve also written a book about getting into all the top programs, they’ve been a CEO of their own company since 2013, and been on other boards. You can find him pretty quickly in the comments on that post.

    • @RizzRustbolt@lemmy.world
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      811 months ago

      He was getting a masters in math at Harvard at the same time he was getting a masters in education at Stanford, while also going to Stanford Business School.

      • Psychadelligoat
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        111 months ago

        Taking one class of each program at a time technically counts as doing that program!

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          11 months ago

          Except the timelines they have for all the course are as if he was a full time student…. Something isn’t adding up here.

          • Psychadelligoat
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            411 months ago

            It also says they cum loudly, don’t think it’s a serious document at all

            (Do… Do I have to put the /s? Probably… Oh well)

  • @EdanGrey@sh.itjust.works
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    011 months ago

    If I saw this I’d be seriously concerned as a recruiter (I do recruitment for my firm sometimes), bit of a red flag. Does this person have any work experience whatsoever?

    • @ResoluteCatnap@lemmy.ml
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      111 months ago

      Right, that or it’s a bunch of BS. Either way it can’t be good. At a certain point you need either work experience or a portfolio for what you’ve worked on since your degree. Having only degrees is a problem.

  • @givesomefucks@lemmy.world
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    11 months ago

    What’s crazier is the Twitter guy acting like he was taking a risk…

    If I was the applicant and I found out about this, I’d 100% start applying to a new company.

    You might get the job, but no one is going to listen to you.

    Edit:

    Or does LinkedIn look like Twitter now? I never used it so assumed it was Twitter and the screenshot was linked in profile