Comment on Gen Z job crisis: Maybe there are just too many college graduates now

JoMiran@lemmy.ml ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

Tech Executive for 20 years and in the industry for almost 30 here. If you are going into the technology field and are not loaded enough to go to Stanford or MIT, then I would second the “start at community college for the basics but graduate from a quality state university”. Most people don’t care where the diploma is from and NOBODY cares about your GPA. This applies to probably 98% of the jobs you will come across.

What truly matters most of the time is experience, flexibility, and breadth of knowledge. Make sure you do a tin of independent and well documented projects. A portfolio of your work is far more impressive than a diploma.

If instead of someone with a breadth of knowledge you are a specialist with a deep understanding of a single subject matter, then I suggest that you blog and/or self publish a lot of your work. Help people. Maybe build a community around your specific niche. YouTube etc videos about your niche is also a very good idea.

Finding work is much less about knowledge, because you are starting out and you don’t know shit, and a hell of a lot more about marketing.

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