College Degrees

  2025/09/21

Category: Personal
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I saw a video where the author of it was discussing college. I paraphrasing but he said college students are really just after the degree.

I used to work for a company where they had a technical job opening my supervisor said I was qualified to obtain. They convinced me to apply for it. I did not get the job but this is what was said to me as far as the reason. I was told I was qualified for the position but I did not have a degree. He actually said if I had a degree in basket weaving things would be different. That upset me, although not in front of him. Here is why.

The author of the video said getting a degree showed the person was devoted in obtaining the degree and meant they showed other qualities companies wanted. He talked about people with degrees working in totally different areas not related to their degree. The fact that they got the degree got them the job.

I was in the Navy trained in electronics and computers. I rode submarines for operations where I repaired equipment while aboard and supervised another sailor junior to me. When not on submarines, I worked in a depot level shop where we repaired, aligned and certified equipment for later installation on these submarines. We went to component level in doing this replacing transistors and such. I was a work center supervisor and also inventoried and maintained classified equipment, and documents. I had a lot of responsibility for someone of college age.

Yet my devotion to that and jobs since does not show enough qualities for a position I was qualified to do. I even had supervisor experience that ones with the degree would not necessarily have.

Not giving me the position when others in the company were backing me. Fellow people working my job supported me.

I do not work for them any longer.

I did not have enough money for college nor could I get a free ride. I should have gotten credit for life experiences I did not get.