Dex is right and I am more or less continuously angry about this Kids have no idea what they're doing and the people giving advice about college by and large do not know how the game is played and this by and large screws kids and I am Madhttps://twitter.com/TLEPaz/status/1290053473434664961 …
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There was probably a time when "lol just go to college man College is what you need to be successful COLLEGE COOOOOLLLEDGE" was probably reasonably good advice in the US That time probably continued maybe most of the way through GenX when entry level jobs were plentiful (??)
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I went to a state college in the mid aughts. I had a highly technical background with publications and most of my friends were unusually good at what they did. Most of them ended up getting tech jobs in the late aughts or early 10s and theyre fine Representative? Idk
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What I do know is that I worked an advising office for a while as a grad student and while they tried real hard, they were not suited to advise students for getting private sector jobs that will allow them a comfortable living
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College advisors are people who got jobs as college advisors after graduating. This is not a bad gig but it's not what most students have in mind as Success. Professors are mostly people who are professors got their academic jobs in a much better academic academic market.
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I did my best to steer students in the right direction. I encouraged them to learn to code, I begged them to get internships, if they seemed cut out for grad school I warned them about /that/ (another enchilada entirely) But mostly these students were hosed
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Like--tens of thousands in debt for a so-so degree, not cut out for grad school--I don't know where they ended up, mostly. I really tried, even in class: "Here are the things you need to do to get an entry analyst job." I'd guess maybe a handful followed up on it.
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Replying to @eigenrobot
>"Here are the things you need to do to get an entry analyst job." Out of curiosity, what are the things you suggest?
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Basic stats, aim for an internship, play with graphing tools (probably tableau), get good with SQL (takes a weekend) Is probably the barebones Worth taking a look at postings too--that's always a good bet No one yells at students to go look at job postings and that is insane
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Replying to @eigenrobot @ntaverna
what is your position on lying in resumes?
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Replying to @thesravaka @ntaverna
Don't do it if it's likely you'll be caught through them checking or through subsequent incompetence
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