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IBM is happy to hire people WITHOUT a college education — Quartz
How many other companies will follow IBMs examples and train employees from within the organization. If employees develop billion dollar products then the risk is worth hiring people without a college degree. Superstar employees can obtain a degree from a Udacity or other alt-education provider.
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There’s a lot of good reasons to go to college, but getting a job at a tech firm isn’t one of them.
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A range of technology occupations—from front-end developers to network administrators—don’t require college degrees. Instead, employers are looking for specific skills that evolve rapidly and can be acquired through certificate programs or at coding bootcamps.
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“new collar” employment. They’re “entirely new roles in areas such as cybersecurity, data science, artificial intelligence and cognitive business,”
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In fact, about 10-15% of new hires at IBM don’t have college degrees,
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Pay for IBM’s hundreds of cloud server technicians starts at up to $40,000, and they don’t have four-year degrees,
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Laszlo Bock
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“When you look at people who don’t go to school and make their way in the world, those are exceptional human beings,”
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As college costs continue to soar, though, more people are challenging the value of higher education
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Peter Thie
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Thiel funds $100,000, two-year fellowships for “young people who want to build new things instead of sit in a classroom.” Applicants must be under 22 and willing to drop out of school if they’re accepted.
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“a relevant traditional curriculum with necessary skills from community colleges, mentoring and real-world job experience,” Rometty wrote in USA Today.
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IBM still reserves many jobs in computer science, sales, and marketing for holders of bachelor degrees,
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As long as employers are outsourcing that screening function to colleges, higher education will remain a safe bet.
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