Subj : Higher Education and work
To   : KURT WEISKE
From : Mike Powell
Date : Sat Apr 05 2025 09:23 am

>  AT> But can you credit any 101 courses with giving you job skills? I can't,
>  AT> but I've never held a job that requires a college education.

> I studied computer science and took business classes in the summer time.
> Accounting 101 got my foot in the door at my college bookstore. I later
> took a job supporting their computer system and writing code, and it
> jump-started my career.

I initially felt like I didn't learn anything practical in college, even
though I graduated with a BSBA in Management/CIS.  Looking back, I am
pretty sure that if ~18 year old me had continued in the workforce without
it, things would have been much different.  At the very least, it allowed
me 4+ years to mature a little more.

My eventual "career job" did require a degree in order to be hired, even
though the degree didn't really qualify me for the job.  It did allow me to
get my foot in the door at a higher pay grade than I otherwise would have,
and gave me an opportunity to show what I could really do, whether I
learned it in college or otherwise.

I also sometimes believe that the job I had while going to college...
working in the college library... helped prepare me more than the actual
degree did.  I could not have worked there, though, if I was not a student.

Mike


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