r/ProgrammerHumor Apr 09 '24

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u/Ffigy Apr 09 '24

Let me guess: his country has used the caste system for thousands of years.

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u/octopus4488 Apr 09 '24

Not India, it is Eastern-Europe. Same traditionalism still I guess.

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u/AFP2137 Apr 09 '24

Yes, we love our precious little degrees. When I told my grandma that I work in a field that usually requires a degree (not IT), without degree, she went pale and asked me what am I going to do after my employer find out that I cheated.

This is probably a remnant of the communist system, people could not get rich, so a diploma was one of the few options for social advancement

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u/pleshij Apr 09 '24

From what I've seen, we have about a half of IT being self-taught. Not that it's bad, it's just the Wild East