• neidu2@feddit.nl
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    6 months ago

    My career. I made it.

    Edit for context: I never finished school, and as such I have no formal education in what I do. But I’ve always enjoyed tinkering with servers and networks. This coincidentally became highly relevant in this (seemingly very unrelated) job I had a couple of eons ago. After I quit I exaggerated that detail and used it to pretend I was a professional in my field on future job applications, and that worked out well… until one day I suddenly realized that I’m actually a professional in my field.

    Today I can say that I’m good at what I do… but it’s (Mostly) a result of winging it and learning as I go.

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      6 months ago

      Yeah my degree is completely unrelated to what I do now. Once that first job lets you get your foot in the door the academic credentials are typically far less relevant than work experience

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      6 months ago

      Seems to me you only faked yourself and were professional all along

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      6 months ago

      I can relate to this…did manufacturing and machining most of my life, 7 years ago got some electrical qualifications, a year ago I talked myself into a maintenance role. I’m inquisitive and don’t stop til I’ve got an answer, that attitude serves me well.

    • some_guy@lemmy.sdf.org
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      6 months ago

      Same. I was surrounded by people with CS degrees and I was entirely self-taught. Had some serious Imposter Syndrome until I flipped the switch in my head. I got there without a degree. If anything, that was more impressive.