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Originally Posted by TOS'd
I meant in regards to the field of study, minimum you need is a diploma to even start doing anything. RE: Yaminashi's post above
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I do not particularly agree but I see where you're coming from.
Schooling and work experience can sometimes be a bit of a "Which came first? The chicken or the egg?" question.
There's one train of thought where education = career. Maybe if you are in a particular field of study, like medicine, law, nursing, accounting, engineering etc. But on the other hand, in order for you to get into those professions, you have to start doing something and somewhere which usually means from the bottom.
What I've come to experience and see is if you don't apply yourself and live in a bubble of entitlement, you will get nowhere. You need to put in your time, get the experience, recognition and acceptance of your industry peers and go from there.
There's a reason why there are so many university grads out there making drinks for us at Starbucks or at our favourite hipster coffee shop. Every situation is unique, but even when McDonald's says to you, "If you got time to lean, you got time to clean" it's a wake up call. The real world. Ain't no Disney fairy tale where everyone lives happily ever after.