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[–] hamburglar26@wilbo.tech 3 points 2 years ago (1 children)

They gave us money and facilities, we didn't have to produce anything! You've never been out of college! You don't know what it's like out there! I've worked in the private sector. They expect results.

[–] jmp242@sopuli.xyz 2 points 2 years ago (2 children)

Ehhh, I'd say that expecting results really varies by the job. Or at least the results are usually KPI that are easily gameable if you don't care about trying for a random bonus. I kept a job and got pay raises by basically doing the minimum and slacking off pretty hard for a while. I worked another job where they mostly wanted someone to be a warm body ready to talk to a customer, but otherwise didn't really know if / what you did.

[–] hamburglar26@wilbo.tech 2 points 2 years ago

I posted a quote from Ghostbusters lol.

But yes it isn’t too hard to game the system and get rewarded for minimal work. I had to put a shit ton of hard work in to get to that point but if I felt like it I could do minimal most days.

[–] treadful@lemmy.zip 1 points 2 years ago

Also, most places don't even know what KPIs are.

[–] jmp242@sopuli.xyz 3 points 2 years ago

I have to say, I think I was very lucky because College prepared me for most aspects of my job.I really can't think of one that it could have prepared me for that it didn't - like it didn't teach me the specific bureaucratic processes for purchasing or getting approval from management etc, but how could it? I'm also lucky to be working in my field many years on.

[–] EveryMuffinIsNowEncrypted@lemmy.blahaj.zone 2 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (4 children)

Do you have any tips for books, websites, or whatever on how to get started? I love computers and the whole topic of programming is fascinating to me, but I don't have the money (or time (or energy)) to go to back to school.

I work in a dead-end retail job and I really really really need to get out. Lol.

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[–] PancakeBrock@lemmy.zip 1 points 2 years ago

I went to school for computer science and I'm a construction superintendent. I decided I really hated sitting in an office all day.

[–] HobbitFoot@thelemmy.club 1 points 2 years ago

As a structural engineer, spatial skills.

I luckily had these skills, but my job requires a lot more spatial comprehension than gets taught in class. I've seen people graduate college and are able to use design equations, but completely fall apart when you ask them to point out on a plan what they are designing.

[–] lntl@lemmy.ml -1 points 2 years ago

People have "feelings"

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