I never even had anyone ever even ask me about my degrees before. It's simply never come up. I've only been an actual employee a couple of times, the rest of the time I've been a contractor (misclassified employee) but the job description almost always still require a degree. Makes me think that degrees are fucking useless. I wonder why I even went to school. I got thrust into a management role pretty quickly, and had to hire people only a year into my first job. I never received even thought about asking for a degree. I've been hiring off and on ever since. The job descriptions are copied & pasted cookie cutter stuff, so they ask for a degree. But we never check, and honestly I don't even think to ask. It's gotten to the point where I forget they are a thing. I was in NYC for a crypto conference at the beginning of the month and while at a dinner with some friends/clients someone asked about it. My answer was... "not for start ups, or most contracting positions, but probably yes for employment positions at big tech companies like Google or Twitter." ...turns out one of the people in my group was a software engineer for Google and she said "not all all." Turns out when she got hired they asked for a portfolio, references, and then gave her some homework to complete. She did it, and proved she could do the job, so they hired her. While we are on that note, I've never had a company check job history, or actually contact my references. I do however often have to complete homework or show proof of successful projects/campaigns I've managed. I've done this once for Google actually, for a contract role. Also, I've never taken a drug screening. In fact, I've partied with my coworkers and managers after conference events and what have you, and they go hard in the paint. But back on track. Has anyone ever gotten an actual educational background check? While I agree experience, ability, and culture mesh are significantly more important than education, diplomas still have to be relevant to some degree right? It makes me wonder why I even went to school. My degrees have been absolutely worthless. I kind of wish I just skipped school and taken an unpaid internship out of high school instead. Anyhow, what are your experiences BLIND? *I work in non technical fields. Marketing, BD, Comms, etc.
Background checks in US are a joke. So funny people take them so seriously βoh I put the wrong titleβ, βI donβt have a section to add all my jobsβ, βI put the wrong datesβ, βWill they find out why I am let go at my previous jobββ¦βoh no, am so worriedβ π€£π€£π€¦π»ββοΈπ€¦π»ββοΈπππ ππ€£
This will bring down the college education cost since it is becoming irrelevant for many trades like coding and such tech companies.
Yes degrees are useless, unless u got PhD with academic papers. Why do u think most schools literally accept any international student for masters π
Yeah, I worked for a investment bank where I had to provide the diploma and transcripts. They even said that to be very careful with the information I provided to the 3rd party running the background checks, because they had fired a guy that lied about having a Master's degree (he just hadn't completed dissertation)
Most companies in tech use hireright, and it does verify what school and what diploma you got and what your majored in. This tells me youβve never worked for a large tech company before.
I have seen 3 guys get through hireright with fake experience in my company. Of course they were let go after we figured out they canβt do what they claimed to do. Hire right is not always that good.
Worked for Kabam, Google, and Crypto.com in contractor positions. Worked for Adways & Sokon in an employment position...but those are Asian companies.
"Silicone" Valley, eh? π
Bobs !! π
Lol, all the schooling and I still can't spell π€£ππ€£
Yes, I've had this once for a non-tech job. It was pointless and the level of bureaucratic hand-wringing that occurs when they're trying to hire you turns out to be indicative of how much red tape there is in the job as well. Cemented my plans to stay only in tech or tech-adjacent roles. Would not recommend.
College is definitely useless unless you go into med, law, or something else that requires grad school. The true value of a good college is that it can expose you to great internships so you can move faster in your career
Worth it for me. I knew how to code since highschool but without a degree, no one would even interview me. I took full advantage of undergrad; internships, clubs, etc. I had a decent resume when I graduated but it still took me several months to land an offer at a no-name start up. Although they didn't verify my degree the pip factory did verify it. Despite all the flack it gets on here, it was the only FAANG tier company that give me a chance to prove myself.
Amazon is not Fang tier. β¦ and before you attack me I would make it clear that MICROSOFT is also not fang tier.
According to levels.fyi, Amazon and MS are comparable to Google in terms of TC.
I have never not had a background check, and my references have been directly contacted and asked about me. Never had to do a drug screen tho
Startup, Fortune 500, or somewhere in between? Contract or employment?
Some big tech, the smaller companies/startups were the ones who actually called my references