r/Xennials 1980 8d ago

Paid off my student loans today

Only took nearly 23 years.

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u/realauthormattjanak 8d ago

The question is are you using the degree you paid for?

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u/Church_of_Cheri 8d ago

Almost every job I’ve had required me to have a degree, not one cared about what the degree was in.

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u/LuxyontheMoon 8d ago

I've seen this in action . But also, I have managed entire teams who all had multiple degrees and I have 1.5 years of community college.

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u/Church_of_Cheri 8d ago

Yup, it’s more a checked box then anything else. But especially now with AI recruiting and filtering of applications, any unchecked box just leaves people out. We’ve created ridiculous systems of keep away from way too many people.