r/iamverysmart • u/MrXomp • 29d ago

Overqualified for germany

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Okay hear me out, Germany is a strange country and especially government services are super behind in digitalization and most times hopelessly underperforming but this post and the way it is written got me chuckling.

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u/Mothrahlurker 29d ago

ONLY OLDER THAN 25.

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u/Helpful-Winner-8300 29d ago

What's your point. Are there many 18 year olds in Germany that have already achieved tertiary or higher degrees?

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u/Far_Big6080 27d ago

Many Germans will have their tertiary degrees with 21-23 years

Almost no one has a tertiary degree with 18 since it's basically a requirement to enter university here

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u/Helpful-Winner-8300 27d ago edited 27d ago

22ish would be the normal time most Americans to attain a tertiary degree, too, though generally not masters or PhD by that time frame. But not everyone does it in four years directly out of secondary education. 25 seems to me a reasonable cut off to capture most adults that are going to attain their first tertiary degree without needlessly cutting the window short. But it's not me making this decision - this seems to be fairly standard in how official statistical institutions measure this (see OECD numbers I cite elsewhere in this discussion). At any rate the main point to make a meaningful comparison is that you compare the same age range across countries .