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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]OP is probably just venting after coming across this situation multiple times.  I'm not OP btw.  But, I have come across this situation, too.  There were a bunch of contractors, myself included, at a well known company.  The company wanted to hire me, courted me for a few years, but not the other contractor that had the advanced degree (I don't have one).   This person kept saying to our manager, "You know I have an xyz advanced degree, right?", like that alone should make him a catch for the company.  [/quote]

OP here. Actually I rarely come across this in real life. I've mainly noticed it here on DCUM. In real life I see a preoccupation with younger co workers (millennials) with grad school. In some cases it helps them get an edge, but mostly, to me as an employer,i prefer to see solid work experience. It's just something I've noticed in discussions here again and again, people touting their educational qualifications as if they have something to prove.

In real life, I'm the person that friends (or co workers) come to for advice and expertise- on many topics, and as this is DC most of those people have grad degrees (though my friends and I are removed enough from that time if our lives that it's rarely discussed). I've always been like that, since I was in kindergarten (and also an academic high achiever with a bachelor's from outside the US which is as specialized as graduate level study here in the states). I also work with many people with doctorates. They certainly are experts in their fields but they too consult me for expertise on other topics. They don't have superiority complexes, but in my experience many younger people do, thinking, it seems, that a graduate degree gives them the right to be hired even if they have zero common sense and no work experience. Gives me the impression that anyone can get most graduate degrees.

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