Patriot Act Roundup: American Local News and College During COVID-19

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Hasan Minhaj has been on a roll covering the troubling decline of local newspapers in America and whether a college degree is worth pursuing amid a pandemic and how they treat the people who work there.

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OP Note: I'm extremely mad at my undergrad alma mater's treatment of grad students.

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A Master's in my field would be 90% theoretical.

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Network administration, maybe sorta Cybersecurity.

There are Phd/Master's level Certifications (CASP, CISP for sure) that people value more. Some get the master's just because they're at that level and a company is paying for it.

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Yep, I have some. The issue is I don't live anywhere near the jobs right now .-. That's one good thing about COVID-19, more people are willing to offer remote work.

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Yep. There's also a shitton of gatekeeping in IT for some reason. A bunch of old men who think being overworked in server rooms are a badge of honor.

& hell, I actually worked for a Turkish couple for a few months, I probably could very well just go over there with them and get a decent education lol