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   ins0mniak (ins0mniak@mikoshidata.cloud)'s status on Tuesday, 06-May-2025 02:04:46 JST ins0mniak
   I literally had the Principal of my school tell me I was going to be homeless if I didn't stop cutting class and go to college.
   
   Im doing pretty wekk I think, at least I don't have massive loans or degrees in whatever this shit is.
   
   I'm gonna be smug today.
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     Phantasm (phnt@fluffytail.org)'s status on Tuesday, 06-May-2025 02:04:45 JST Phantasm

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     >nyu
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     Phantasm (phnt@fluffytail.org)'s status on Tuesday, 06-May-2025 02:08:10 JST Phantasm

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     >$63K
     I could buy a lower-end German limousine for that. What are they smoking.
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     ins0mniak (ins0mniak@mikoshidata.cloud)'s status on Tuesday, 06-May-2025 02:08:11 JST ins0mniak

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     @phnt Amazing bro
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     ins0mniak (ins0mniak@mikoshidata.cloud)'s status on Tuesday, 06-May-2025 02:09:48 JST ins0mniak

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     @phnt Man, you could do so much with that kind of money, hell you could just start your own business with that.
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     kirby (kirby@freerobuxextremist.com)'s status on Tuesday, 06-May-2025 02:09:55 JST kirby

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     @phnt @ins0mniak Cuban cigars
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     ins0mniak (ins0mniak@mikoshidata.cloud)'s status on Tuesday, 06-May-2025 02:13:23 JST ins0mniak

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     @Bunsen ITs also giving boomer faculty nice 7 figure incomes too
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     Bunsen :not_the_confederate_flag: (bunsen@poa.st)'s status on Tuesday, 06-May-2025 02:13:24 JST Bunsen :not_the_confederate_flag:

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     @ins0mniak I have a college degree and it hasn't made me any better. Plus, I used my military benefits to pay for it.
     
     All the money spent on this shit is just making college campuses fancier and fancier.
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     ins0mniak (ins0mniak@mikoshidata.cloud)'s status on Tuesday, 06-May-2025 02:23:34 JST ins0mniak

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     @Shlomo @phnt Oh there's plenty of cheaper good schools, they just don't want to go.
     
     Tehy want the uber fancy degree
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     ins0mniak (ins0mniak@mikoshidata.cloud)'s status on Tuesday, 06-May-2025 02:23:35 JST ins0mniak

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     @Shlomo @phnt scholarship maybe?
     
     Im not really sure tbh
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     Shlomo (shlomo@poa.st)'s status on Tuesday, 06-May-2025 02:23:35 JST Shlomo

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     • Phantasm
     @ins0mniak @phnt What about long-distance programs in other countries through the internet?
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     Shlomo (shlomo@poa.st)'s status on Tuesday, 06-May-2025 02:23:36 JST Shlomo

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     @ins0mniak @phnt Any ways to bypass that?
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     Shlomo (shlomo@poa.st)'s status on Tuesday, 06-May-2025 02:23:37 JST Shlomo

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     • Phantasm
     @ins0mniak @phnt Holy shit.
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     ins0mniak (ins0mniak@mikoshidata.cloud)'s status on Tuesday, 06-May-2025 02:23:37 JST ins0mniak

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     @Shlomo @phnt oh yeah...60+ k.,...a year
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     Phantasm (phnt@fluffytail.org)'s status on Tuesday, 06-May-2025 02:25:27 JST Phantasm

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     • Shlomo
     @ins0mniak @Shlomo What I don't like about the current state of unis is that the degree oversaturation works. If you want what was a decade ago considered a normal, non-fancy position, you now need a degree for that. And the uni will not proper you for that kind of position either. After you graduate, you can throw away 85% of that knowledge.
     
     IT is one of the last sectors, where actual knowledge and certifications matter more than a paper from some random uni.
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     ins0mniak (ins0mniak@mikoshidata.cloud)'s status on Tuesday, 06-May-2025 02:34:22 JST ins0mniak

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     @phnt @Shlomo Yeah, truth, its a scam here because on top of needing the degree, you have to fund it, which means going into debt for the rest of your life. It used to be cheap but the government and the schools know its guaranteed money so it just gets higher and higher cost-wise for far less value.
     
     IT, I think takes a certain kind of person, someone whos going to want to learn with or without a degree.
     
     The gatekeeping is obnoxious. Those comptia certs and goofy IMO.
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     Phantasm (phnt@fluffytail.org)'s status on Tuesday, 06-May-2025 02:36:36 JST Phantasm

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     • Shlomo
     @ins0mniak @Shlomo CompTIA is a meme, but stuff like Cisco certs at least were pretty good. Of course there was a ton of attempted vendor lock-in, but there also was good information you probably wouldn't find easily elsewhere. And they were cheap. But that was also ~6 years ago.
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     ins0mniak (ins0mniak@mikoshidata.cloud)'s status on Tuesday, 06-May-2025 02:43:23 JST ins0mniak

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     @phnt @Shlomo Yeah I don't know what they go for now.
     
     The cisco stuff is actually pretty fun to work with, they have some free online education stuff that anyone can access. I honestly with they had that way back when.
     
     Ive noticed that the cloud certs seem to be really cheap comparatively. I think Amazon and such is really needing to find people for all of that.
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     Phantasm (phnt@fluffytail.org)'s status on Tuesday, 06-May-2025 02:43:38 JST Phantasm

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     • Shlomo
     @ins0mniak @Shlomo I don't know how it's now, but their console management is amazing compared to the modern webshit from Ubiquity, MikroTik and Dell I have to work with nowadays.
     cisco-friends.gif
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     ins0mniak (ins0mniak@mikoshidata.cloud)'s status on Tuesday, 06-May-2025 02:46:03 JST ins0mniak

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     @phnt @Shlomo I used to work for Dell, it was a nightmare man.
     
     Worst company ever.
     
     But yeah I agree, I think Cisco has always been solid in a lot of ways.
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     di0nysius the patomskyite (dsm@fsebugoutzone.org)'s status on Tuesday, 06-May-2025 02:48:52 JST di0nysius the patomskyite

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     @ins0mniak @phnt @Shlomo
     
     BethSoft was my worst personal experience, but Xfinity might be actual worst.
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     ins0mniak (ins0mniak@mikoshidata.cloud)'s status on Tuesday, 06-May-2025 02:49:53 JST ins0mniak

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     @dsm @phnt @Shlomo Oh I can only imagine.
     
     Just dealing with them on the phone is hell I cant imagine being employed by them
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     CrustyB (crustyburgerhead@nicecrew.digital)'s status on Tuesday, 06-May-2025 04:42:51 JST CrustyB

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     (slams fist on desk) Dammit! We need an expert in Art as a Social Mechanism!
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     Nice Mitch Conner (mitchconner@nicecrew.digital)'s status on Tuesday, 06-May-2025 04:42:53 JST Nice Mitch Conner

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     NOOOO THE STARBUCKS DRESSCODE ONLY ALLOWS BLACK TEE SHIRTS WITH SLACKS OR BLUE JEANS :wario_angry:
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     ins0mniak (ins0mniak@mikoshidata.cloud)'s status on Tuesday, 06-May-2025 04:42:54 JST ins0mniak

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     @CrustyBurgerhead Fortunatly for them Starbux is hiring lol