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"All employers care about is a degree"

Most people put almost no effort into finding out how success works in their field, so you can outdo the majority by doing a little research.

One misconception is that employers only care about a degree. While degrees are not useless, many hiring managers are very interested in hiring someone who is aggressively self-educated.

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The Interview Method: Why Our Assumptions About Success Are Often Wrong

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Use the interview method to squash faulty assumptions

Our assumptions about what employers care about or what will make a product sell can easily be cleared up by using the interview method.

Why This Method Allows for Easy Wins

Knowing how success works in your field is vital even if none of the people you interview offers concrete help.

You don't know what it takes to be successful

Many people think that firms never make exceptions on degree requirements, and that they want new hires to have mastered the particular technologies they use.