Finding Work in this "country"

Good Morning Truth Seekers,

Its been a while since my last post. Today I write about how ridiculous working in this "country" is. I recently moved and the head-hunter agencies want me to waste a bunch of time doing "assessments". So I have a few thoughts:

First of all Im totally offended being asked to take a test on programming languages I know. The way I see it, my 4 year programming degree that I paid upwards of $100,000 to obtain is my "assessment".  I worked full time while going to school for about 10 years. Not only did I have to work full time, but then had to fit in school in my "free" time. I had no family to contribute anything. When you apply for financial aid at a school, they factor in something called EFC, or expected family contribution. If you have no family to contribute, oh well you just get less money and thats the way it is. I had to beg and borrow just so I could get my degree that I had hoped would be able to speak for me in the future. Employers just overlook this and want to base hiring you on crappy little tests that neither can measure your intelligence or know-how. If there is something on a test that you haven't used, you dont get the job. Many things on these tests are things that you dont even use or is irrelevant. And the kicker is, I read that there arent enough people to fill the empty programming positions. Well that certainly isnt true. If there was such a shortage people out of school would be hired but they are not. Assessments wouldn't be required. If you dont create your own business you might as well not even apply. There is no such thing as a junior level programming position. You have to graduate, and start your first job as a seasoned experienced senior level programmer or you dont get the job. WTF? And the dirty little secret no one wants to talk about is the fact that corporate america only wants to hire the cheapest people possible. No longer does quality count towards creating a product. I witness this first hand as all current video games that come out arent playable. Virtually every company in america is getting hacked. Your telling me that people that have to keep one hand clean so they can eat with it (because they dont have basic sanitation technology) is going to be more knowledgeable than an american that has only known technology? America created the technology. The saddest part is they are now more knowledgeable because employers will hire the cheapest workers at the expense of quality, giving them all the experience. So if you want to program for a living, know these facts. You may end up at the same dead end I did, except $100,000 in debt for nothing. And, the worst part is, Im a better employee, programmer, and human being than anyone Ive ever met in the workplace.

As a side note: Only a hindu would let me be free. I had a job for 3 years as a web developer and the reason was that the IT manager was from India. He set me free to do what I wanted. Its because of this that I was there for 3 years. As long as the owners of businesses are always going to be crusty, evil, white males its going to be hard for anyone to get a job or be set free to do what they are good at in the workplace.

Im sure 50 years ago when you interviewed to be a doctor or lawyer they just looked at your degree. There were probably no silly little tests for getting hired. After passing the bar or a medical exam and you got your degree or licence you just presented yourself to employers and they hired you. It does not work like this now and it should. If ive done all the hard work to get a degree, paid for it and actually made the grade, I should have many options of places to work. This is not the case even with many years of experience.