One young person I've mentored via email with no degree and 1 year of experience has been offered a 6 figure position solely because the company is desperate to find someone/anyone and nobody else even remotely qualified has applied, despite spending a lot of money on many different approaches to recruiting.
Of course, I'd like to take the credit that it was my advice on how to write a resume, how to get the interview, how to interview, etc that landed the job. But the reality is that the companies out there are desperate.
Would the presence of honest differences of opinion be disruptive of the event? Or maybe in Alinsky style organizing, an "enemy" is needed.
Will Rauschenberger attend and find his Sister Souljah ? You'll remember Clinton won the primaries in '92 by proving he was more reasonable than a wack-job nobody had ever previously heard of.
Someone is exaggerating. Nobody gets a 6 figure position on one year of experience with no degree. Didn't even happen during the height of the tech boom, and it isn't happening now. If you have 1 year of the hottest skill on the market maybe you can fetch $75k from a desperate company, in the rosiest scenario imaginable. Someone with 5-10 years of experience, an uncommon skill, and good presentation can get $100k.
I'm a Unix Administrator with over fifteen years of experience.
I can agree with you on at least one point - companies are desperate for qualified IT employees.
Easy solution. Control the borders, then let the Labor Department set immigration quotas based on vacant jobs.
If you're a software engineer, or a bricklayer, or a machinist, or a nurse, etc. we don't care where you're from or what color your skin is- come on in! We got jobs- lotsa jobs. Take your pick!
Not qualified in a job we need right now? Sorry, can't use you. Better luck next year.
But how do you find a 'desperate' company?
How many people illegally moving in from Mexico have IT degrees and/or experience?