

Get certifications, those end up being worth more than degrees
Also, friends in high places. Anyone that can help you skip the bullshit automated job market (filling infinite forms and tests for 1000 openings, only to never get any reply) is extremely important.
Hey, it wasn’t gay guys on the mountain, it was gay guys on where the leaves were long, the grass was green, the hemlock-umbels tall and fair, and in the glade a light was seen, of stars in shadow shimmering.