I earned a bachelor’s and a master’s degree in computer science consecutively and was very proud of it. I worked in the field until the age of 33, when I married my husband, whom I met the year prior during the pandemic, and decided to stop working to focus on being a trophy wife full-time. I’m currently considering getting a PhD, since I have a lot of time on my hands, to complete the academic “trifecta”.
Oh, so what does the operations side of power plant work require, if not a degree?
In my state, a bunch of difficult to obtain licenses with X years of experience requirements between each one. The more licenses the bigger plant you can work/run.