5 Ways Cheating Through College Might Get You a Remote Job (But Probably Won’t)

Meet Sarah — The Legend We Don’t Deserve

Before we dive into this glorious list of “how to fake it ’til you make it,” let’s take a moment to appreciate Sarah.

While some were Googling their way to graduation, Sarah was working two part-time jobs, pulling double shifts, and somehow still managing to pass her finals without plagiarizing Wikipedia. She didn’t just earn her degree — she earned the skills that came with it.

Fast-forward to today: Sarah works remotely in cybersecurity, actually knows what a VPN is, and doesn’t have a meltdown when Excel auto-sorts a column.

But not everyone is a Sarah.

Some folks “graduate” thinking Ctrl+C and Ctrl+V are career-defining tools — and somehow believe they’re ready to tackle a remote IT job. So, if you’re curious how cheating your way through college might get you a remote job (and how that could go hilariously wrong), read on.

1️. Be So Good at Copy-Paste You Could Teach a Masterclass

Why learn how to troubleshoot a network issue when you can just copy the code, pray, and say “it works on my machine”?