• taygaloocat@leminal.space
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    19 hours ago

    Then why do you need to engage in having debt and using credit cards to have a good score? If having no credit score is nearly as bad as having a bad credit score then something is wrong.

    • TubularTittyFrog@lemmy.world
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      18 hours ago

      when i hire someone for a job, how do I know they have experience without being able to verify they have held previous employment in a similar position?

      the point of the system is to show you have experience and you pay back your debts. it’s not that anything more than that.

      a lender doesn’t want to give someone a big loan if they have no experience. just like i won’t hire you for a senior staff position fresh out of college. those things take like a decade or more to develop.

      my credit score at 18 was like 500. and my credit limit was $250. now it’s 830, because I’ve paid back all my debts in a timely manner and have access and have six figures in credit available to me.

      if you want a a good credit score, go take out a card, make small payments with it, and pay them back.

      it’s not a conspiracy anymore than the fact it takes years to get promoted at a job.