History PlayingWith / WorthlessForeignDegree

** Bob was the CEO of a {{Fiction 500}} company based in Troperistan, but works as a janitor in Troperia.

* '''Inverted''': Bob was a lowly janitor in Troperistan, but when he arrives in Troperia, he's offered a job as a doctor.

* '''Subverted''': The chief of medicine at the hospital where Bob is applying to work acts as if he's going to reject Bob, but hires him.

* '''Double Subverted''': The chief of medicine at the hospital where Bob is applying to work acts as if he's going to reject Bob, but hires him... as a janitor.

** [[FishOutOfTemporalWater Bob came from Troperia's past.]] His medical knowledge is either [[ScienceMarchesOn outdated in some respects]] and would be considered a hilariously dangerous quack. However he finds a high paying prestigious job as the world class history professor as he [[FutureImperfect recognizes where their current history got it wrong]] [[HaveAGayOldTime due to language]] [[GetTheeToANunnery drift]] and record corruption and context losses. Bob has mixed feelings about this.

** Justified Inversion: Troperistan is known for its better education quality than troperia, where Troperistani Deploma mills equate to Troperia's most prestigious university.

** [[FishOutOfTemporalWater Bob came from Troperia's past.]] His medical knowledge is either [[ScienceMarchesOn outdated in some respects]] and would be considered a hilariously dangerous quack. However he finds a high paying prestigious job as the world class history professor as he [[FutureImperfect recognizes where their current history got it wrong]] [[HaveAGayOldTime due to language]][[GetTheeToANunnery drift]] and record corruption and losses. Bob has mixed feelings about this.

* '''Exploited''': Bob the janitor may not be officially recognized as a doctor, but Bob still has the skills of a doctor and people go to see him instead of 'real' doctors because he gives cheap 'advice' and they give him monetary 'gifts'. [[BlatantLies Totally not practising medicine without a licence at all.]]

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* '''Defied''': Bob goes to medical school in Troperia at the first opportunity so that he can keep up his rewarding career.

** Bob has multiple Ph.D.s from Troperistan but can only get work as a janitor in Troperia.

** Employers may be suspicious that 'foreign' degrees may be used by diploma mills as a cover.

* '''Zig Zagged''': Bob was a doctor in Troperistan who can only find menial work as a janitor in Troperia. Alice, on the other hand, was a short-order cook from Troperistan who got a high-paying systems analyst job in Troperia. Charlie, a third immigrant from Troperistan, worked with Bob at their old hospital, and does a similar job as a surgeon in Troperia.

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** Bob was the CEO of a {{Fiction 500}} company based in Troperistan, but works as a janitor in Toperia.

** Employers may be suspicious that "foreign" degrees may be used by diploma mills as a cover.

* '''Subverted''': The chief of medicine at the hospital Bob is applying to work at makes like he's going to reject Bob, but hires him.
* '''Double Subverted''': The chief of medicine at the hospital Bob is applying to work at makes like he's going to reject Bob, but hires him... as a janitor.

* '''Zig Zagged''': Bob was a doctor in Troperistan who can only find menial work as a janitor in Troperia. Alice, on the other hand, was a short order cook from Troperistan who got a high-paying systems analyst job in Troperia. Charlie, a third immigrant from Troperistan, worked with Bob at their old hospital, and does a similar job as a surgeon in Troperia.

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* '''Exploited''': Bob the janitor may not be officially recognized as a doctor, but Bob still has the skills of a doctor and people go to see him instead of "real" doctors because he gives cheap "advice" and they give him "presents". Of money. [[BlatantLies Totally not practicing medicine without a liscense at all.]]
* '''Defied''': ???

Back in [[{{The Old Country}} old country]] I was highly paid computer engineer! Now, I guide people back to {{Worthless Foreign Degree}}.

* '''Exploited''': Bob the janitor may not be officially recognized as a doctor, but Bob still has the skills of a doctor and people go to see him instead of "real" doctor because he gives cheap "advice" and they give him "presents". Of money. [[BlatantLies Totally not practicing medicine without a liscense at all.]]

** Employers may be suspicious that "foreign" degree may be used by diploma mills as cover.

* '''Exaggerated''': Bob was the CEO of a {{Fiction 500}} company based in Troperistan, but works as a janitor in Toperia.

* '''Justified''': Bob's Troperistanian qualifications and certificates aren't recognized by Troperian hospitals for various reasons.

* '''Exploited''': Bob the janitor may not be officially recognized as a doctor, but Bob still has the skills of a doctor and people go to see him instead of "real" doctor because he gives "advice" and they give him "presents". Of money. [[BlatantLies Totally not practicing medicine without a liscense at all.]]

* '''Exploited''': Bob may not be recognized as a doctor, but Bob still has the skills of one and people go to see him instead of "real" doctor because he gives "advice" and they give him "presents". Of money. [[BlatantLie Totally not practicing medicine at all.]]

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* '''Parodied''': See '''Exaggerated'''.

Back in {{old country}} I was highly paid computer engineer! Now, I guide people back to {{Worthless Foreign Degree}}.