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Key to this decision is also the ability to know what future demand for a given profession will be like, and have a realistic expectation of getting a job. Law
by shostack 10y ago
Key to this decision is also the ability to know what future demand for a given profession will be like, and have a realistic expectation of getting a job.
Lawyers were misled by a lot of law schools, and their tuition skyrocketed. With automation impacting some aspects of that field, demand has dropped, and so several classes worth of students have been screwed.
I'm not familiar with the medical field, but in theory the same thing could happen there.
Nobody can see the future, so barring that, for many, taking on that level of extreme debt does not make sense.
- gist 10y ago> Lawyers were misled by a lot of law schools Generally a good idea to be skeptical of what someone selling you something is saying, right? I question whether any of these people who went to law school did much research or thinking (or if their counselors at schools did) in advance of such a major decision.
- kamaal 10y agoProgramming/Medicine is a little different, you get a good deal of exposure as to what the job basically is even before you start your education is. Other professions not so much. It would be hard to imagine for most people that a good deal of work in law wouldn't even happen in courts. Stuff like documentation and range of other things are hard to see while you are picking the course.