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Hacker News is starting to get hate from Economists who claim Computer Scientists are morons: https://www.econjobrumors.com/topic/the-coders-over-at-hackernews

Hacker News is starting to get hate from Economists who claim Computer Scientists are morons: https://www.econjobrumors.com/topic/the-coders-over-at-hackernews-are-attacking-my-friends-on-ejmr https://www.econjobrumors.com/topic/the-coders-over-at-hacke...

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King-Aaron 9y ago
I always viewed economics degrees as one of those fall-back options anyway, kind of like a business degree or studying philosophy. "I need to get a Bachelor of something, hand me that lucky dip box please and let's see what we get"
- hkmurakami 9y ago
  This was particularly true during the pre-crash years when Econ was the _default_ college major because finance was so much more lucrative than other disciplines. Frankly, now CS is the _default_ college major in at least the elite sort of places with an abundance of smart students with a lack of direction. A career as in software (whether it be as a SWE or PM) is on a per hour basis now so much more lucrative than most other disciplines.
  - learc83 9y ago
    Econ is still the most popular major at every ivey league school. And CS isn't even in the top ten among all colleges. Overall CS is an order of magnitude smaller than business adminstration.
    - nthcolumn 9y ago
      Quants will buy their moms.
    - hkmurakami 9y ago
      I'm a Princeton alum. The largest Freshman declared major is CS [1]. That's from a Dean's mouth. I was absolutely shocked since we are one of the most prominent WS feeder schools. [1] presumably some will switch majors but piling into a lucrative major as a freshman is a strong signal of how students perceive the industries.
tonyedgecombe 9y ago
"There is literally nothing dumber than writing code, even cleaners at walmart have to be smarter to deal with real world issues." Ah, those lovely dismal scientists.
- oliv__ 9y ago
  Writing code is the smartest thing in the world. You teach a machine how to solve your problem and it works for you. Talk about "real world issues"...
NicoJuicy 9y ago
I think he's trying to promote the site this way
Kluny 9y ago
Wow, almost every comment on there sounds like it belongs on /r/iamverysmart. They also match tone with one friend I still have on facebook, a guy who went to the same rural Christian high school as me and is now a London lawyer who sounds like he's competing to be the most pretentious person on earth every time he opens his mouth. I've been trying to put my finger on what bothers me about that guy, and the econjobrumors people, and I think it's just the general un-empathetic contempt that they seem to offer pretty much everyone. HN has it's fair share of bad habits (god help you if you post a demo website that doesn't work well on mobile, for example), but to me the overall tone feels respectful and kind, and most criticism is directed at the work rather than at the creator. That's what keeps me here, and why I stay the hell away from sycophant factories like the linked forum.
icc97 9y ago
This seems a pretty irrelevant post, this has nothing to do with "Things I wish", the discussion is linking to a separate HN item [0] [0]: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=14781426 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=14781426
j_s 9y ago
This is the unofficial Hacker-News-hating weekly summary: http://n-gate.com/ http://n-gate.com/
- majewsky 9y ago
  That's not "hating" anymore, that's "loving to hate".

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King-Aaron 9y ago

I always viewed economics degrees as one of those fall-back options anyway, kind of like a business degree or studying philosophy. "I need to get a Bachelor of something, hand me that lucky dip box please and let's see what we get"

hkmurakami 9y ago
This was particularly true during the pre-crash years when Econ was the _default_ college major because finance was so much more lucrative than other disciplines. Frankly, now CS is the _default_ college major in at least the elite sort of places with an abundance of smart students with a lack of direction. A career as in software (whether it be as a SWE or PM) is on a per hour basis now so much more lucrative than most other disciplines.
- learc83 9y ago
  Econ is still the most popular major at every ivey league school. And CS isn't even in the top ten among all colleges. Overall CS is an order of magnitude smaller than business adminstration.
  - nthcolumn 9y ago
    Quants will buy their moms.
  - hkmurakami 9y ago
    I'm a Princeton alum. The largest Freshman declared major is CS [1]. That's from a Dean's mouth. I was absolutely shocked since we are one of the most prominent WS feeder schools. [1] presumably some will switch majors but piling into a lucrative major as a freshman is a strong signal of how students perceive the industries.

tonyedgecombe 9y ago

"There is literally nothing dumber than writing code, even cleaners at walmart have to be smarter to deal with real world issues." Ah, those lovely dismal scientists.

oliv__ 9y ago
Writing code is the smartest thing in the world. You teach a machine how to solve your problem and it works for you. Talk about "real world issues"...

NicoJuicy 9y ago

I think he's trying to promote the site this way

Kluny 9y ago

Wow, almost every comment on there sounds like it belongs on /r/iamverysmart. They also match tone with one friend I still have on facebook, a guy who went to the same rural Christian high school as me and is now a London lawyer who sounds like he's competing to be the most pretentious person on earth every time he opens his mouth. I've been trying to put my finger on what bothers me about that guy, and the econjobrumors people, and I think it's just the general un-empathetic contempt that they seem to offer pretty much everyone. HN has it's fair share of bad habits (god help you if you post a demo website that doesn't work well on mobile, for example), but to me the overall tone feels respectful and kind, and most criticism is directed at the work rather than at the creator. That's what keeps me here, and why I stay the hell away from sycophant factories like the linked forum.

icc97 9y ago

This seems a pretty irrelevant post, this has nothing to do with "Things I wish", the discussion is linking to a separate HN item [0] [0]: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=14781426 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=14781426

j_s 9y ago

This is the unofficial Hacker-News-hating weekly summary: http://n-gate.com/ http://n-gate.com/

majewsky 9y ago
That's not "hating" anymore, that's "loving to hate".