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Sure, right now engineering should accept a ton of students. And be encouraging more. Say, for instance by being free, and then using Progressive taxation on

Sure, right now engineering should accept a ton of students. And be encouraging more. Say, for instance by being free, and then using Progressive taxation on the graduates to pay for it all. Note that I'm essentially advocating a Loan, but without a Principal. And it's means adjusted what the interest is. And you never finish paying it off.

professor_plum 8y ago
Disagree. There are too many STEM students already. It's just that plenty of web development shops are okay with hiring a physicist. It's a waste of money and time to encourage more STEM education unless the student is actually passionate about the subject in itself. The downsides of the current trend are: - pretentious web development job posts requiring master's degrees in CS "or related field" (as if physics prepares you for jQuery). - debt-ridden, unfulfilled scientists relegated to the above
- VikingCoder 8y ago
  I have a STEM degree and I make more than twice as much as anyone in my family who does not have a STEM degree. If there were "too many STEM students," wouldn't my salary drop? > It's a waste of money and time to encourage more STEM education unless the student is actually passionate about the subject in itself. I want people to not have to struggle financially so much. STEM is a pretty well documented way to get a stable job with a very competitive salary. If you have other ideas, I'm open to them. > debt-ridden, unfulfilled scientists relegated to the above As though other careers are not debt-ridden, and are more fulfilling? If you're getting "a job," you're already kind of screwed. If you're an entrepreneur, or happen to get extremely lucky to love what you're doing, or unless you've gone Amish, we all live with tons of debt and aren't very fulfilled by modern life. Am I wrong?

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Sure, right now engineering should accept a ton of students. And be encouraging more. Say, for instance by being free, and then using Progressive taxation on

by VikingCoder 8y ago

professor_plum 8y ago
Disagree. There are too many STEM students already. It's just that plenty of web development shops are okay with hiring a physicist. It's a waste of money and time to encourage more STEM education unless the student is actually passionate about the subject in itself. The downsides of the current trend are: - pretentious web development job posts requiring master's degrees in CS "or related field" (as if physics prepares you for jQuery). - debt-ridden, unfulfilled scientists relegated to the above
- VikingCoder 8y ago
  I have a STEM degree and I make more than twice as much as anyone in my family who does not have a STEM degree. If there were "too many STEM students," wouldn't my salary drop? > It's a waste of money and time to encourage more STEM education unless the student is actually passionate about the subject in itself. I want people to not have to struggle financially so much. STEM is a pretty well documented way to get a stable job with a very competitive salary. If you have other ideas, I'm open to them. > debt-ridden, unfulfilled scientists relegated to the above As though other careers are not debt-ridden, and are more fulfilling? If you're getting "a job," you're already kind of screwed. If you're an entrepreneur, or happen to get extremely lucky to love what you're doing, or unless you've gone Amish, we all live with tons of debt and aren't very fulfilled by modern life. Am I wrong?