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I know clickbait, hyperbolic titles allow for more, hmm, clicks, but they rarely help make the case for your article. Since he uses the word "worthless", how d
by luminati 6y ago
I know clickbait, hyperbolic titles allow for more, hmm, clicks, but they rarely help make the case for your article.
Since he uses the word "worthless", how does that compare it to folks who graduated in History or anthropology or (running joke in the US) graduated in English?
Think of this:
People in poor country, need to do what it takes to better their prospects. So they go for the one industry that pays relatively better. Nothing illogical about it and seems perfectly rational to me. And I can see similar trends in the US too. A lot of lamenting on "how I wished I learned to code, major in CS, etc.", given how drastically better the tech industry pays. https://levels.fyi https://levels.fyi ICYMI. Oh, the poor worthless English majors.
Also the lack of empathy was quite striking given the author himself is a recent "worthless" graduate of a technical degree - https://www.linkedin.com/in/nilesh-christopher-20831784/ https://www.linkedin.com/in/nilesh-christopher-20831784/
Maybe he comes from an upper-middle class background and was able to pivot into journalism, but the fact that he didn't mention his own background meant that I couldn't take this article seriously.
On a more meta topic, does education always have to "worthful"?