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> I recently asked a 17-year-old high school senior who is heading to college what she's planning to study, and she said it would be mathematics, biomedical eng
by chosenbreed37 6y ago
> I recently asked a 17-year-old high school senior who is heading to college what she's planning to study, and she said it would be mathematics, biomedical engineering, or some other kind of engineering.
I find this interesting. In this day and age I get the impression that whichever STEM field one goes into there will be considerable time spent in front of a computer screen. Whether researching, writing programs, running calculations/models, writing papers, proofs, looking for exo planets, etc. Computers are everywhere :-)
- dragonwriter 6y ago> In this day and age I get the impression that whichever STEM field one goes into there will be considerable time spent in front of a computer screen That was true in the 1990s, too. And wasn't only true of STEM.
- mywittyname 6y agoThere certainly isn't much practical career differences between studying physics, cs, or math. The best paying and most abundant career opportunities in all of those fields is some form of software development. It's sort of a similar situation for lots of engineering too, especially those who study fields with tighter labor markets (aero, biomed, nuclear). Lots of young people set their sights on NASA/Boing/GM and end up not making the cut. I've worked with lots of these people during my career.