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you always hear this about the UK. It seems like generally speaking, science and engineering lacks prestige over there compared to being a lawyer or banker? P
by currymj 6y ago
you always hear this about the UK.
It seems like generally speaking, science and engineering lacks prestige over there compared to being a lawyer or banker?
Possibly due to the “two cultures” problem combined with the English class system.
I have no idea if this is accurate or not, and the English class system is pretty opaque to me.
- YawningAngel 6y agoI'm sure there's a small section of society for whom this statement is true, but I think most people of my generation in the UK take the American view that it's the money that counts. There are probably more extremely high-paid banking and lawyer jobs in the UK than there are programming jobs though
- currymj 6y agoright, but why is that the case? I honestly don’t know but it seems like some kind of different attitude towards technical work could be one explanation.
- jacknews 6y agoYes this is very true I believe, engineers are still 'just nerds'.