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Why music degree instead of CS?

• blunte 5y ago
  Music, both listening and performing, has been one of the few things in life that really fills me with joy and gives me the strongest (positive) emotions. If I had gotten a music degree, I could have probably been a decent composer and a better instrumentalist; so I might have been able to make a living. Or at least I probably wouldn't have gotten enough early higher paying jobs that I trapped myself in that money cycle.
  • granshaw 5y ago
    I don’t know what your partner/family situation is - I feel like I could easily wind down my spending and comfort level, but I don’t want to put my partner through that. I think in most cases this is the constraining factor
    • blunte 5y ago
      That is and has been one of my best excuses (and a pretty valid one, especially when children are involved). Now this is rather extreme in comparison, but some young families with children live a bit of the slow-nomad life, on a minimal budget. It's difficult to know if that would be overall good or negative for them and the kids, but I kind of suspect it would make for better young humans. I imagine it would mean a lot less prejudice and intolerane of others if you grew up being exposed to many different cultures.