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> There’s no real opportunity in physics or math without essentially switching to software eventually. In a real free-market scenario, would'nt those PhD progr
by foolinaround 5y ago
> There’s no real opportunity in physics or math without essentially switching to software eventually.
In a real free-market scenario, would'nt those PhD programs be drastically reduced?
I suspect this is because this physics PhD program is providing an implicit signalling function, that the fellow out of this program is worth more than the ave college guy - doing the same programming job - because he proved himself on more complex study materials.
- booleandilemma 5y agoThis is definitely how it’s interpreted. Especially when a lot of the people in the industry nowadays are clueless PMs who spent college going to frat parties and who can’t do anything in life besides be a PM (or account manager, business analyst, etc), whose first reaction is “oh wow, physics” and the deference begins from there.