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> Nurses? Ah yes, I remember them. The students that were taking the easy chemistry instead of hard chemistry, the easy physics in 2 classes instead of hard ph
by epicureanideal 4y ago
> Nurses?
Ah yes, I remember them. The students that were taking the easy chemistry instead of hard chemistry, the easy physics in 2 classes instead of hard physics in 3 classes, and who mostly seemed to be fairly clueless and just doing nursing because someone told them that health care is a growth field. Reminded me a lot of aimless business majors.
Their jobs actually are also on average easier, their education was easier on average, and their ongoing training investment is on average easier, and maybe (although this I don’t know) with more job security.
Edit to reply:
No, this is not a joke. I remember this impression I had very clearly. I also still roughly remember the courses each major needed to take.
- m2fkxy 4y agoIs this a joke?
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- usrnm 4y agoMost programming jobs neither require nor actually need a CS degree. I don't have one and I'm doing pretty ok. Gluing frameworks together is not exactly difficult and has nothing to do with lambda calculus or compiler internals
- 908B64B197 4y ago> My RN friend graduated and got her RN a full 3 years before I graduated with my CS degree. What took you so long?
- wing-_-nuts 4y agoI took 5y because I had a misguided detour into aerospace engineering for a couple years. She was out in 2y
- 908B64B197 4y agoSomeone got rejected a lot in college...
- lukas099 4y agoYou still don't even have to go to college to be a software developer.