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That’s an hilarious story because the asshole professor ends up being right, a naive optimist (the supposed reader) gets a dark surprise, and all students invol
by hammock 3y ago
That’s an hilarious story because the asshole professor ends up being right, a naive optimist (the supposed reader) gets a dark surprise, and all students involved get reasonably happy endings.
Could be a Hollywood movie, if you fill in the gap between the penultimate and ultimate paragraphs with some interesting action
- hutzlibu 3y agoThe professor told them after they already invested years, they will end up unemployed. They did not, because their skillset was valuable somewhere else.
- hammock 3y agoUnemployed as a semicon guy. I doubt the professor meant they wouldn’t get a job as a fry cook
- hutzlibu 3y agoThe way op told the story, the professor meant what he said to humiliate the students (despite he likely knew, they would be wanted in other professions). And a fry cook is not quite comparable to a software engineer.