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Why pushing STEM majors is turning out to be a terrible investment
- MattGaiser 3y agoThe main claim I have heard by those pushing STEM is that employment is abundant, the wage outcomes are quite good, and they are good for the economy. This piece supports that all of those are true. They make a lot of money and continue to make a lot of money, whether within tech or within other fields that can heavily leverage the skills.
- foldr 3y agoThis used to be true for people with classics degrees. It doesn't necessarily mean that having lots of people study Latin and Greek was the best thing for society at the time.