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Is there a reason they didn’t ask what kind of college degree it was? Seems like a missed opportunity to get data about which degrees are worth it.

by jl6 2y ago

Rinzler89 2y ago
>which degrees are worth it Basically everything that gets you a decent paying and stable job if that's what you're after: STEM, law, medicine, management consulting, banking, finance. Did I miss any?
- jl6 2y ago
  I'm sure we all have our suspicions about which degrees lead to better careers, and which are luxury purchases, but it would be nice to have some data to prove it.
- kwere 2y ago
  law in most countries unless you get to sucessfully practice on your own or as a partner of a firm doesnt pay well. Banking/finance is similar to a lesser extent with few good positions open compared to the talent pool.
082349872349872 2y ago
Don't forget from which institution...
- strathmeyer 2y ago
  I got a worthless CS degree from CMU so I always get a kick outta these replies.
  - 082349872349872 2y ago
    I got a worthwhile (for those who wish to be paid in scenery) non-CS degree, but nobody cared about that when applying to CS (well, SWE) jobs because of where it came from — although for that matter, it was almost 20 years before anyone (in this instance, for nation-state reasons) bothered to check that I actually had it, at which point I had to call my school and sheepishly ask if they still had my "sheepskin" on file anywhere... ProTip: catalogues are for people unwilling to do social engineering; if you can get the relevant people to sign off on it, you can turn just about any cursus into a degree programme. EDIT: CMU produced both Olin "Jack 'n Zac helps me get through the meetings without one of my students winding up with his severed head in a bowling-ball bag" Shivers and Tom "imagine that instead of chainsaws, we are juggling something more dangerous" [Murphy] 7, so I assume that despite my current lack of ghits, "useless CS degree" is a term of art there? [Not to mention Perlis, Newell, Floyd, Feigenbaum & Reddy, Clarke, etc., but all of these, while duly recognised by more august bodies, are far less likely to have ever been Gonzo Informaticians, finding themselves somewhere around Barstow, on the edge of the desert, when attacked by "huge bytes, all swooping and screeching and diving". In https://fictionadvocate.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/05/gonzo-journalism.jpg https://fictionadvocate.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/05/gonzo... I guess that'd be Tom7 driving with Dr. Shivers riding shotgun?]

Is there a reason they didn’t ask what kind of college degree it was? Seems like a missed opportunity to get data about which degrees are worth it.

by jl6 2y ago

Is there a reason they didn’t ask what kind of college degree it was? Seems like a missed opportunity to get data about which degrees are worth it.

Rinzler89 2y ago

>which degrees are worth it Basically everything that gets you a decent paying and stable job if that's what you're after: STEM, law, medicine, management consulting, banking, finance. Did I miss any?

jl6 2y ago
I'm sure we all have our suspicions about which degrees lead to better careers, and which are luxury purchases, but it would be nice to have some data to prove it.
kwere 2y ago
law in most countries unless you get to sucessfully practice on your own or as a partner of a firm doesnt pay well. Banking/finance is similar to a lesser extent with few good positions open compared to the talent pool.

082349872349872 2y ago

Don't forget from which institution...

strathmeyer 2y ago
I got a worthless CS degree from CMU so I always get a kick outta these replies.
- 082349872349872 2y ago
  I got a worthwhile (for those who wish to be paid in scenery) non-CS degree, but nobody cared about that when applying to CS (well, SWE) jobs because of where it came from — although for that matter, it was almost 20 years before anyone (in this instance, for nation-state reasons) bothered to check that I actually had it, at which point I had to call my school and sheepishly ask if they still had my "sheepskin" on file anywhere... ProTip: catalogues are for people unwilling to do social engineering; if you can get the relevant people to sign off on it, you can turn just about any cursus into a degree programme. EDIT: CMU produced both Olin "Jack 'n Zac helps me get through the meetings without one of my students winding up with his severed head in a bowling-ball bag" Shivers and Tom "imagine that instead of chainsaws, we are juggling something more dangerous" [Murphy] 7, so I assume that despite my current lack of ghits, "useless CS degree" is a term of art there? [Not to mention Perlis, Newell, Floyd, Feigenbaum & Reddy, Clarke, etc., but all of these, while duly recognised by more august bodies, are far less likely to have ever been Gonzo Informaticians, finding themselves somewhere around Barstow, on the edge of the desert, when attacked by "huge bytes, all swooping and screeching and diving". In https://fictionadvocate.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/05/gonzo-journalism.jpg https://fictionadvocate.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/05/gonzo... I guess that'd be Tom7 driving with Dr. Shivers riding shotgun?]