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While HN users have various backgrounds, I suppose programmers make up quite a large proportion of this community. Programmers are generally more anti-schoolin

While HN users have various backgrounds, I suppose programmers make up quite a large proportion of this community. Programmers are generally more anti-schooling, at least anti-college for a good reason. It's one of the high-paying jobs where a degree is optional in modern days. It's also one of the few fields where the best resources are not gatekept.

growingkittens 1y ago
They're anti-college because of general education classes, which get in the way of the making money part or seem useless to their specialty. Einstein had a few things to say about this. [1] [1] https://www.nytimes.com/1952/10/05/archives/einstein-stresses-critical-thinking-opposing-early-specialties-he.html https://www.nytimes.com/1952/10/05/archives/einstein-stresse...