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The irony of your comment only emphasizes how little you understand that NONE of it is techies' fault. Is it their fault they thought about the future and pick

by ye 13y ago

The irony of your comment only emphasizes how little you understand that NONE of it is techies' fault. Is it their fault they thought about the future and picked tough but useful majors? Is it their fault that hipsters chose art, history, women studies and other (financially) useless stuff, just because that's what they liked to do? Is it their fault that hipsters feel entitled to a high paying job?

thomasz 13y ago
Not everybody can be part of the glorious STEM master race!
- null_ptr 13y ago
  Nor does everyone need to be. Taking a walk through any city in the United States, one will observe millions of people leading healthy, productive lives doing work in a variety of fields, both blue and white collar.
- ye 13y ago
  Sure, I have no problem with people doing art or studying history or women or philosophy. My problem is with the entitlement and the attacks on the people who chose financially more successful professions. Don't get me wrong, I LOVE LOVE LOVE art. I just don't think our society has so many gifted artists. I've taken many art classes in college and most art students sucked, truly sucked at art. There were objectively great artists among them, but I'd say fewer than 10%.
jacalata 13y ago
As a techie, I'm not sure most of them 'thought about the future and picked a tough but useful major'. More like, most of them (including myself) picked the most interesting major, and tada, it's worth money!
- ye 13y ago
  I partially agree with you. I think ALL college/uni students must be forced to go through career counselling once a year. Too many young people are fed "you're a special snowflake, you can be whatever you want to be" bullsh*t for years, and most fall for it.
etjossem 13y ago
> art, history, women studies and other (financially) useless stuff The average salary expectation for someone who does calligraphy for four years is much lower than a CS major. On the other hand, I can name several large companies in the area that succeeded by not dismissing the humanities as useless. http://stratechery.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/10/Apple-Tech-LiberalArts.SteveJobs.jpg http://stratechery.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/10/Apple-Tech...

by ye 13y ago

thomasz 13y ago

Not everybody can be part of the glorious STEM master race!

null_ptr 13y ago
Nor does everyone need to be. Taking a walk through any city in the United States, one will observe millions of people leading healthy, productive lives doing work in a variety of fields, both blue and white collar.
ye 13y ago
Sure, I have no problem with people doing art or studying history or women or philosophy. My problem is with the entitlement and the attacks on the people who chose financially more successful professions. Don't get me wrong, I LOVE LOVE LOVE art. I just don't think our society has so many gifted artists. I've taken many art classes in college and most art students sucked, truly sucked at art. There were objectively great artists among them, but I'd say fewer than 10%.

jacalata 13y ago

As a techie, I'm not sure most of them 'thought about the future and picked a tough but useful major'. More like, most of them (including myself) picked the most interesting major, and tada, it's worth money!

ye 13y ago
I partially agree with you. I think ALL college/uni students must be forced to go through career counselling once a year. Too many young people are fed "you're a special snowflake, you can be whatever you want to be" bullsh*t for years, and most fall for it.

etjossem 13y ago

> art, history, women studies and other (financially) useless stuff The average salary expectation for someone who does calligraphy for four years is much lower than a CS major. On the other hand, I can name several large companies in the area that succeeded by not dismissing the humanities as useless. http://stratechery.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/10/Apple-Tech-LiberalArts.SteveJobs.jpg http://stratechery.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/10/Apple-Tech...