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SmellTheGlove
10y ago
It's a nice thought, but we haven't even yet replaced meatbag lawyers doing the relative basics like document review.
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10y ago
I could have picked better examples, I suppose. I went to a state school as an out of state student because it was still reasonable (James Madison was 10k a year). UNH is a bad example and I shouldn't have used it. It's expensiv
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10y ago
I believe a lot in the value of undergraduate education in general as a time to learn how to think and even just grow up a bit and learn how to live independently and such. Even just exploring and figuring out what on earth you want to be
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10y ago
It does come down to that, and it makes sense if you think about it. Fresh grads come in batches of thousands at a time, many of them took the same classes, similar majors, etc, even across schools. Grades sometimes matter, sometimes don&
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10y ago
This is awesome. I could see this being useful in tightly regulated transactional situations as well, like securities.
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10y ago
College isn't the end-all, but the education helps, even if it's not purely technical or vocational. Spending a few years just learning how to think about various problems, discipline to study instead of drink (or if you're
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10y ago
It's a tough job market for the young with college degrees. A lot of large companies are displacing (firing) experienced talent in an effort to get cheaper, and it's putting a lot of experienced, talented people back in the mar