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is_it_worth_it_
11y ago
I'm not a troll, I believe this. I'm actually baffled that people can't see how obvious it is. I'm highly credentialed/successful in the tech industry. In the case that I have no intelligence what so ever, explain t
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is_it_worth_it_
11y ago
Fair enough, but do you have an argument against what I am saying?
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is_it_worth_it_
11y ago
It's actually a little embarrassing how much I know about the topic. I find evolution interesting. The more I study and understand, the more I am astounded by people's chosen ignorance on this topic. It's a harsh reality with
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is_it_worth_it_
11y ago
"Whatever role genetics play in IQ are most certainly not manifested in the concentration of melanin in one's skin or the coarseness of one's hair or the color of one's eyes or the size of one's nose or any of the o
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is_it_worth_it_
11y ago
Really? Scientifically it has been proven over and over. It just isn't mainstream.
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is_it_worth_it_
11y ago
is she hot? men dont value women as much for professional achievements...
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is_it_worth_it_
11y ago
Since when is it cool to brag about what drugs you have done? You must still be in college/high school.
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is_it_worth_it_
11y ago
get a life
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is_it_worth_it_
11y ago
I don't, I'm just saying a huge majority of elite high paying jobs are filled by top ten degrees.
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is_it_worth_it_
11y ago
Right, but a phd is a different case than a bachelors. UT Austin is also a solid school.
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is_it_worth_it_
11y ago
True but that guy probably got hired to shuffle data around, work on build systems, or A/B test the color of a button on a web page. He's not writing google's predictive advertising algorithms.
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is_it_worth_it_
11y ago
I know a good amount about the tech scene in nyc. It works like this, you can get paid a bunch by google or fb, maybe amazon. Sure if you make it in as a state school college grad you get paid. But developers in finance working on the actua
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is_it_worth_it_
11y ago
College degree matters way more than people like to admit. It matters in tech. If you get hired at google out of CMU, you are going to work in a better group with higher salary than a state school grad. Most elite finance jobs require a top
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is_it_worth_it_
11y ago
Right, but its likely the people replaced here wrote ETL jobs and corporate web pages.
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is_it_worth_it_
11y ago
This is the future of the technology industry. There is no fighting it, you cannot fight with the forces of the free market. The salary differential between US based tech workers and foreign workers is too high. If the products you are work
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is_it_worth_it_
11y ago
Right, but startups do employ large numbers of competent engineers. VC money drying up means those engineers start competing for the same jobs. Quantitative easing has caused stock prices to rise, mainly tech stocks. This means tech compani
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is_it_worth_it_
11y ago
Less VC money means less demand for engineers. Less demand for engineers means dropping wages. Higher levels of outsourcing and H1Bs also means dropping wages. American engineers though "scarce" will see a significant drop in wage