228 sats \ 6 replies \ @Undisciplined 20 Nov 2023 \ parent \ on: Do you have a University degree? meta
Definitely. I'm just an extreme example. At least it ultimately resulted in a profession. I know some people can't even say that.
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828 sats \ 5 replies \ @elvismercury 20 Nov 2023
I'm just glad that when the road forked between a PhD in classical studies and computer science, I took the path more traveled by :)
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228 sats \ 4 replies \ @k00b 20 Nov 2023
It won't be the road more travelled by for much longer I'd guess. Nearly every parent of college age children that I talk to is pushing them to go into computer science.
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0 sats \ 3 replies \ @elvismercury 20 Nov 2023
Won't that make it even more more traveled by?
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228 sats \ 2 replies \ @Undisciplined 20 Nov 2023
Apparently, k00b thinks your a classics scholar.
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0 sats \ 1 reply \ @elvismercury 20 Nov 2023
It is either the profoundest of compliments or the profoundest of insults :)
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0 sats \ 0 replies \ @k00b 20 Nov 2023
Oh lol It seems like folks are getting pushed into softer parts of STEM, eg CS, so I suspect we'll have fewer people in classical studies.
Though, parents used to push children into medicine and law so maybe things haven't changed that much.
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