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    1. ⓘ Dogs don't have thumbs‏ @MorlockP 19 Nov 2021

      ⓘ Dogs don't have thumbs Retweeted José Camões Silva

      1/ I agree with this diagram. I disagree with the conclusion: that it makes sense to spend a quarter of a million dollars and waste 4-5 years of one's life getting a college degree.https://twitter.com/josecamoessilva/status/1461776127349846018 …

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      José Camões Silva @josecamoessilva
      This is also the reason why degrees teach more than what any person uses in any one job. (And why "all I need is a weeklong course on Python" argument works mostly in favor of employers who need Python programmers cheap and now, not students.) https://twitter.com/binarybits/status/1461763228837597191 … pic.twitter.com/JrtHtircng
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    2. ⓘ Dogs don't have thumbs‏ @MorlockP 19 Nov 2021

      2/ the orange and red bars were reversed for me, I think Cornell took ~ 120 credits to graduate, I think. I had on the order of 1-2 CS classes per semester (4-8 credits, call it an average of 6), so 48 CS credits total. 2/3 of my undergrad was rando crap, 1/3 CS

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    3. ⓘ Dogs don't have thumbs‏ @MorlockP 19 Nov 2021

      ⓘ Dogs don't have thumbs Retweeted José Camões Silva

      3/ ehh college was super expensive, hugely depressing, and a massive waste of time it was the worst 5 years of my life - only reprieve was the year I took off in the middle when I worked at a local co)https://twitter.com/josecamoessilva/status/1461777543669985281 …

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      José Camões Silva @josecamoessilva
      Replying to @MorlockP
      Depending on the college degree, 2-3 years may be a good investment (remove the red from the lower bar). The price is ridiculous, blame gov & finance. For most people to learn STEM\{pure math, some programming} there's really no alternative to some college-like institution.
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    4. ⓘ Dogs don't have thumbs‏ @MorlockP 19 Nov 2021

      4/ This is not a recipe for a useful education; this is (a) a credentialling service for the striving-to-be-upper class, that has morphed into (b) a jobs program for professors teaching in areas no one cares about https://courses.cornell.edu/content.php?catoid=45&navoid=17977 …pic.twitter.com/WBbH72lOWw

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    5. ⓘ Dogs don't have thumbs‏ @MorlockP 19 Nov 2021

      ⓘ Dogs don't have thumbs Retweeted José Camões Silva

      5/ When someone walks into Home Depot and says "I'm installing a faucet, what do I need?" the salespeople do not sell him a car lift, a full set of mechanics tools, and a surveyor's transit "...because you might need 10% of it someday".https://twitter.com/josecamoessilva/status/1461778991581442062 …

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      José Camões Silva @josecamoessilva
      Replying to @MorlockP
      From the viewpoint of the job bar, both the orange and red in the bottom bar are "wasted," but that's the point of the diagram: few, if any, students ever know what part of the non-red is blue vs orange. Also, CS special case in eng. EE, MechEng, ChemEng need actual labs.
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      ⓘ Dogs don't have thumbs‏ @MorlockP 19 Nov 2021

      ⓘ Dogs don't have thumbs Retweeted Edw.

      6/ I went to a small (~ 80 kids/year) Catholic high school. It was ... fine.https://twitter.com/edwardcossette/status/1461779333924724737 …

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      Edw. @edwardcossette
      Replying to @MorlockP
      So it was worse than high school? (Or maybe you were home schooled so avoided that sham?)
      11:32 AM - 19 Nov 2021
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        2. ⓘ Dogs don't have thumbs‏ @MorlockP 19 Nov 2021

          ⓘ Dogs don't have thumbs Retweeted Isegoria

          7/ yeah, I guess, I kinda hated all of it there's a micro-subgenre in SF of "you die...and wake up in your 16 yo body back in 1983" (Replay by Grimwood, Rewrite by Benford) and when I ponder that scenario I always think "how can I get a job ASAP?"https://twitter.com/Isegoria/status/1461779583305461761 …

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          Isegoria @Isegoria
          Replying to @MorlockP
          So, college wasn’t much better than high school?
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        3. ⓘ Dogs don't have thumbs‏ @MorlockP 19 Nov 2021

          8/ I hate schooling so much because it has always interfered with my education

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        1. Edw.‏ @edwardcossette 19 Nov 2021
          Replying to @MorlockP

          Ah, ok, thanks for the clarification. I went to a largish public hs in NH and the 4 years at college were a massive improvement in my case.

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