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