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Arts (Humanities and Social Sciences)

6 (21.4%)

Computer Science

8 (28.6%)

The Other Kinds Of Science

2 (7.1%)

Law

2 (7.1%)

Nursing

1 (3.6%)

Medicine

0 (0%)

Finance\Management

0 (0%)

Fine Arts

4 (14.3%)

Kickin' Ass and Takin' Names

3 (10.7%)

PhD. in Horribleness

1 (3.6%)

Other

1 (3.6%)

Total Members Voted: 28

[Mongrel]

I know a guy who was a FreeBSD expert by 16, didn't go to college, and at 19 joined Yahoo for $90,000pa.

And what year was that?

As recently as 2006 or 2007.

Unless that fellow is such a prodigy that he goes on to found his own company or become very highly placed, there is a very high probability that he will be fired - perhaps in 10 or 15 years - during a downturn, when better-educated colleagues are retained.

I have seen this happen many times to former whizkids who perform competently as compared to less-educated colleagues, but never did get around to matching them in other ways. Whizkids can learn mediocrity too.

Also: Thad is extremely correct in that a masters is the new standard of higher education. Bachelor's degrees are all but worthless now. And for the love of gods stay out of the arts - get something with technical or professional certification attached to it. Most other education is garbage in terms of pure return on investment.

[TA]

practicing law in a satisfying way requires an ideological grounding that medicine and engineering and finance really don't

HA HA HA

I don't give a damn about the rest of this argument, but you can shut the fuck up right there, mister unique and beautiful snowflake.

Perhaps you could explain how ideologically resolving the relationship between superficially-conflicting duties is a big thing in the life of, say, an accountant or an engineer, then?

[Brentai]

Or, you know, that third thing you mentioned.

[Büge]

And for the love of gods stay out of the arts

uh-oh

[Mongrel]

practicing law in a satisfying way requires an ideological grounding that medicine and engineering and finance really don't

HA HA HA

I don't give a damn about the rest of this argument, but you can shut the fuck up right there, mister unique and beautiful snowflake.

Perhaps you could explain how ideologically resolving the relationship between superficially-conflicting duties is a big thing in the life of, say, an accountant or an engineer, then?

Ideological conflict has no damn place in anything. You're damn right I'll call anyone out for such an unbelieveably pompous and insular statement.

There are no tough quandries in Medicine. Or Finance or Engineering. Or any other career for that matter. Right.