anyone else taking finals next week? this semester has been so long and i dont want to study anymore haha.
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A belated good luck to you. I still question the validity of an advanced degree today when the majority of them come from India and China now and will do the same work for 8 bucks an hour.
After working in the real world for many years with an advanced degree, I often wonder if it has made any difference. The best thing I learned is that skill cannot be taught in any system of education, it is more marketable and valuable than any degree and that going to college is now more of a institutional protocol / paradigm / way of life than an actual legitimate / practical / value based return on investment. Despite what earning reports say (published by the schools), reality seems to be much different.
Mostly a scam to wealthen tenured professors IMHO and no guarantee of a job.
After working in the real world for many years with an advanced degree, I often wonder if it has made any difference. The best thing I learned is that skill cannot be taught in any system of education, it is more marketable and valuable than any degree and that going to college is now more of a institutional protocol / paradigm / way of life than an actual legitimate / practical / value based return on investment. Despite what earning reports say (published by the schools), reality seems to be much different.
Mostly a scam to wealthen tenured professors IMHO and no guarantee of a job.
Thanks! I did very well on my finals.
I agree with you to a point. If you're getting a degree in business or art or history you're going to have a hard time finding work. But going into biology, engineering, physics, etc... You shouldn't have too hard a time. Also studying these fields has a more practical use IMO. From studying the hard sciences you get a better understanding of the world around you. Just my two cents.
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I agree with you to a point. If you're getting a degree in business or art or history you're going to have a hard time finding work. But going into biology, engineering, physics, etc... You shouldn't have too hard a time. Also studying these fields has a more practical use IMO. From studying the hard sciences you get a better understanding of the world around you. Just my two cents.
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I wouldn't put business in the same category as art or history. Business is a little more marketable, a little. Business degrees are better for those with management and work experience first not some kid fresh out of college. The normal fields of math and science ... Practical yes but once again there are thousands coming from India and China with PhDs and Masters in those fields that will do the same work for peanuts. Besides very few people can do that kind of math, it is extremely difficult and is not something that can be learned really only honed and refined. Similar to a 5ft tall basketball player vs an 8ft tall one, you have it or you do not and no amount of schooling can ever teach it.
Personally I find it boring and find those good at it to be somewhat...robotic and mundane.
I'm working on a business degree now, but that's to go along with the engineering one I already have. I've been in the field for about 6 years now and need the business side to keep getting promoted.
I finished my last final last Thursday. One year left for an Electrical Engineering degree.
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Lol. Well that's not insulting. You're right about the business degree though. Not in the same ball field as art. I just know quite a few people with business degrees that are struggling.
That's smart. What field is your engineering degree in?
Awesome! As I a third year physics major I'm sure your finals were some work.
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Just call it like I see it.
It is unfortunate that not everyone can be a scientist. The best ones I've met seem to be electronic. The human versions arent much different in terms of personality. I respect those who are able to do complex mathematics but realistically speaking they are amongst the few. This puts them into a different category. Of course it's an opinion/observation/experience.
It really doesnt matter how hard you work but rather how smart you are. The smarter you are the easier your life will be. It's more realistic to look at the average person who is not a math prodigy or scientist and figure out how that person can become successful. After all that is the majority. What is the mathematical formula for that? The fairness of life.
China and India are dominating the fields of medicine and engineering now with billions of people crawling all over each other like ants. And every one of them I meet on campus is an engineering or medical student? They do math all day long, wake up and do more math. Human computers becoming robotic work machines. Due to the populations of these countries and the number of them going into science I wonder what this will do to the wages?
It is unfortunate that not everyone can be a scientist. The best ones I've met seem to be electronic. The human versions arent much different in terms of personality. I respect those who are able to do complex mathematics but realistically speaking they are amongst the few. This puts them into a different category. Of course it's an opinion/observation/experience.
It really doesnt matter how hard you work but rather how smart you are. The smarter you are the easier your life will be. It's more realistic to look at the average person who is not a math prodigy or scientist and figure out how that person can become successful. After all that is the majority. What is the mathematical formula for that? The fairness of life.
China and India are dominating the fields of medicine and engineering now with billions of people crawling all over each other like ants. And every one of them I meet on campus is an engineering or medical student? They do math all day long, wake up and do more math. Human computers becoming robotic work machines. Due to the populations of these countries and the number of them going into science I wonder what this will do to the wages?