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Fri May-07-10 02:48 PM
Response to Reply #7 |
| 60. I wouldn't call CS and engineering "narrow career paths" |
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Edited on Fri May-07-10 02:55 PM by fujiyama
Engineering teaches people how to solve problems, think creatively, and understand abstract concepts. Above all, it uses all those skills to ultimately create something of value.
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| -Worst paying college degrees. |
rrneck |
May-07-10 10:20 AM |
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Jesus, I've got degrees in three of them. |
no_hypocrisy |
May-07-10 10:24 AM |
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Thinking and imagining require degrees? n/t |
lumberjack_jeff |
May-07-10 10:28 AM |
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No, they are derived from your disciplines. |
no_hypocrisy |
May-07-10 10:31 AM |
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So does understanding God's Word |
KansDem |
May-07-10 10:34 AM |
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No |
rrneck |
May-07-10 11:05 AM |
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The post to which I replied was a lackluster example. |
lumberjack_jeff |
May-07-10 01:17 PM |
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That's because |
rrneck |
May-07-10 01:48 PM |
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No, and neither does tinkering with wires, or looking at stars, or selling cars. But the Lib |
WinkyDink |
May-07-10 12:48 PM |
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Why allude when you can "say"? |
lumberjack_jeff |
May-07-10 01:19 PM |
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Wow. All this time I've been incapable of thinking or imagining |
Codeine |
May-07-10 10:32 AM |
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That almost sounded like a simile... |
SemiCharmedQuark |
May-07-10 11:11 AM |
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it's putting those thoughts into their rightful place as peers with others. But how would one know? |
WinkyDink |
May-07-10 12:51 PM |
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Liberal arts and fine arts aren't vocational diplomas and it's foolish to compare the two. |
Gormy Cuss |
May-07-10 10:33 AM |
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I thought liberal arts programs are mostly secondary studies... |
snooper2 |
May-07-10 10:42 AM |
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Artists are born |
rrneck |
May-07-10 11:08 AM |
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Yep. |
Marr |
May-07-10 08:57 PM |
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Liberal arts degrees are supposed to prepare you with the core skills to pursue any profession. |
Gormy Cuss |
May-07-10 11:19 AM |
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I guess I just never understood the coursework of a liberal arts program |
snooper2 |
May-07-10 11:30 AM |
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English, mathematics,history, sciences, arts, languages, |
Gormy Cuss |
May-07-10 11:59 AM |
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Lib. Arts are ends unto themselves. They comprise HUMANITY'S most profound thoughts. |
WinkyDink |
May-07-10 12:53 PM |
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My experience as a journalist... |
sweetloukillbot |
May-07-10 01:09 PM |
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I was gonna mention journalism as a low-paying degree (though the work can be very fulfilling) |
gauguin57 |
May-07-10 01:43 PM |
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Yeah the pay sucked bigtime... |
sweetloukillbot |
May-07-10 06:09 PM |
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Sure, newspapers have tanked, as have books and news-magazines. Americans are mentally lazy. |
WinkyDink |
May-07-10 07:57 PM |
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I see you have never studied literature in any depth. |
WinkyDink |
May-07-10 12:52 PM |
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no, I was busy making sure you could originate |
snooper2 |
May-07-10 02:22 PM |
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The difference is: I value both. |
WinkyDink |
May-07-10 07:59 PM |
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This thread needs more - "my learnin' made me to be smart. yers made you dum." n/t |
lumberjack_jeff |
May-07-10 03:03 PM |
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I wouldn't call CS and engineering "narrow career paths" |
fujiyama |
May-07-10 02:48 PM |
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I wrote that because I know too many former engineers and CS grads |
Gormy Cuss |
May-07-10 08:50 PM |
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That's true... English majors make excellent fry cooks |
DatManFromNawlins |
May-08-10 12:11 AM |
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Neither CoSci nor Engineering are narrow |
TransitJohn |
May-08-10 07:30 AM |
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You are rich |
madmax |
May-07-10 10:41 AM |
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thats a laugh. i have a Comp Sci degree |
mkultra |
May-07-10 11:21 AM |
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Degree in One |
RobinA |
May-07-10 12:37 PM |
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Apparently they skipped cognitive reasoning in all 3 programs |
DatManFromNawlins |
May-08-10 12:10 AM |
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I rest my case. |
no_hypocrisy |
May-08-10 06:31 AM |
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Honestly, I think the salaries are skewed up by outliers. |
Romulox |
May-07-10 10:28 AM |
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They used the median value so the outliers wouldn't skew it. |
FLPanhandle |
May-07-10 10:33 AM |
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Then perhaps geographic grouping is the issue. |
Romulox |
May-07-10 10:36 AM |
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Yeah. I'm sitting there reading about how these careers pay |
Berry Cool |
May-07-10 10:36 AM |
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it breaks my heart to see elementary edu and social work on that list |
Fleshdancer |
May-07-10 10:33 AM |
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indeed |
fishwax |
May-07-10 10:38 AM |
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No one becomes a mining engineer because of the non-monetary reward. |
lumberjack_jeff |
May-07-10 10:41 AM |
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Yep. And I think that's the problem. |
rrneck |
May-07-10 11:11 AM |
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It's not undervalued, it's over-sought |
lumberjack_jeff |
May-07-10 01:23 PM |
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I think you're missing the point. |
rrneck |
May-07-10 02:08 PM |
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Yup, I Did |
RobinA |
May-07-10 12:44 PM |
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They're traditionally "female" fields. That explains the lousy pay. |
tonysam |
May-07-10 10:52 AM |
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I'm not sure why elementary ed |
Goblinmonger |
May-07-10 12:06 PM |
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They are on the same scale but high school teachers generally earn more |
proud2BlibKansan |
May-07-10 08:56 PM |
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Yes, my daughter is a college senior majoring in Early Elementary Ed. |
Inspired |
May-07-10 12:40 PM |
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Hard to believe that "English Language and Literature" doesn't figure in that list! |
Romulox |
May-07-10 10:41 AM |
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I thought it might make the top 10 too, but you can do much more with an english degree than |
fishwax |
May-07-10 11:15 AM |
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To be fair, I was able to do so, too. Just not the ones I wanted. |
Romulox |
May-07-10 11:24 AM |
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As a retired social worker, it's true that social work pays poorly. |
foxfeet |
May-07-10 10:43 AM |
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I was once thinking of being a translator |
Canuckistanian |
May-07-10 10:50 AM |
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Those are jobs done out of love, not for the big bucks. (Not that they aren't worth big bucks.) |
GreenPartyVoter |
May-07-10 11:22 AM |
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What's sad is education and the arts, and I include horticulture in there, are |
Cleita |
May-07-10 11:27 AM |
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Bingo. nt |
rrneck |
May-07-10 11:28 AM |
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the rest of the world is ahead of the US in supporting the arts |
amborin |
May-07-10 11:32 AM |
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I have no degree |
sakabatou |
May-07-10 01:13 PM |
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Nope. |
rrneck |
May-07-10 02:12 PM |
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I might as well have majored in art like I wanted to. |
Manifestor_of_Light |
May-07-10 01:35 PM |
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I hear you. |
rrneck |
May-07-10 02:15 PM |
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"Graduate School in the Humanities: Just Don't Go" |
KansDem |
May-07-10 02:23 PM |
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Yep. |
rrneck |
May-07-10 02:56 PM |
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+100 |
undeterred |
May-07-10 07:20 PM |
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"The Big Lie About the 'Life of the Mind'" |
KansDem |
May-07-10 02:29 PM |
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Everyone who has graduated in the last three years from the PhD program I am |
CBR |
May-08-10 06:57 AM |
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Ahh, there is hope |
a la izquierda |
May-08-10 07:24 AM |
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My ex wife has an M.A. in Fine Arts. Worked her life as a laborer. |
Tierra_y_Libertad |
May-07-10 02:17 PM |
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History? Good. You never know when you'll find yourself a contestant on Jeopardy. |
lumberjack_jeff |
May-07-10 03:08 PM |
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I was. I think many DU'ers have been. |
WinkyDink |
May-07-10 07:59 PM |
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Wow my degree falls almost in the middle - history. |
Rex |
May-07-10 02:33 PM |
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No polly sci? |
MkapX |
May-07-10 02:35 PM |
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I'm convinced politicians should be lawyers and/or poly sci majors. |
Manifestor_of_Light |
May-07-10 07:16 PM |
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I know a guy with a Poly Sci degree from Cornell |
DatManFromNawlins |
May-08-10 12:13 AM |
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I have a degree in Psychology and am getting a certificate in Elementary Education. |
Jennicut |
May-07-10 02:40 PM |
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Wow, only 35k a year? |
Juche |
May-07-10 08:23 PM |
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Here's mine! |
proud2BlibKansan |
May-07-10 08:51 PM |
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33k for elementary school teachers? |
Regret My New Name |
May-07-10 08:52 PM |
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Anything liberal arts |
AnnieBW |
May-07-10 10:45 PM |
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Bachelor of Music here. |
MilesColtrane |
May-08-10 01:04 AM |
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The jerks have finally taken over. n/t |
Hutzpa |
May-08-10 01:23 AM |
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Dude, if you're really gifted in horticulture |
XemaSab |
May-08-10 02:44 AM |
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It is funny because my Dad has a degree in Electrical Engineering. |
CBR |
May-08-10 07:00 AM |
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