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Re:Tech is the best industry for women by Rjevski on Thursday July 27, 2017 @04:48PM (#14869334)
Nothing wrong per se, but personally I see it as a waste of time - you could've built real products and actually improved the world during the time wasted on that fancy degree.
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Re:Tech is the best industry for women by Karrot_Kream on Thursday July 27, 2017 @04:49PM (#14869357)
> actually improved the world during the time

You're gonna have to really qualify that statement. The vast majority of tech startups do not improve the world in any way.

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Re:Tech is the best industry for women by Rjevski on Thursday July 27, 2017 @05:00PM (#14869473)
Okay, so does the vast majority of degrees improve the world? Even if 1 out of 1000 startups improved the world it's still an improvement over students writing (often crappy) code just to prove their university they're worth enough to get that degree.
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Re:Tech is the best industry for women by pigscantfly on Thursday July 27, 2017 @05:05PM (#14869517)
What about all of the grad students working and doing research? I'd argue that their labor improves society more than the average startup.
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