Re:Berkeley offers its data science course online for free
by olympus on Thursday April 05, 2018 @09:28PM
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Lawyers can commission directly as captains in the USAF (and probably other branches) as long as they are not too old and can pass the fitness test. I think they also have to have passed a bar exam in one state, but it doesn't matter which one. They can get up to $65k of student loans repaid and don't even have to go through the same basic training as everyone else.
So (b) is slightly less trivial than saying a successful lawyer would not make captain in the military because most lawyers are one conversation, a few signatures, and one oath away from being a captain.
So don't delay lawyers, join today!
Re:Berkeley offers its data science course online for free
by fapjacks on Friday April 06, 2018 @03:01AM
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Did you actually do any recruiting? Or are you like me and just sort of started inadvertently talking this way after a certain number of years?
Re:Berkeley offers its data science course online for free
by olympus on Friday April 06, 2018 @12:04PM
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No recruiting, I started off by wanting to point out that military lawyers don't "make" captain, they are given that rank to start. Then I realized it sounded like a little like a recruitment talk so I decided to go all in.
Re:Berkeley offers its data science course online for free
by throwawayjava on Thursday April 05, 2018 @10:11PM
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Yes, I know, that was my point.
> ...So (b) is slightly less trivial
I'd argue not. In both cases, a fully capable and prepared person has to jump through a couple of relatively trivial hoops. And when those hoops aren't possible to jump through it's a weird case. We can split that hair, but it's silly.
a) didn't bother applying but would've been shoe-ins, or else
b) knew very early (freshman year) they were research-bound and optimized for a non-industry objective function (but could've skated into an industry job of their choice given a shift in undergraduate career focus). E.g., couldn't pass a coding interview and no industry internships but have one or more top-tier publication in a hot subfield.
But (b) is kind of stupid to think about. It's like saying a successful lawyer would not make captain in the military. This may or may not be the case, but either way, who cares?