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Re:False Advertising for College Is Pretty Much the Norm by randomdata on Wednesday August 08, 2018 @09:47AM (#17715884)
> I'm actually proud of the fact that in my circle of friends, I don't know anyone who's a software engineer.

Would you only know software engineers if you hadn't gone to university? I did not attend university and did not know another software engineer (outside of interacting with some online like on HN) until about 15 years into my career when a good friend started dating one. It does not really seem like the norm to only know software engineers. We're a pretty small segment of the population (~0.8% of the workforce).

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Re:False Advertising for College Is Pretty Much the Norm by toomanybeersies on Wednesday August 08, 2018 @08:00PM (#17720673)
The fact that my friends aren't software engineers is a bit tangental to the fact that I went to university, as I moved country recently and had to build a new circle of friends.

But I do know people who's entire circle of friends is programmers and tech people. I guess if they're happy, then they're happy, but it's not for me. I enjoy my job, but there are other things I enjoy more.

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