I'm a Data Scientist and It's Not My Passion

Re:I'm a Data Scientist and It's Not My Passion by 13415 on Saturday April 27, 2019 @02:03PM (#19766785)

That doesn't make the degrees bullshit, though, it merely means that studying the respective field is less likely to be very economically rewarding. You need to make a difference between practical life advice and evaluations of areas and disciplines, or otherwise you'd also have to say that Vincent van Gogh and H.P. Lovecraft were total losers. They weren't. Wittgenstein gave away most of his inherited wealth when he was a young man. That doesn't make him an idiot either.

That being said, there are some crappy degrees out there. Some disciplines are mostly just watered down philosophy and I'd go for philosophy instead anytime.

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Re:I'm a Data Scientist and It's Not My Passion by m0zg on Saturday April 27, 2019 @02:18PM (#19766867)

  >> it merely means that 
  >> studying the respective field is less likely 
  >> to be very economically rewarding

Um, no, I'm gonna have to disagree with you on that one. Paying hundreds of thousands of dollars in borrowed money for something which doesn't provide any ROI is IMO bullshit, particularly so if you can't discharge the debt under bankruptcy.

Your examples are bad too, because back in the day all those painters, writers, etc, were either independently wealthy already, or did other jobs before they became famous. H.P. Lovecraft, for instance, worked as a traveling salesman. Van Gogh both comes from a wealthy family _and_ had a job at an art dealer. And there are very few of such people anyway, it's not a viable route for most people, it's more like a lottery.

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Re:I'm a Data Scientist and It's Not My Passion by SantalBlush on Saturday April 27, 2019 @04:06PM (#19767349)

Again, this doesn't mean that the degree is bullshit; it means the degree is grossly overpriced. In reality, almost all degrees are overpriced right now.

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