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Re:Ex-Google boss Eric Schmidt: US 'dropped the ball' on inn... by softwaredoug on Saturday September 12, 2020 @11:57PM (#24458193)
The fact is it’s extremely valued, in the economy[1]. And that value - the resentment thereof - is why many without the education purposely elect buffoonish leaders that choose to be proud of ignorance

1 - 61% of US population above 25 has “some college” https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Educational_attainment_in_th...

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Re:Ex-Google boss Eric Schmidt: US 'dropped the ball' on inn... by creato on Sunday September 13, 2020 @12:38AM (#24458394)
Is it really? FAANG jobs are outliers. Some professional fields seem to do OK (medical), but others are atrocious on average (law).

Most people see science/engineering jobs as a path to a cubicle for a while with an OK salary before being laid off at 40. And for the most part, they're right.

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Re:Ex-Google boss Eric Schmidt: US 'dropped the ball' on inn... by softwaredoug on Sunday September 13, 2020 @10:04AM (#24460926)
“Most people” - pretty sure children of educated parents are focused heavily on education and being steered to jobs that require that education. That’s 40-60% of the US population.

They weren’t teaching coding to grade schoolers at scale 10 years ago.

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