Ask HN: What cutting edge subject would woo you back to school?

Posted by nyokodo on Sunday June 06, 2021 @01:22PM
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I have worked for years in software and still find plenty of interest there but I’m looking forward 10 years and pondering. It would be fun to retrain in an emerging discipline with commercial applications and make earlyish contributions. Space mining for instance perks my interest. What cutting edge subjects do you think will ripen over the next decade that would woo you to go back to school and make a career change?

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Re:Ask HN: What cutting edge subject would woo you back to s... by softwaredoug on Monday June 07, 2021 @06:02PM (#27427692)

“Back to school” hmm

If there was significant public investment in space exploration, then at 40 you could convince me to try to become an astronaut ;). OTOH they probably need software engineers and data scientists, and I have kids, so I’d probably stay earthbound.

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Re:Ask HN: What cutting edge subject would woo you back to s... by the_only_law on Sunday June 06, 2021 @09:20PM (#27418002)

I'm going back for optics/photonics

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Re:Ask HN: What cutting edge subject would woo you back to s... by statusanxiety on Sunday June 06, 2021 @08:12PM (#27417574)

Synthetic biology

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Re:Ask HN: What cutting edge subject would woo you back to s... by elijahwright on Tuesday June 08, 2021 @05:46PM (#27441337)

Statistics.

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