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Re:Ask HN: 90s programmers, what did you expect the future o... by ja27 on Tuesday June 22, 2021 @10:44AM (#27592299)
In the mid-1980s my dad (PhD EE) talked me out of majoring in Computer Science initially because "you'd be a glorified typist". Glad I eventually switched to CS.

In the early 1990s, it sure felt like there was a limited market for robotics, machine learning, AI, etc. It was mostly industrial robotics and assembly line inspection cameras.

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Re:Ask HN: 90s programmers, what did you expect the future o... by Dracophoenix on Tuesday June 22, 2021 @11:22AM (#27592803)
Several of the comments here echo your father's sentiment to some extent. How did a CS degree pay dividends for you in the 90's as opposed to majoring in math, a hard science, or engineering and learning to program on your own?
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Re:Ask HN: 90s programmers, what did you expect the future o... by kingkongjaffa on Tuesday June 22, 2021 @11:21AM (#27592792)
what else is there in robotics?

You are either building killer robots like Boston Dynamics (morally reprehensible) and drone striking the middle east, or helping people make things with production line robots.

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