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Re:Was your degree really worth it? by WalterBright on Thursday April 13, 2023 @01:41AM (#35551456)
At Caltech, everybody knew that an AY degree was useless for getting a job (there are only so many telescopes). So lots of students did a double major - EE for a job, AY for fun.

I can vouch for the fact that people who take a brutal AY major for fun are indeed some of the most interesting people you'll ever meet.

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Re:Was your degree really worth it? by esafak on Thursday April 13, 2023 @01:53AM (#35551556)
I don't know if AY is astronomy, but if so surely they'd make great data scientists.
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Re:Was your degree really worth it? by WalterBright on Thursday April 13, 2023 @02:24AM (#35551788)
It's astronomy.
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Re:Was your degree really worth it? by mr_toad on Thursday April 13, 2023 @10:20PM (#35564767)
One of the smartest data scientists I’ve worked with was an astronomy major.
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