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[–] [email protected] 92 points 7 months ago (2 children)

Me @37: I'm tired of my high paid IT work, imma quit and get a PhD in plant genetics...

Me @42: fuck

[–] [email protected] 40 points 7 months ago (1 children)

?

You sound like a sure thing for bioinformatics.

I mean, the pay isn't great but it's generally six figures even without a PhD

[–] [email protected] 10 points 7 months ago

Lol yeah... more maths, but you are correct

[–] [email protected] 22 points 7 months ago (1 children)

Me @22: Boy, IT work sure looks fun and I love computers already so let me take out some student loans to become a cybersecurity specialist!

Me @29: Retail is fine too.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 7 months ago (1 children)

Getting a degree to work in IT seems weird to me, but I was admining before IT classes existed

[–] [email protected] 7 points 7 months ago (2 children)

We're from a different era my dude. These days it's all analysts, architects and data scientist.

Who can't do jack shit without guys like you.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 7 months ago

Except now we have to find jobs through connections because we aren’t getting past HR filters.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 7 months ago

Architects where I work don't have degrees, they're programmers who have shown they understand a significant chunk of our enormous system (government IT)

Analysts are a mixed bag. Some have relevant education, others have relevant experience

Data scientists seem to all be appropriately degreed