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  • theletterd@lemmy.world
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    4 months ago

    How many successful filmmakers, authors and musicians do you know personally? Let’s keep the bar real low: ones that can feed themselves and retire without supplemental income from a spouse that does something more pragmatic?

    I was a Physicist before leaving for industry. What would you like to know about how science works and how it is funded?


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    4 months ago

    Believe it or not, I have several degrees in physics. I worked in the field for a bit then left for industry. I don’t disagree with the premise that diverse educational backgrounds can be a good thing, they are more often than not a fine pathway to being a very interesting bartender buried in crippling student debt. Why not double major in something useful on top of Art History?




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    5 months ago

    It’s a tough call. I was as liberal as it gets on my 20s, now I’m in my 40s. I see a lot of people bitching about inequality, injustice etc. that acquired a ton of student loan debt to major in subjects that would very clearly not land them a job.

    Socially, still very liberal. Fiscally? Stop wasting my tax dollars on anything that’s not defense or legit scientific research.