[Datenstrom]

Anecdote here, but I think it speaks to academia holding a privileged role in society and contributing little (or damage in this case) when I have met multiple people with degrees (but from a degree mill) who make > $200k as software engineers and can barely code fizz buzz and cannot even properly package a cli tool.

Although this is a specific problem with degree mills not representative of all schools.

[the_only_law]

> Although this is a specific problem with degree mills not representative of all schools.

Eh I’ve seen idiots with a 4 year degree from a state school.

[akhmatova]

And I've seen idiots with a 4 year degree from your school.

[the_only_law]

That’s impressive given I never went.

[akhmatova]

From your school of thought, shall we say.

The singling out of state school graduates in that missive did seem rather strange (and contrary to observation).

[ClumsyPilot]

They are employed as software developers, it speaks to software developers holding a priviliged role in society.

If the privilidge was in academia, they would have stayed where the privilidge is