[ale] [OT] Observation on "Screwed"

[tfreeman at intel.digichem.net]

Looking over the "Screwed" posts (hope I got that right - posting 
from memory here)I'm seeing a dicotomy of opinion. There are many who hold 
that if a program doesn't lead more or less to a goal, it is of little 
value to the participant. In contrast, and with very few/none taking an 
intermediate position, some hold the value is in "study what you love", 
with a subset also holding the position of "stick your nose into other 
subjects to see what else to love". (Well, I paraphrase there)

I wish I could bring forth relevant statistics. My one statistic is thirty 
years old, and the durn thing was word of mouth to begin with. I was told 
that in Math, after five years of employement, only 1 in 5 Math majors 
will still be performing a job function related to Math. Something similar 
appears to happen with the other technical fields, although I lack 
sufficient experience to be sure.

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