On Wed, 2008-03-26 at 13:44 -0600, Jesse Stay wrote: > It would seem to me that > at least for a developer or even sysadmin, that using those 2-4 years > in gaining experience and learning within your field could be more > productive and have more fruitful results.
Well, sure, if you enjoy installing and maintaining someone else's software or writing yet another method to push bits back and forth from a database, why even bother getting any degree? Advanced degrees may provide diminishing returns, but that doesn't change the fact that certain careers require them. Some people enjoy implementing e-inkwells to dip the pretty girls pigtail's in because poking is _so_ last week. Others are more interested in researching the linguistic pressures that will drive development of voice controlled cars just as soon as industry builds out the infrastructure. Which one has chosen the "best" career path? Instead of pointing out that we can make bundles of money by demonstrating an ability to use existing knowledge, why not point out how miserable life can be struggling to extend the limits of our knowledge. http://www.thecrimson.com/article.aspx?ref=521323 http://www.lewrockwell.com/north/north427.html http://www.stanfordalumni.org/news/magazine/1999/julaug/articles/phd.html Of course, if no one were willing to take the risk, we'd probably still be coding in COBOL. /* PLUG: http://plug.org, #utah on irc.freenode.net Unsubscribe: http://plug.org/mailman/options/plug Don't fear the penguin. */
