Ask HN: Article from 2016 that graphed college major vs. prestige vs. salary?

7 points·arikr··5 comments

Does anyone know it?

IIRC, it did the rounds on "tech twitter," and seemed to show that degree was a better predictor of salary than college prestige

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I think this is what you're looking for - http://www.economist.com/news/united-states/21646220-it-depe...

Bottom line, if you want to earn more get an STEM degree. These Art degrees can't do much with all those fanciness.

> These Art degrees can't do much[...]

This pretension is exactly why there is so much animosity towards "techies" who sneer at anyone not working in a technical discipline.

Not exactly, this assumption is subject to selection/survivorship bias. In the long run, it looks like it's the other way around. 30 years from now will we still be coding in Python/Javascript? I have much respect for the older cs graduates that did Pascal, Oberon, Lex, Yacc, Flex, and Bison, but do most employers pay any regard to their past education or experience?

https://www.wsj.com/articles/good-news-liberal-arts-majors-y...

https://www.insidehighered.com/news/2014/01/22/see-how-liber...

http://www.aacu.org/nchems-report

I think what matters most is learning to be flexible and adaptable. You got to plan for a career or constantly learn and challenge yourself.

Who knows what the future will bring? Maybe one day construction sites will use kanban or scrum... Maybe one day construction projects will require architects, engineers, scrum masters...

Thank you

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