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> tech is one of the last true paths to the middle class Americans have left

1. is that really true? I don't see it myself.

2. splitting up Facebook would not suddenly mean there are no jobs in tech. If anything it might mean there are more, as there would be great competition.

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Out of the popular/common white collar jobs that can help someone push oneself out of the lower middle class rut which include medicine, law, banking, software, etc I'd certainly say software has the lowest barrier for entry and highest ROI wrt education/time/financial cost.

I wouldn't be surprised if the median household income for kids entering medicine/law/banking are well above those studying cs.

It's one of the few fields where a bachelor's degree from a state school can pretty easily lead to a six-figure salary.

Yes, but I also don't see how breaking up Facebook would change that.

(For the record, I'm not decided either way on whether breaking them up is the right way to resolve the problems that Facebook causes.)

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