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I can't understand why someone would get a CS degree these days, but I could totally see why someone would get a medical degree.

(A good exception for getting a CS degree though is if you'd like to get a US work visa like a TN or an H1B, which requires one).

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Or the plethora of ancillary benefits to getting a university education. The actual education in many areas is negligible, instead you get up to four years to defer having to do any real work, spending a sizable chunk of your time around intelligent, like minded peers. And for a lot of people, it provides a relatively safe way of experiencing life on their own.

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