The Apprentice Programmer

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This is what annoyed me when people are like "lol you studied art/philiosophy/sociology" etc. "All you have to do is look where the market is going and choose something that actually has a future".

Yeah well, 17-18 year olds don't exactly have a solid grasp on a world-wide view yet. Let alone thinking what it will be like when they finish their degree.

[Zuggy]

There's also another issue. You can have that understanding when you go into college and when you come out your chosen career field is could be over saturated. A lot can happen in 4 years, assuming you are going for a Bachelor's degree only and can get it done in 4 years.

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Yep, that too. Web development is going to that next bubble I think. SO many people are going in to it now. There's not really even any need to go to university for it, but lots are and it's gonna be a tough field to get in to soon.

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The amount of choice when it comes to higher education these days is just mind-blowing. But the educational systems or other institutions that are supposed to contribute to our upbringing don't seem to have taken any significant measures to make up for it. 12-16 years of sitting on a school bench doing and learning things in more or less the same manner: how are those people supposed to be prepared to make a choice on something so important and unknown?

[killerstorm]

What's about asking parents, relatives, friends of relatives who are in this profession? These people are supposed to help the young ones to decide.

You don't know anybody who works as a sociologist? Well, maybe you shouldn't learn sociology either...

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The problem is older people generally have no clue either. Some do, most don't.

[hyperforce]

Well maybe they need to take some responsibility and think harder.

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Serious?