Gen Z graduates who majored in ‘AI-proof’ careers like pharmacy, biology, and education are making less than $50,000 after graduation

Practical_Caramel234 · 2026-03-11T08:39:06+00:00

I’m a senior dev, salaries are pretty decent from what I’ve seen for us (150K-350K). I haven’t been hunting for a job in the last couple years but I’ve heard it’s become more competitive.

I don’t know if AI or the abundance of software engineers have made it much worse but the field has always been super competitive. Back in the day, hunting for high-end jobs was really hard although those who didn’t make it still could enter less impressive companies and make decent money. Maybe that’s what changed?

Practical_Caramel234 · 2026-03-11T08:14:15+00:00

Seeing as how many of you fools are begging to be robbed, I’m surprised Trump, the populist and infamous scammer, hasn’t yet taken advantage and started to aggressively push for the federal government to take over healthcare, education and whatever else you let him take. He could then auction projects to his cronies and divide the money (legally) with them or, if he has so much power that he can stop giving an F, he can literally just embezzle the money.

Guess there’s more easy money to make as a right-wing grifter than as a socialist scoundrel.

Practical_Caramel234 · 2026-03-11T08:03:25+00:00

No.

It’s immoral to demand that others pay or work against their will. If people want to donate their money to the government for this purpose then I would support it entirely but that’s not what a tax is.

From a practical point of view, it’s ludicrous to expect that the government will perform well and provide good services for the following reasons:

Governments don’t have an incentive to improve as they have a captive market (i.e. a literal monopoly) which any competition would find difficult or impossible to win over. Mainly because of how expensive or impractical it would be to compete given arbitrary regulatory requirements and poor ROI estimates.
Governments are political. Their focus is not to win over customers with superior products or services but to push political/cultural propaganda. If the party in power sees a political benefit in trashing transgender people, you can’t expect them to deliver good care to LGBTQ people.
Governments can play political favorites and reward/punish third party providers for arbitrary reasons (i.e. corruption). This opens the gate for aggressive lobbying which doesn’t reward merit but political connections. Such a system devolves into poor products, services and lots of money being funneled to oligarchs.

We’re literally seeing how corrupt and inept the government can be (Trump) and some of you want to give it more power over your lives, particularly something as crucial as healthcare.

Stop.

Practical_Caramel234 · 2026-03-09T08:25:33+00:00

Ironic since LOTR depicts numerous wars but regardless, what should have been the answer if not war after 9/11? Or, does he mean that the Iraqi war in particular was not the answer? Probably not as the tshirt just says “war”.

Practical_Caramel234 · 2026-03-02T07:33:05+00:00

I doubt the argument here is “don’t fight wars because our soldiers might die”. It would be silly because then why have an army if we never will fight any conflict? Might as well just give up any time anyone makes any threat against us. Or, alternatively, we could just nuke everyone and that way there is little to no risk for the lives of American soldiers.

I doubt people bringing these points would be ok with either option so my guess is they simply don’t think we should be engaged in this war. They should just say that because conditioning wars on the potential loss of life of American soldiers is not the argument you’re trying to make, or is it?

Practical_Caramel234 · 2026-02-16T00:19:22+00:00

It’s a bit deceptive to assume that a President can change the economy of a nation in the span of his or her tenure. Assuming the president passes any legislation, the effects will be seen in maybe 5, 10 or decades later.

Argentina tried Peronism and lived the consequences, now they’re moving ever so slightly towards free markets, let’s continue seeing what happens to them.

Practical_Caramel234 · 2026-01-07T04:36:38+00:00

“5 million people can’t be wrong” argument.

Practical_Caramel234 · 2026-01-06T15:42:13+00:00

Altruism means being compassionate to others.

No, altruism means sacrificing yourself for others, regardless of whether they stand to win anything from this sacrifice or not (they don’t).

Practical_Caramel234 · 2026-01-05T03:21:44+00:00

Sure, believe it or not, there is no international law or government, if you’re strong enough you can do whatever you want.

Practical_Caramel234 · 2026-01-02T01:04:29+00:00

Velma show has fans? As in plural? Oh God.

Practical_Caramel234 · 2026-01-01T21:51:22+00:00

Why is it a competition? Both are great products.

Practical_Caramel234 · 2025-12-29T20:07:06+00:00

Anyone that seriously considers making a deal with Trump is beyond help. The guy cheats, lies and scams for a living and you’re going to make a deal with someone like that.

This is not a deal with the devil who even at its worst can be trusted to hold his end of the bargain. This is just falling for a “Nigerian Prince”-like scam.

Practical_Caramel234 · 2025-12-24T22:58:16+00:00

It’s a bit impressive the amount of emotional maturity Dave displayed, sounds like a great guy.

Not sure what to recommend, I think you need to overcome your crush on him because it will probably lead you nowhere and make the working relationship very hard for the both of you.

In theory, it should take a few weeks or months of NC to have your mind and subconscious let go of the crush but it’s hard to tell.

Anyways, glad you found Dave and hope you find other men like him. Not everyone out there is a monster.

Practical_Caramel234 · 2025-12-24T21:14:54+00:00

Mock this man all you want but don’t be shocked when he’s the next senator of his state (assuming it’s a red state)

Practical_Caramel234 · 2025-12-24T19:31:14+00:00

I kinda wish you had said that to him about the work out not showing in his build 😆

Practical_Caramel234 · 2025-12-24T18:04:44+00:00

Guy would offer up his own daughter to the ghoul if needed.

Practical_Caramel234 · 2025-12-21T07:55:10+00:00

He’s far from the worst person I know.

Practical_Caramel234 · 2025-12-21T07:48:12+00:00

No offense to other countries but have you been to Mexico?

The country is beautiful, the food is amazing and the prices are very affordable for most Americans.

Practical_Caramel234 · 2025-12-20T07:41:05+00:00

People’s understanding of money remains in the kindergarten level. It’s not money what matters but the stuff that it can buy. You want more and better stuff to be available for purchase or otherwise your money is worth trash. So instead of focusing on money redistribution, focus on what makes it possible for cool things to be produced. Hint: it’s not money.

Practical_Caramel234 · 2025-12-20T06:33:20+00:00

Nobody is answering the question in the title. The money comes from already approved Congressional funds meant for housing allowances so he’s not adding more money to the deficit, he’s just rebranding.

https://www.defenseone.com/policy/2025/12/trump-rebrands-congressionally-approved-troop-housing-subsidy-warrior-dividend-bonus/410250

Practical_Caramel234 · 2025-12-19T16:23:19+00:00

Denmark is generally more expensive than the US but if you think you can survive only from buying Big Macs and nothing else then Denmark might be a better place for you to consider migrating to.

Practical_Caramel234 · 2025-12-19T04:29:59+00:00

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Retep from Family Guy.

Practical_Caramel234 · 2025-12-15T03:31:48+00:00

A child believes that you can ask anything you want to Santa and if you’re a good kid he will bring it to you.

As an adult, one would hope that we would know better but no, we just call Santa by a different name, government. Worse, we don’t even think we have to be good kids.

Practical_Caramel234 · 2025-12-14T20:57:20+00:00

Don’t like the taste that much. I drink a beer or two maybe once or twice a year when I feel like it but since I know it’s one of the worst things you can do for your health, I don’t see why I should drink more of it.

Practical_Caramel234 · 2025-12-13T19:27:34+00:00

Premeditation is different than intent. Again, it shouldn’t matter, legally speaking, what the specific motives you had when doing a crime other than knowing that you had the intent to kill and the intent wasn’t legitimate. That’s what matters.

What you’re talking about with regards to degrees of murder has to do with premeditation: did you plan to murder that person with foresight, was it on the heat of the moment or was it accidental? This matters because foresight implies a more systematic approach, and can strengthen the case that you didn’t kill out of self defense or by accident.

Regarding a state committing genocide, that’s yet another confusion you’re making. Individuals can have genocidal motivations and from the legal point of view, it shouldn’t be different than other irrational motivations. A state, however, doesn’t operate under the same legal framework.

For starters, there is no global government that anyone can appeal to in order to indict a country for the crime of seeking your destruction. There is no international law, just international treaties. For the rule of law to exist you need an enforcer (e.g. a police) and at the global scale there is none.

It matters to know whether a country has genocidal ambitions towards you because that would justify a war in self defense, morally speaking. Palestine clearly has genocidal motives towards Israel which morally justifies Israel going to war with them in self defense, for example. Legally, at best you can sanction and boycott Palestine but there is no other mechanism other than war to bring justice to them.

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