MAJORITY OF REPUBLICANS SAY COLLEGES ARE BAD FOR AMERICA (YES, REALLY)

How is the job market?

 

Come on. Give me a break. The oppressives, I mean Progressives, unafraid? —well, I guess if you bullhorn someone into silence, you have no reason to fear words you’ll never hear.

 

Often the terms General Studies and Liberal Arts are synonymous depending on the college or university. Certain courses were required prerequisites for everyone. Literature 101, History 101, Algebra 101, Physics 101, etc. One would generally spend the first 2 years of a 4 year degree completing general studies (Liberal Arts). There was some choice, for example, to fulfill a science requirement I might be able to take either Biology 101 or Chemistry 101 or even Geology 101. We also had Physical Education requirements where there were choices. You might chose 2 semesters of either: golf, bowling, weight lifting, swimming, etc. By the time you got to the second year if you knew your major, more advanced classes in a particular area would normally be required before you could complete a major. Trig, geometry, statics, calc., etc. if you were going to pursue engineering. It all deepened on the major you planned to pursue.

 

Fine, I was referring to the posters notion that programming was like accounting, not sure where he came up with that.

 

https://www.thedailybeast.com/in-a-...her-liberal-arts-are-more-essential-than-ever

 

I wonder if you really believe that.

God, for your sake, I sure hope not.

 

I was agreeing with you.
Discrete math,or math used in computer science include graphs, recursive formulas, counting, logic, probability and matrices.
I only added that so is music. It emphasizes modern interpretation of just intonation that is fully based on fundamental theorem of arithmetic.

 

Understood, I know a lot people that are gifted in the math sciences are also gifted with musical talent as well.

 

The diversity balony gets old too. I know some professors who have to walk the walk but hate having to talk the talk. Some only do it because administrators force it on them.

 

So you must think our POTUS is an idiot, huh?

 

Because they are teaching lots of crap. .

 

I can do both, and weld and fabricate.

 

But, can you do this?

 

Nope. But I am pretty handy with slingshots, slings and bullwhips

 

Good for you.

 

Excellent, More like this then.

 

At what point did I not say Computer Science was about math?

 

Though I do dig the pic, never tried that. I do like to spin steel wool on the 4th of July.

 

This is just someone elses opinion (I guess that's why the article is in the Opinion section). That doesn't change the reality of the business world.

Any job posting for a management position will want to see where you went to business school.

 

I believe it was post #366
programming was a lot like accounting

Now obviously accounting is basic math, but programming is in no way basic.

 

That works!

 

I'm a finance professional and there is a lot wrong with this part. "Great jobs" is a normative subject. Regardless, no degree by themselves lead to highly paid positions. Highly paid industries are highly competitive and you'll need to have something more than just a degree. That is not to say that the degree doesn't help keep your options open.

That depends. CPA is for accounting; you won't find Econ/Finance majors studying for it. CFP is better for financial planning and wealth management, but is quickly becoming irrelevant. The certifications in vogue today are the CFA and FRM.

I'm sure some prop-trading firms are doing what you would call "gambling" but these days firms are using statistical analysis to determine trends in the market-place using mathematical proofs and analysis. You can also pass the Series 7 without any finance or accounting background. It's not really required, as the Series 7 is merely a stepping stone.

Again, "that depends." That is not always true. It really depends on type of work. In my line of work, only 30% of the jobs are only provided for recent grads, which is why I did additional schooling.

 

More proof that a majority of republicans are ******* MORONS...

 

That’s just one of many articles. And you’re wrong about any job posting for management wanting to see where you went to business school. My wife and I are both directors at our companies and neither of us have MBAs

 

I see your confusion; you're conflating programming with computer science. Well, you couldn't be any more misinformed. Computer science is about the study of what computers can do; programming is the practice of making computers perform task.

You can be a computer programmer without any computer science education (informal or otherwise). Trust me, I know from experience.

Have you ever set a timer before on your computer? If so, then congratulations, you've programmed something. That's really basic. Again, computer science is not necessarily computer programming. You can learn computer science without ever becoming proficient in any programming languages.

That doesn't imply that they're mutually exclusive; they're just not necessarily the same.