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Re: Focus on STEM education only, good or bad?

Seems to me that the competing philosophy is to pick a degree you love; in my humble opinion that is the wrong advice to give to college bound students.

Worst thing you can do is to go to college, pay $40,000 per year, change your major once or twice, graduate in 5-6 years and then be saddled with ~$250,000 in debt only to find that you can't find a job in your field / with your degree, and end up being a cashier at a coffee place (nothing against that position, just you didn't need to spend all those years and that much money to get there).

When I talk to students about STEM, I really want them to realize that these jobs are well within their reach and that they're going to be in demand now and in the future.
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