I kinda want to get a doctorate in computers but being a useless grad student during the collapse of society seems like a poor choice (hexbear.net)

submitted 8 months ago by BigHaas@hexbear.net to c/chapotraphouse@hexbear.net

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I also feel like this about dating like girl you want to have a kid??? Are you not looking at your surroundings

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[-] BigHaas@hexbear.net 17 points 8 months ago

And I have an old professor who's literally famous and would also write me a red hot rec letter and I also have three undergraduate publications with first authorship on one so like I could probably get into MIT or CMU but also literally why would I do that we should be fighting the fascists not running simulations of obscure algorithms no matter how sexually attracted to the algorithms I am

[-] EmmaGoldman@hexbear.net 14 points 8 months ago

Honestly, get a math doctorate. It'll actually be useful after the revolution.

And speaking of the revolution, unless you're planning on singlehandedly fighting off the US military and have a realistic plan to do that, maybe don't hinge your entire life plan on hoping that there will somehow magically be a revolution starting tomorrow.

[-] BigHaas@hexbear.net 10 points 8 months ago

I don't have the skill or interest for math lol and I'm not expecting a revolution just a general malaise and lack of employment

[-] JoeByeThen@hexbear.net 12 points 8 months ago

Learn to hack, learn to quadcopter. Focus on banks or industrial control systems.

[-] pinguinu@lemmygrad.ml 12 points 8 months ago

My exact feeling but I feel I'd be useless either way, I'm a mediocre autodidact and no hackerman. Only difference is pay, stability and the particularities of my employer. You'll be working for the interests of the same people anyway.