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		douche on Dec 26, 2015 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Which degrees give the best financial returns? There's some other considerations that might come into play there: Do you take great satisfaction and pleasure in working with your hands and working on concrete projects? Do you want to live someplace outside the big-money tech bubbles? Maybe you don't care about impacting the world - you just want to make a nice living and hang out with your family. I'm sure there's others.

limelight on Dec 26, 2015 [–]

I'm not saying that everyone should be a developer. Plenty of people are well-suited to a skilled trade if that's what they enjoy.

What I was arguing against is this idea that someone becoming a plumber is the economically superior option.

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