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   Message 403 of 679   
   Jon Meltzer to All   
   Re: My College Crisis   
   05 Nov 04 13:07:20   
   
   XPost: soc.college.admissions, misc.education   
   From: jonmeltzer@mindspring.com   
      
   On 21 Oct 2004 23:35:22 -0700, f000000000000bar@netscape.net   
   (f000000000000bar) wrote:   
      
   > And grades--a CS   
   >degree with a 2.x GPA can probably land you a nice $40k job, whereas a   
   >liberal arts degree with a 2.x GPA can land you a job in a coffee   
   >shop.   
      
   The tech market has collapsed. A CS degree with a 2.x GPA won't even   
   get you a coffee shop job. If you're lucky you might get a grocery   
   store checkout counter job with the other laid-off engineers.   
      
   Study econ, and go to business school.   
      
   --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05   
    * Origin: you cannot sedate... all the things you hate (1:229/2)   

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