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  • #61
    Originally posted by Agathon
    What it also doesn't tell you is that the computer guys' jobs are all being shipped off to India.
    What that also doesn't tell you is that recent reports have said that to be unprofitable. IBM is still shipping "computer" jobs there, but those who have to worry are people with diplomas and the like.

    IBM is one of the most prominent supporters for sending jobs overseas, but even they are creating significant net positive jobs in the field in 2004.
    "The issue is there are still many people out there that use religion as a crutch for bigotry and hate. Like Ben."
    Ben Kenobi: "That means I'm doing something right. "

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    • #62
      Originally posted by Zylka
      Aggy can come work in my Toronto firm as staff aggravant sometime 2010ish

      Though I need pics of the wife first.. we're going to do a lot of office swinger parties at Zylcorp


      I think I'll be looking for academic jobs next year. If that doesn't pan out I'm sure I can find something else interesting to do.

      Not that I'd like to work.....
      Only feebs vote.

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      • #63
        Good luck getting a decent job with a degree in filosofy...
        "The issue is there are still many people out there that use religion as a crutch for bigotry and hate. Like Ben."
        Ben Kenobi: "That means I'm doing something right. "

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        • #64
          Undergraduate degrees aren't worth that much anyway. You should see some of the clowns that get them.

          As GePap said, you are better off going to grad school for a couple of years. Grad school is the new "university". And if you're any good, you can get paid to do it.
          Only feebs vote.

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          • #65
            Philosophers are employed in all sorts of fields. One of our old grads is the President of some huge Canadian bank (I forget which one). Mind you I'd rather shoot myself in the head than work in a bank.

            A technical degree doesn't make you anything more than a glorified mechanic.

            Any graduate degree is pretty good - it puts you in the top 5% of the population. And with the dumbing down of the university system it actually counts for something.
            Only feebs vote.

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            • #66
              Originally posted by Agathon
              A technical degree doesn't make you anything more than a glorified mechanic.

              You are confusing a technical degree with a technical diploma, my dear.

              And I don't see how a philosophy degree makes you any more than a glorified homeless bum...
              "The issue is there are still many people out there that use religion as a crutch for bigotry and hate. Like Ben."
              Ben Kenobi: "That means I'm doing something right. "

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              • #67
                Are you working on a Ph. D thesis or on a memoir, Agathon?
                In Soviet Russia, Fake borises YOU.

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                • #68
                  Originally posted by Asher

                  And I don't see how a philosophy degree makes you any more than a glorified homeless bum...
                  and you want to meet up with him for drinks.. such a social creature

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                  • #69
                    Originally posted by Zylka
                    and you want to meet up with him for drinks.. such a social creature
                    I winked in the first line of that post asking to meet him up for drinks.

                    The last thing I'd want to do is traumatize myself for life by meeting the '****.
                    "The issue is there are still many people out there that use religion as a crutch for bigotry and hate. Like Ben."
                    Ben Kenobi: "That means I'm doing something right. "

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                    • #70
                      Originally posted by Oncle Boris
                      Are you working on a Ph. D thesis or on a memoir, Agathon?
                      A thesis. Should be finished soon. And then it's the fun of the academic job market. I'll probably have to take on a couple of contract jobs before I can get a tenure track job. The market isn't too bad right now as a lot of people are retiring and every department needs a Platonist.

                      Still, it's not a done deal. Our specialist program has a pretty good placement record. The last few graduates all have good jobs.

                      If I can't find a decent academic job, I'll probably try law. A law Degree/PhD seems like a reasonable resume to me. I'm only doing the PhD because I don't have to pay for it and it was a good chance to get out of NZ.
                      Only feebs vote.

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                      • #71
                        Originally posted by Agathon
                        Grad school is the new "university". And if you're any good, you can get paid to do it.
                        You mean like having an internship that waives your tuition and pays you a bi-weekly living wage?
                        A lot of Republicans are not racist, but a lot of racists are Republican.

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                        • #72
                          Originally posted by MrFun

                          You mean like having an internship that waives your tuition and pays you a bi-weekly living wage?
                          + a lump sum scholarship payment every year. It's not a bad deal - I was offered a heap more money in the States, but I liked the program here better.

                          Still, being paid to do what you really like is cool.
                          Only feebs vote.

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                          • #73
                            Certainly wasn't the NZ government that paid for that. I feel sorry for you working in Toronto, though.
                            In Soviet Russia, Fake borises YOU.

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                            • #74
                              Originally posted by Oncle Boris
                              Certainly wasn't the NZ government that paid for that. I feel sorry for you working in Toronto, though.
                              Why, I like it here.
                              Only feebs vote.

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                              • #75
                                "The last thing I'd want to do is traumatize myself for life by meeting the '****."

                                You might make alot of money, but what's the point if you're going to be an uncultured, unsophisticated buffoon?
                                "mono has crazy flow and can rhyme words that shouldn't, like Eminem"
                                Drake Tungsten
                                "get contacts, get a haircut, get better clothes, and lose some weight"
                                Albert Speer

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