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[–] AFallingAnvil@lemmy.ca 24 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (9 children)

I think the joke is you don't understand enough physics to make that your gig, so you go engineering as the backup plan. Source: am IT, we're everyone's backup plan when their initial goals fall through

[–] Forester@yiffit.net 14 points 2 years ago (6 children)

As a former engineering student who now works in IT.... I resent your comment.

[–] Droggelbecher@lemmy.world 10 points 2 years ago (4 children)

About to graduate in physics and I've definitely scrolled through IT job postings when anxious about not getting a PhD position

[–] AFallingAnvil@lemmy.ca 8 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Don't worry, when IT students get those moments they look at construction ads. It's turtles all the way down.

[–] A7thStone@lemmy.world 2 points 2 years ago

And when us constructing workers get those moments we say fuck!, but at least we don't have student loans to pay off.

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