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leetcrew on July 27, 2021 | parent | context | favorite | on: Video game developers at Activision Blizzard say t...

known by whom? I got halfway through my CS degree before I realized software paid significantly better than other STEM work, and I'm in my twenties. my parents weren't convinced it wasn't all a waste of time until I showed them my first offer letter.

kazinator on July 27, 2021 [–]

Oh, I got an earful at home when I dropped out of engineering in around 1991 to go into CS.

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