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		mp05 on Feb 13, 2025 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Fewer students are enrolling in doctoral degrees > Credit Suisse here in Switzerland used to only hire PhDs for programming positions. It didn’t matter what the PhD was in - they’d train you how to program. > Note: credit Suisse collapsed a few years ago and now no longer exists. So you're saying that was a sound strategy on their part

damiante on Feb 13, 2025 [–]

Correlation does not imply causation (but it does stare at it from across the room and suggestively waggle its eyebrows)

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