<div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:small;color:#000000"><br></div><div class="gmail_extra"><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Tue, Jun 27, 2017 at 1:31 PM, Dave Sill <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:sparge@gmail.com" target="_blank">sparge@gmail.com</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><div dir="ltr"><span class=""><div class="gmail_extra"><div class="gmail_quote">On Tue, Jun 27, 2017 at 2:21 PM, William Flynn Wallace <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:foozler83@gmail.com" target="_blank">foozler83@gmail.com</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><div style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:small;color:rgb(0,0,0)">​Are you saying, Dave, that the 'worker bees' have no use for the degrees, or that the company has no use for those with them compared to ones who don't?  I am pretty sure that you are saying the latter, but want to confirm.  bill w​</div><span><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"></blockquote></span></blockquote></div><br></div></span><div class="gmail_extra">Worker bees in entry-level tech jobs won't have much use for a liberal arts education, so it's of little value to the employer. But to the worker bee who aspires to something greater than assembling widgets and doesn't want to risk becoming obsoleted by AI, I think it's a definite asset.</div><span class="HOEnZb"><font color="#888888"><div class="gmail_extra"><br></div><div class="gmail_extra">-Dave</div></font></span></div></blockquote><div><br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:small;color:rgb(0,0,0)">​I fully agree and will only add that the liberal education will always be an asset in their personal lives, whether they know it or not. It might also help them rise above the widget-making level at their company.</div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:small;color:rgb(0,0,0)"><br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:small;color:rgb(0,0,0)"> bill w​</div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><div dir="ltr"><span class="HOEnZb"><font color="#888888"><div class="gmail_extra"><br></div></font></span></div>
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