Oh Shaggy! :wave:Quote:
Originally Posted by Shaggy Hiker
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Oh Shaggy! :wave:Quote:
Originally Posted by Shaggy Hiker
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That's pretty good.
Frankly, having done a bit of sailing myself, I don't quite understand the "swear like a sailor" saying. Sure, they swear, but it tends to be kind of dull. From my experience, "swear like a surveyor" would be more accurate.
I remember working out in the Everglades one time when a surveying team ran a line through at some distance away. They were a mile or two distant, but I could hear them quite clearly because they were A) Very loud, and B) Utterly profane. I would say more, but I really can't say anything that would quite convey that speech.
Still, it wasn't all that creative.
For creative, there was a time that I pulled in to a wharf down in the Florida Keys. There were some kids messing around the dock area. Just as I cut the engine, one of them yelled at another, "Youuuuu butt munch!"
The timing was awesome. The kid was an aspiring Florida Man who was already known for showing terrific potential in that regard, but the statement still cracked me up.
Jacob Roman is planning to be carrying an alligator and a beer during his graduation ceremony. Actually, he'll just be carrying the beer. The alligator is awarded along with the diploma.
I have heard that about Florida graduations.
I also heard there is a shirtless guy draped in an American flag who wrestles the gator that the graduate receives, but I'm sure that's just an old wives tale.
White Russian actually. I am gonna get hammered and trashed that day.Quote:
Originally Posted by Shaggy Hiker
Before, after, or during the ceremony?
I almost got busted right after my college graduation cause I was trying to break into the bell tower on campus. The bell wasn't a real bell, it was just a tape. I wanted to replace it with AC/DC's Hells Bells.
Somebody caught my buddy, but he said he was just looking around. I slipped out a while later, once everybody had left.
Fun times.
Skipped my Masters graduation. The timing didn't work out.
Bah go full blown PhD. You will be known as Dr. Hiker :bigyello:
I stopped with a masters because, in this field, an MS opens doors, but a PhD closes them. There are lots of jobs that aren't open to anybody with less than an MS, but lots of those jobs aren't open for a person with a PhD. It's kind of a weird situation. With an MS, you can get the fun biology jobs. With a PhD...you can be an administrator, a professor, and maybe a biologist in the right circumstance.
It seems like computer science, in general, has a different view on it. The best jobs seem to be either for those with a BS or a doctorate, while a masters is neither here nor there.
Not going for any further degrees or titles, though, aside from emeritus.
How possible is it to get a masters and a PhD at the same time?
Easy when you have 2 heads.
I think it depends on the field. It wasn't possible where I went to school, and I've never heard of it in Biology. That may be because a masters tends to be a mini-doctorate, whereas in some other fields, there's no thesis for a masters. My knowledge on that is only superficial, though.
College was a waste of time for me. Nothing I did afterwards jobwise was anywhere close to what I studied.
For every job I've been in, nobody cared all that much what I studied, as that I had the degree. After all, the same degree from different schools will result from different classes. Also, if you go beyond a bachelors, then no employer pays any attention to your bachelors. They only look at the last degree you got, and even then it's usually just checking a box.
There are exceptions to this rule. There are jobs where it really matters what you did, where you went, who you studied under, etc., but for the vast majority, it doesn't matter.
Some people are starting to realize college is a scam. Half the courses you take have nothing to do with your degree and they don't teach the latest material. Instead, they teach the status quo. You would think, for example, Computer Science, rather than just teach Java for Programming 2, C for Unix in Systems Programming, SQL for Database management as an elective, and maybe R depending on your elective, they would require you to learn Python, PyTorch/TensorFlow, .NET Framework, .NET Core, C#/VB.Net, C++, ASP.Net, Azure, AWS, and other cloud technologies, iOS and iMac development in Swift / Objective C be a requirement rather than an elective, and web based programming such as HTML5/CSS/Javascript, Angular JS, REACT, Node JS, and know how to use WordPress. And I didn't even include Machine Learning and AI! Instead, people like me are relying on Coursera / Udemy, Skillshare to use on the side to get certs. A lot of seniors in college are getting a reality check when they start looking for their first jobs and be like, "They didn't teach any of this!"Quote:
Originally Posted by Peter Porter
I'm not sure why people can't comprehend the difference between an education and vocational training.