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Working for the Financial Industry: One of the Worst Uses for a Computer Science Degree

Looks like I stirred up some controversy on a facebook event page for the JPMorgan Chase Tech Talk which is going to be held at my school, Georgia Tech. My original post was: “Going into the banking industry has to be one of the worst uses of a computer science degree. Don’t use your knowledge to let the rich get richer.” Minutes after I posted that, I received a message from the creator of the event saying that he was being pressured to take the post down by someone who worked at JPMorgan Chase. He said that he did not feel comfortable censoring, so he left it up to me to take it down or not. I apologized for putting him in a weird situation, and told him that anyone is free to post a rebuttal, and I thought that would be a better solution than removing the comment all together. The post has generated lots of comments. It’s a pretty neat discussion. Check it out: screen shot of facebook thread