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4 Types of questions get us in trouble | Penelope Trunk's Brazen.

Penelope Trunk

" I'm an engineer and I get those type of questions from time to time, although they are usually from people trying to get respite from the hard work required to actually learn the technology they are working on. If you want emotional validation or in-depth individual career counseling, you're in the wrong place.

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How to manage a college education | Penelope Trunk's Brazen Careerist

Penelope Trunk

But I think you have valid points that ideally the "good" career centers would also agree with. These three are what make a liberal arts education more valuable than a vocational education like engineering or nursing. Lesson = Get an engineering degree Oh… and go to a canadian university. Not now though.

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