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Do they? If government loan programs treat all degrees interchangeably, why do you have differential pricing for STEM degrees and Liberal arts, with the latter being cheaper and ST…

> That's because in some countries you won't be paying more than 5k to go to a decent college. And you would be earning a fraction, say $120 per month, that automatically makes the…

> I was wrong about China, but apparently it is free in India. Education has NEVER been free in India. You have to pay a lot of money at the University level. Almost all education …

>> I was wrong about China, but apparently it is free in India. Education is NOT free in India, has never been. This is exactly why Wikipedia should not be a citation source. Anyon…

More than stupid, the Indian government is clueless and careless about how it spends its earnings from the 2-3% of Indians that actually pay income tax. That coupled with rampant c…

"Students pay subsidized tuition at a fraction of the real cost of their education. The Indian government subsidizes over 80% of the costs of the IIT, with alumni donations only ac…

You can thank Jonas for writing tig: https://github.com/jonas Atlassian blogged about it.

For many Indians, a degree is just a path to a cushy job. That is probably true for many other parts of the world too.

Actually, the specifier does not know it himself but try getting him to admit that. Its easier to lay the blame at the developers door.

> America should make it as easy as possible for highly > motivated and talented individuals to come here. Jobs, > heck, entire new industries will be created. America also needs t…

@Domenic_S , This. Well said.

Yeah, she has a formed a notion about the event even before attending it. Based on what - one negative high school experience?

How old are those numbers? Lets take one listing for an Apartment (3 bedrooms) in City Centre: Houston, TX is listed as $2,050.00 while Bangalore is $ 559.02. If you check out a pr…

There are Jews living in other parts of the world: * https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_the_Jews_in_India * http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/12/24/bnei-menashe-move-t...

Its not just New Delhi. Hyperbole, but every woman in India is a potential rape target - All the women I spoke to complained of being touched, physically felt-up, had comments pass…

That's right. Food and gas is cheaper back home (USA) than it is in India, where the cost of living is astronomical vis-a-vis the paycheck drawn by the average Indian. A per-item p…

Heya, a quick search on your site https://performancemanager4.successfactors.com/career?compan... ; shows "No jobs matched. Try widening your search." If you are hiring why is it n…

You are so right about learning to deploy your app alone. Learning to deploy using the Free Amazon on AWS server is a must.

We are inviting the JavaScript community to submit talks for the upcoming JSConf EU (October 6th-7th, Berlin). This Call for Presentation closes on July 15th.

Hey, you didnt sign on the dotted line or anything while being employed with current employer. You were in touch with them BEFORE you joined Com#2 and are they contacted you now so…

Hear..Hear...Maybe HN should do a list of US companies that indulge in illegal stuff like unpaid internships. For starters, http://www.8thlight.com/apprenticeship is one such compa…

@wisty ++1. I dont like talking too much around certain people (too argumentative, talk from their @r$3 just to hear their own voices) but I am too polite to tell them that but the…

yeah, they are too late but do ask if they can beat the pay and benefits of your current position and dont tell your boss anything. Companies dont tell you when they downsize and g…

didnt anybody notice that you cannot use greplin without signing up. #fail