John Adelsberger III

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February 25, 2000, on Career Guide for Engineers and Computer Scientists:
I have a CS BS from the University of Missouri at Rolla. I've been working for almost a year. I'm not rich, but I live awfully well, and I have time to indulge my theoretical interests. As it so happens, I also have a genuine interest in something that has immediate market value. There's nothing inherently wrong with you if you don't, but it is not reasonable to complain that people will not make you wealthy when you have nothing they want in trade. There is nothing inherently different here with someone who has a more advanced degree - the only difference is that more of the people with advanced degrees think that because they're so damned educated and intelligent, they're automatically worth money they haven't earned. Envy is not pretty, people. We all make choices; learn to choose what you want and be happy with it, because you can't have everything. Nobody has everything, no matter how enviable his life might seem from afar.