John_Maxwell_IV comments on What should a college student do to maximize future earnings for effective altruism? - Less Wrong

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Comment author: John_Maxwell_IV 28 August 2013 04:41:34PM 5 points [-]

I'd think carefully about law school. Also, does it have any automation risk?

Why double major instead of doing a bachelor's and then a master's in a different subject? How feasible would it be to get a bachelor's degree in 3 years and a master's degree in 1 year instead of double majoring in 4 years?

Comment author: peter_hurford 28 August 2013 09:26:53PM 0 points [-]

Also, does it have any automation risk?

Probably, but I don't know much about it.

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Why double major instead of doing a bachelor's and then a master's in a different subject? How feasible would it be to get a bachelor's degree in 3 years and a master's degree in 1 year instead of double majoring in 4 years?

This is just an artifact of the school I chose to attend (Denison University, a liberal arts college) where double majors are relatively easy and graduating in 3 years is impossible.

Comment author: johlstei 30 August 2013 06:32:07PM -1 points [-]

Search engines have eliminated a huge class of work that lawyers did at one point when finding case law. I don't know how much further things can be automated, but that combined with the number of people who see dollar signs when they think about law school makes it a bad choice these days.