i want to believe everyone is equal but i've been through engineering at uoa with islanders and none of them gave a shit about the degree. no idea why they were there in the first place. well one guy did but then he graduated and got into music for some reason, never used his degree for anything. i've also worked with a couple in software related roles and they were relatively incapable. kind of like women who get into software. i have a theory that the reason is that culturally in their communities, it is probably stigmatised and they'd probably get bullied for growing up on the internet learning to program and be super nerdy like my peers were.
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