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Why you should quit the coding job and retrain as a philosopher for hire
US philosophy graduates are more likely to have jobs than their computer science peers
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- The Irish Times
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- Ireland
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- 17 Aug 2026, 05:00 UTC
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- Joe Humphreys
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US philosophy graduates are more likely to have jobs than their computer science peers
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Why you should quit the coding job and retrain as a philosopher for hire
US philosophy graduates are more likely to have jobs than their computer science peers
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