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Advice often sucks! It encodes the advice-giver's biases, and it's never tailored for the individual. You may want to consider reversing any advice you read here. The golden mean applies. It doesn't matter as much as you think. Really. No one at my job even knows (and they certainly don't care) what university I went to or what modules I studied. Your work will speak for itself. Your agency, your work ethic, and your ability to learn and grow from here on out will make much more of a difference going forward. The more legible and "prestigious" something is, the more overrated it tends to be. By legible, I mean anything with a highly formalised and competitive application process, anything with spring/summer internship, anything with a fresh grad intake, etc. The gobs of money you can make as a barrister, consultant, banker are highly legible, but I promise there are gobs of money to be made all over the world in domains you wouldn't and can't imagine. If you can find a field that none

Advice for finalists home about Projects --> notes CS self-study --> blogroll Advice for finalists Fri Jun 13 2025 tags: public advice featured life Advice often sucks! It encodes the advice-giver's biases, and it's never tailored for the individual. You may want to consider reversing any advice you read here . The golden mean applies. Don't stress too much about finals It doesn't matter as much as you think. Really. No one at my job even knows (and they certainly don't care) what university I went to or what modules I studied. Your work will speak for itself. Your agency, your work ethic, and

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