• FromPieces@lemmygrad.ml
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        9 hours ago

        Wait, what is that? The Soviets made it… more popular to get STEM degrees, is that what that means?

        • 7bicycles [he/him]@hexbear.net
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          The lowest bar of entry for a soviet university degree was engineer, because you need a lot of those. the highest bar of entry for a soviet university was something like actor, pianist or trumpet player, because you don’t need a lot of those for your national project.

          It’s why former soviet states have women in stem numbers that windmill-slamdunk on every western nation. We need some railway engineers and I don’t care about your bits, get planning.