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barry-cotter on Aug 13, 2012 | parent | context | favorite | on: What is life like for PhDs in computer science who...

Nowhere on Earth has a higher opinion of academic degrees and higher education than the German speaking world. And if anyplace equals it I don't know where it is.

brazzy on Aug 13, 2012 [–]

Even within the German speaking world, Austria has a reputation of being obsessed with titles.

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