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Chief
I’m actually confused why’s this a concern of yours 😂
Pro
EY2, of course, but Lawyers, Doctors, and Accountants have a job that is inline with their degree.
Are student loans a problem? Yes to some extent they are too high and something should be done, but they shouldn’t be totally forgiven. IMO interest should be lower around 1-1.5%, and it should kick in after 2-3 years instead of 6 months.
As I mentioned in another thread on here, the problem isn’t that people can’t get a job or that there aren’t jobs that pay well out there for those degrees. The problem is getting a degree and then not wanting any of the jobs that are aligned to that degree and getting stuck working a shitty hourly position.
You’re also right that it’s not all liberal arts degrees, plenty of chemistry/biology majors that wanted to go to med school, but want nothing to do with jobs aligned with chemistry/biology. It’s the lack of a backup plan that I see as the problem and we shouldn’t give a free pass for it, but we also shouldn’t punish with life long crippling debt.
IDK, my wife got a language degree from an ivy and had no problem getting hired by a BB
You can get whatever degree you want from an ivy and get a great job lol. OP is talking about other colleges
Yea, I’ve got an English degree and I’m in our cyber practice. Not a day goes by that I don’t wish more of my colleagues could formulate a coherent sentence on a slide 😊
For those wondering I was referred to as “girlie.” I’ll leave my gender out of this discussion, but thanks C2 and C3 for calling out the stereotype.
Rising Star
Military, international relations, defense sector, teaching, and public policy are a few that come to mind. Weird take.
Pro
I think the point was more along the lines that they don’t want to do those. Jobs exist for all degrees, the problem is when people get a degree and don’t want the job that aligns most with that degree.
Chief
Same and this applies to multiple degrees. Some people for some reason don’t do any research before choosing their major
As we say in France, if you take a philosophy degree then you are qualified, well, to teach philosophy.
Studied English and made $1.3m last year. Husband studied classics and made $2m. So you can take your biases and enjoy them while I laugh the whole way to the bank.
Good state schools. He is VC, I am tech, and both employers value our education just as much as any comp sci or business major.
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Rising Star
Tell me your someone close to you got a language degree without telling me they are someone close.
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I studied a language and political science. I am doing just fine. These people are just bad a finding jobs.
Rising Star
Don't worry. Your confusion will be washed away with loan forgiveness.
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I totally agree. In my parents’ generation, a history or English or language major could get you a job in business. That was my key influence. But these days, I think it’s pretty well noted the benefits of majoring in something useful.
@SSA1 - Actually, not so much. My MBA program had a useless career center. I applied for an internship open to undergrads, and it was the career I had pre-MBA that related so well to the hiring manager. Strategic actions since landing that internship are what got me where I am today.