It still confuses me why people get a Bachelors degree in a language but then complain about not being able to get a job….like….?

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I’m actually confused why’s this a concern of yours 😂

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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

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You can get whatever degree you want from an ivy and get a great job lol. OP is talking about other colleges

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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 😊

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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.

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Military, international relations, defense sector, teaching, and public policy are a few that come to mind. Weird take.

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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.

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Same and this applies to multiple degrees. Some people for some reason don’t do any research before choosing their major

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As we say in France, if you take a philosophy degree then you are qualified, well, to teach philosophy.

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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.

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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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Cc: Theater Arts, Sociology, Philosophy

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Bcc: Theology, Communications, Gender Studies

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Tell me your someone close to you got a language degree without telling me they are someone close.

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My living room couch is currently occupied

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I studied a language and political science. I am doing just fine. These people are just bad a finding jobs.

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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.

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@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.

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