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Posted on 12/3/20 at 12:37 pm to OweO
My bachelors degree is in philosophy (which is worthless)
But I love when I tell people that and then ask me to diagnose them
That’s psychology
But I love when I tell people that and then ask me to diagnose them
That’s psychology
Posted on 12/3/20 at 1:26 pm to OweO
If you can genuinely write well in 2020 you'll find work
An English degree doesn't ensure that, of course
An English degree doesn't ensure that, of course
Posted on 12/3/20 at 1:37 pm to OweO
Editor, Publishing, Grant Writing, Speech Writing, etc.
Posted on 12/3/20 at 1:37 pm to OweO
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Is There Anything You Can Do With An English Degree Besides Teach?
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Is there any other profession out there in which you NEED an English degree in order to work in?
These are two different questions. And they're both idiotic. You don't NEED an English degree to teach English, let alone teach in general.
Posted on 12/3/20 at 1:46 pm to OweO
Be a burden on someone else, financially
Posted on 12/3/20 at 1:52 pm to Grassy1
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You can do anything you want with it.
Why would any particular degree limit what one can do?
Yeh no college with a strong work ethic is going to take you so much further than any degree with no work ethic. That being said, I'm becoming more and more convinced that undergraduate degrees of any kind aren't particularly that important for getting a job anymore (if they ever were). Seems like all the jobs "you were told you had to go to college for" now want a masters or post graduate degree of some sort. Even then without any connection to the employer you're at a disadvantage.
Posted on 12/3/20 at 1:56 pm to OweO
Stand-up? Michael Palascak covered it... English Majors are Unemployable
Posted on 12/3/20 at 1:58 pm to OweO
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Is There Anything You Can Do With An English Degree Besides Teach?
FACT CHECKER!
Posted on 12/3/20 at 2:05 pm to OweO
My English degree gave me lots of soft skills that I believe have helped me in my life and career.
It is not marketable nor sought out in my region.
To be perfectly honest, I hate that I majored in it and consider it one of the 3-4 biggest mistakes of my life. If I could do it all over as a healthy adult instead of a desperate, poor, depressed teenager, I'd major in Accounting and move to a larger city.
It is not marketable nor sought out in my region.
To be perfectly honest, I hate that I majored in it and consider it one of the 3-4 biggest mistakes of my life. If I could do it all over as a healthy adult instead of a desperate, poor, depressed teenager, I'd major in Accounting and move to a larger city.
Posted on 12/3/20 at 2:14 pm to Muthsera
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I'd major in Accounting
WIth the current wave of online learning, I predict that more employers will begin caring less about online degrees vs brick and mortar. You can always teach yourself on youtube and get into an online program and make that change.
This post was edited on 12/3/20 at 2:15 pm
Posted on 12/3/20 at 2:18 pm to OweO
One of my best friends has a bachelor’s degree in English and is a Veterinarian.
Here’s the deal: majoring in English makes you a good communicator. Some jobs value this and others don’t. But you can find employment and success if you have a good attitude, bust arse, and learn to lead.
I think people should major in what they are good at and in what they love. The idea that you’re not employable if you have an English or a history degree is ludicrous. We don’t expect these majors to be engineers or physicians or computer programmers. In fact, I would argue that one of reasons our society is in such a state of decay is that no one knows or appreciates either communication or history any longer.
I’m a history major, and I’ve been consistently employed for 30 years, made a comfortable living, and I don’t want to kill myself after being at work for 8 hours. That’s not a bad deal.
Here’s the deal: majoring in English makes you a good communicator. Some jobs value this and others don’t. But you can find employment and success if you have a good attitude, bust arse, and learn to lead.
I think people should major in what they are good at and in what they love. The idea that you’re not employable if you have an English or a history degree is ludicrous. We don’t expect these majors to be engineers or physicians or computer programmers. In fact, I would argue that one of reasons our society is in such a state of decay is that no one knows or appreciates either communication or history any longer.
I’m a history major, and I’ve been consistently employed for 30 years, made a comfortable living, and I don’t want to kill myself after being at work for 8 hours. That’s not a bad deal.
Posted on 12/3/20 at 2:20 pm to OweO
Used to be able to get any type of corporate white collar job with a liberal arts degree.
Posted on 12/3/20 at 2:21 pm to OweO
Literary agent.
Corporate communications,
TV Lawyer
Go to work for the state department or foreign service. Approach the CIA. They will make you an analyst.
Become a political Liaison for some congressman.
Choctaw Bricks is hiring in Jackson. You could learn to stack unfired bricks and load the kiln. It would be a job with nearly guaranteed job security. Most chicken processing plants are nearly always hiring.
I actually know a guy with an English degree who runs a metal recycling facility.
Corporate communications,
TV Lawyer
Go to work for the state department or foreign service. Approach the CIA. They will make you an analyst.
Become a political Liaison for some congressman.
Choctaw Bricks is hiring in Jackson. You could learn to stack unfired bricks and load the kiln. It would be a job with nearly guaranteed job security. Most chicken processing plants are nearly always hiring.
I actually know a guy with an English degree who runs a metal recycling facility.
This post was edited on 12/3/20 at 4:09 pm
Posted on 12/3/20 at 2:24 pm to Muthsera
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major in Accounting
What would you do with this if you don’t become a CPA?
I have a cousin who has a degree in accounting - he does not use it
Posted on 12/3/20 at 2:26 pm to GreenRockTiger
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What would you do with this if you don’t become a CPA?
Be about 10 yards ahead of the rest of the class at law school to do tax law (either transactional or litigation, honestly).
Posted on 12/3/20 at 2:29 pm to Klark Kent
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you can be smug on the internet with grammar checks
Any chance you ever learn to capitalize the first letter of a sentence?
yOU Doofus
Posted on 12/3/20 at 2:38 pm to GreenRockTiger
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What would you do with this if you don’t become a CPA?
Honestly, probably just be a CPA.
I've seen lots of openings in my area in health care admin that look for accounting experience.
I would have loved (still would love) to get into supply chain organization, but the people I know who have gotten into that field did so via advanced Math degrees, which I never considered.
Posted on 12/3/20 at 2:43 pm to BorrisMart
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Be about 10 yards ahead of the rest of the class at law school to do tax law (either transactional or litigation, honestly).
Lol then end up at library school like the three lawyers that graduated with me
Posted on 12/3/20 at 2:51 pm to bad93ex
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Technical writer
This right here.
Microsoft's API documentation is highly underwhelming. Many engineers would grateful if Microsoft would give a shite-ton of jobs to some of these English grads, there's a lot of work for them to do.
The tech evolves, too. They should be in arms-race with Amazon. So, these are long term jobs requiring filling.
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