English Lit Majord who make $$$

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Back in the day, you would leave an Ivy English department with an A.B. and go straight to McKinsey or GS, or else work on the low rungs of arts/journalism/publishing before heading to a T14 law school.

Y’all just make stuff up based on your imagined view of how the world works.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Back in the day, you would leave an Ivy English department with an A.B. and go straight to McKinsey or GS, or else work on the low rungs of arts/journalism/publishing before heading to a T14 law school.

Y’all just make stuff up based on your imagined view of how the world works.

Nah, they are totally right.

But it was only the children of the professional class (ie parents already were in those circles). Strivers who came from middle class might get hired for grunt work and kicked to curb year 3.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:My doctor was an English major. Earns $200k or more.

I mean a professional degree like law/med/mba resets the BA in English.

[Anonymous]

Here are some I have known:

Several doctors
Lawyers
Head of nonprofit
Senior editor in publishing house
Editor of magazine you would know

All make upwards of $250K and some much more

[Anonymous]

I know two recent English majors who work as journalists, one at the LA Times and the other at The Atlantic.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Back in the day, you would leave an Ivy English department with an A.B. and go straight to McKinsey or GS, or else work on the low rungs of arts/journalism/publishing before heading to a T14 law school.

Y’all just make stuff up based on your imagined view of how the world works.

Actually, the comment that you criticize was spot on.

[Anonymous]

My sibling. They are a gs 15 non supervisory. Only a BA in Eng Lit

[Anonymous]

Publishing executive, $750k, w/ Ivy English B.A.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Publishing executive, $750k, w/ Ivy English B.A.

That is just an advancing to executive level in any business, whether publishing or toilet paper.

I assume you started in sales or marketing and worked your way up?

And you are probably over 55, so started when publishing was in heyday in the 90s

[Anonymous]

Started as an editor, early 40s now.