Is having a master's degree a must in the DC area?

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Anonymous wrote:depends, if you have a stupid major like liberal arts, english etc... then yes.

Also the only place that employs the worthless public policy, poly sci etc... masters in the federal government

DS has a stupid liberal arts major in languages. Why in the world would a stupid major company in the global business community need someone who has a dumb LS degree and speaks three critical languages? Wow! I'll mention that in my email to DS when he arrives in Singapore to assist with cultural/business affairs that he is soooo just wasting his time with his worthless degree. The world needs more enlightened people like you.

unclench.

Agreed -- calm your shizz down, PP. Most of us with other degrees took liberal arts classes as part our of gen eds and had to pursue a language in college in addition to more specialized coursework. It's critical for the development of good analytical thought and diverse knowledge to have that liberal arts background, but a LOT of people (like, everyone) have that background and so it's usually less useful in distinguishing yourself in the workplace. I, for one, found time for a psychology minor and two languages in addition to my hard science undergrad (and yes, I have a masters, to make this somewhat germane to OP's question, and it has provided me with a huge career boost).

P.S. Singapore is heavily English-speaking, so unless he's working with like, construction workers there, I'm not sure how he's going to use those three languages.

Maybe you should calm your shizz down. I think you missed my point as I was being facetious towards a comment that liberal arts degrees are stupid. Anyone who partakes in any intellectual pursuit should not be considered worthless.

Your comments which have no basis or knowledge what DS is doing in Singapore are meaningless. On a final note, while you may think DS is undistinguished because you also took languages, we will leave it to the company that writes his checks to decide whether his fluency in Russian, Chinese, and Korean is beneficial to their company. Good luck in your endeavors.

OMG you talk too much!

As I linguistics major who also studied a couple asiatic languages I call BS on this PP talking about someone who allegedly got fluent in three entirely unrelated languages all during 4 years in university. "fo' shizzz".

Maybe he's Mongolian and already spoke them...

Maybe Mr. Linguist, you might try reading the fine print before you babble on. Here is what the PP said "......While it is the skills that got him the job (started studying languages in 9th grade with full immersion summers during high school throughout college) Geez, does anybody fully read what people say these days? Btw,, Mr. Linguist, I have a good friend who has a PhD in linguistics who speaks 6 languages fluently. How many did you say you spoke fluently? I get really pissed when I hear Americans always putting down people who want to learn other languages and cultures.

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Anonymous wrote:depends, if you have a stupid major like liberal arts, english etc... then yes.

Also the only place that employs the worthless public policy, poly sci etc... masters in the federal government

DS has a stupid liberal arts major in languages. Why in the world would a stupid major company in the global business community need someone who has a dumb LS degree and speaks three critical languages? Wow! I'll mention that in my email to DS when he arrives in Singapore to assist with cultural/business affairs that he is soooo just wasting his time with his worthless degree. The world needs more enlightened people like you.

unclench.

Agreed -- calm your shizz down, PP. Most of us with other degrees took liberal arts classes as part our of gen eds and had to pursue a language in college in addition to more specialized coursework. It's critical for the development of good analytical thought and diverse knowledge to have that liberal arts background, but a LOT of people (like, everyone) have that background and so it's usually less useful in distinguishing yourself in the workplace. I, for one, found time for a psychology minor and two languages in addition to my hard science undergrad (and yes, I have a masters, to make this somewhat germane to OP's question, and it has provided me with a huge career boost).

P.S. Singapore is heavily English-speaking, so unless he's working with like, construction workers there, I'm not sure how he's going to use those three languages.

Maybe you should calm your shizz down. I think you missed my point as I was being facetious towards a comment that liberal arts degrees are stupid. Anyone who partakes in any intellectual pursuit should not be considered worthless.

Your comments which have no basis or knowledge what DS is doing in Singapore are meaningless. On a final note, while you may think DS is undistinguished because you also took languages, we will leave it to the company that writes his checks to decide whether his fluency in Russian, Chinese, and Korean is beneficial to their company. Good luck in your endeavors.

OMG you talk too much!

As I linguistics major who also studied a couple asiatic languages I call BS on this PP talking about someone who allegedly got fluent in three entirely unrelated languages all during 4 years in university. "fo' shizzz".

Maybe he's Mongolian and already spoke them...

Maybe Mr. Linguist, you might try reading the fine print before you babble on. Here is what the PP said "......While it is the skills that got him the job (started studying languages in 9th grade with full immersion summers during high school throughout college) Geez, does anybody fully read what people say these days? Btw,, Mr. Linguist, I have a good friend who has a PhD in linguistics who speaks 6 languages fluently. How many did you say you spoke fluently? I get really pissed when I hear Americans always putting down people who want to learn other languages and cultures.

And another thing, Mr. Linguist. Condoleezza Rice speaks fluent Russian in addition to three other languages learning Russian in college. If you called the other kid Mongolian, I dread to think what you would call Ms. Rice.

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Caucasoid, Mongoloid and Negroid/Africoid.

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Yeah, right. You already showed your true colors.

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Anymore opinions on the topic, minus the 3rd grade drama?

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I think it might become a must just as a first college degree is now a must because more people are going to college and getting advanced degrees.

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It's almost like the bachelor's degree has become the new high school diploma.

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Wonder if this is going to bust the medical industry at some point, too. Like the way too many people going to law school helped that industry implode. Opening more medical schools to train students with lower scores, flooding the job market with doctors of all caliber and rankings and lowering the overall compensation for all doctors. That would be interesting.

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Anonymous wrote:Wonder if this is going to bust the medical industry at some point, too. Like the way too many people going to law school helped that industry implode. Opening more medical schools to train students with lower scores, flooding the job market with doctors of all caliber and rankings and lowering the overall compensation for all doctors. That would be interesting.

You might find this article interesting.

http://www.nytimes.com/2010/02/15/education/15medschools.html

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Anonymous wrote:Wonder if this is going to bust the medical industry at some point, too. Like the way too many people going to law school helped that industry implode. Opening more medical schools to train students with lower scores, flooding the job market with doctors of all caliber and rankings and lowering the overall compensation for all doctors. That would be interesting.

You might find this article interesting.

http://www.nytimes.com/2010/02/15/education/15medschools.html

Thanks for the link, PP. Maybe what will happen is that only doctors from the highest rated, name brand schools will be able to make it to the top of the income pyramid. This is what seems to have happened with law, the shake out of those who do not graduate from the top tier schools with the best grades. So either students have to be extremely bright or have family money and connections to get the right kind of extra training and opportunities to get admitted. Education used to be a way to climb up the SES ladder but providing that to the masses creates too much supply and the market eventually self-corrects. Is there a way that we can have more haves without creating more have-nots?

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My best friend has a bachelor's degree in computer science earned in the '70s and is the Senior VP (IT division) in a major insurance company. She has repeatedly said there is no way a bachelor's would be sufficient today in her present capacity though she's been very successful without an advanced degree in computer science or an MBA.

I am not an IT person but I would think all the years of experience (started with COBOL and FORTRAN) is what has kept her in her position regardless of an advanced degree.

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Anonymous wrote:depends, if you have a stupid major like liberal arts, english etc... then yes.

Also the only place that employs the worthless public policy, poly sci etc... masters in the federal government

DS has a stupid liberal arts major in languages. Why in the world would a stupid major company in the global business community need someone who has a dumb LS degree and speaks three critical languages? Wow! I'll mention that in my email to DS when he arrives in Singapore to assist with cultural/business affairs that he is soooo just wasting his time with his worthless degree. The world needs more enlightened people like you.

Doesn't your post back up PP's post? DH has a LS degree because he has a liberal arts undergrad degree. And if he had a non-liberal arts degree, he wouldn't need the grad degree to get a job.

PP here. I meant Liberal Arts degree, not Law School (LS) degree. Sorry for the confusion.

Calm down... we all now understand that your snowflake is very special. He's only 25 so you can helicopter for a few more years I suppose...

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PP, why don't you give it a rest. I am in agreement that you need to stop the 3rd grade drama. Everybody else has.