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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Just returned from a college reunion, and my friends' kids who majored in CS and graduated last year and this year are all un- or under-employed.  It seems pretty obvious to me that low-level CS jobs are the first to be gobbled up by AI.  If you go to a top school, it truly does not matter what you major in.  Most of those kids who want top jobs in tech, finance, consulting will get them.  Majoring in something skill-based is more important if you attend even a slightly lower-ranked school.  This is why people work so hard to secure spots in the Ivy-plus schools.[/quote]

Again the data doesn't agree with your imagination.

Harvard english major 4 year out median salary = $49,675
https://collegescorecard.ed.gov/school/?166027-Harvard-University&fos_code=2301&fos_credential=3

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I have no doubt the average pay is lower.  Many English majors want to go into lower paying fields like journalism, teaching, etc.  But I guarantee you that English majors from Harvard who want to do into finance, tech, or consulting can do so pretty easily.  I know plenty of kids from T20 schools who did.[/quote]

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If you want to work in an investment bank as an English major from Harvard, you will be able to. However, many of them go on to be grad students and later get their PhD or work in publishing. Those salaries are inevitably lower.

Also many people in these types of majors tend to come from generational wealth - they aren't looking for $$$ jobs. But the ones that do are able to find them. At the end of the day it’s about the T20 school.

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