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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]We have this argument every few weeks, doesn’t everyone get tired of it?

I was a government major, my husband English. We have always had very solid middle class lives and our jobs are in demand.

My kids are also more skilled in the writing, communications, analysis, areas and are social science majors. Neither will have any trouble getting a job, and a well paying one at that.

I was just with an association CEO recently who was an English major, and now probably makes about $450k. I don’t know why people who are obsessed with Cs believe that the whole world needs to pursue a career in that field. There are a lot of jobs out there that actually make the world go around, even running tech companies, that do not require a tech degree.

I have helped a nonprofit hire STEM grads for their entry level job. Nothing is sadder than  a bio or Chem grad that decides research isn’t the career for them. These kids are making $45k out of college. Not worth pursuing those degrees in my mind.[/quote]

I was with you until you made a weird comment about STEM majors. What's sad about that? That entry level salary is similar to what humanities kids might make in their first job as well. I'm surprised that nobody argued with the idea that "it's not worth pursuing degree in chemistry and biology." Imagine a world without HS science teachers, medicine and healthcare workers (I know a STEM degree isn't required for pre-med and nursing is it's own separate major but you cannot deny the bio/chem pipeline to healthcare jobs), food and agricultural advances, public health, patent lawyers, biomedical researchers finding cures and developing treatments for life-threatening afflictions, ecologists working to protect and conserve the environment, etc. On a thread arguing for the inherent value and applications of liberal arts majors, I hope nobody is seriously denigrating the worth of STEM majors. [/quote]

I mentioned it because people on this board are always saying psychology, politics, english, history etc are all useful but say STEM STEM STEM. Well I have met tons of STEM majors who are lost when they graduate because they don't want pre-med or research jobs. All i'm saying is that going with STEM is not a guarantee of career success anymore than any other major. Kudos to those who pursue those majors but I know they are hard and then to come out and get $45K out of college in an major adjacent role? yeah that's a bummer. My social sciences kids fields are likely going to start in the 60-80K range, maybe more, so yeah $45K is sad and gonna be hard to survive on, at least in the DC area.[/quote]

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