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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I was a liberal arts major (English) and now out earn many of my business major friends. They earned more right out of college, I earn more in middle age.[/quote]

Assuming you took statistics and perhaps even some math, can you please report back the median income your liberal arts classmates make now, vs. what your comparably smart business major friends make?

Btw, once of the wealthiest people I know didn't even finish high school.[/quote]

Well, I'm the pp. [b]Many of my liberal arts major friends and I make between 50k to 70k per year. The two business major friends make 35k-55k, and keep on getting laid off, now that they are nearing the age of 50.[/b] All of us went to non-selective schools, and in our first jobs the business majors earned at least 10k more a year than the liberal arts majors. Now, it has flipped. One major factor is the constant learning one now has to do to keep up. The liberal arts prepared us to keep on learning. You don't have to major in them, or even get a college degree to do so, but learning how to keep on learning really does help later in life.
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You must be a troll.[/quote]

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