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[quote=Anonymous][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]

This is absolutely not true when you look at the backgrounds of people working in finance, tech and consulting.  It is dominated by quantitative majors, and it is absolutely not "easy" for a Harvard English major to get one of these jobs.

More accurately, a Harvard English major may have a 15% of getting one of those jobs while a UMD English Major probably has a less than 1% of getting such a job.  Almost always even that English major had to take some real classes that proved their quantitative abilities (and likely a parent forced them to take so they may have a shot at a job).[/quote]

Completely agree on taking quantitative classes.  My daughter, a humanities major, got four offers from a combination of MBB consulting firms and investment banks.  Although she was not a STEM major, she was careful to demonstrate interest and STEM skills by taking math, financial accounting, computer science, and business classes.  It worked.  She did go to a top school though.[/quote]

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