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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]The wealthiest person I know (a multi-millionaire) majored in English, went on later to get an MBA, and successfully started two companies. He encouraged his own children to get a solid liberal arts education before picking a career. [/quote]

Two of the wealthiest people (Gates and Zuckerberg) on the planet didn’t even graduate college at all.

You can’t start making arguments for a field of study based on ultimate financial success because it always ends with the wealthiest people who were nearly all STEM majors or college dropout STEM majors.
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That was during a different era(s). Gates rode the computerization boom, Zuckerberg the internet boom. Technology is not quite the free-for-all it was then.

And, BTW, they both dropped out of Harvard. They were hardly academic slouches although I suspect both are on the spectrum. [/quote]

Ok…the kid that founded Scale AI dropped out of MIT 5 years ago and just sold 1/2 his company for $15BN.  He’s 25…is that recent enough?

My kid’s CS roommate just dropped out because he received funding from Y Combinator.

We are now in the AI boom once more led by STEM folks.

Nobody mentioned anything about the prestige of the school.  It’s safe to say most who landed great jobs as English majors also attended these top schools.[/quote]

Well, not everyone values wealth as the only indicator of whether an education is worthwhile. Bully for the 25-year old, but if wealth is the only thing he valued, he’s going to be one f*cked up kid. I would not wish early billionaire status on any of my children. [/quote]

It’s probably not your call…but I’m not sure if you are more f**ked up to have $15BN at 25 or 35 or 45.

However, PP was trying to claim we are in a different era vs Zuckerberg or Gates…which is true, it’s the AI era but it looks awfully similar to those other eras.[/quote]

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