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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]There's plenty of people with basket weaving degrees earning $150k+.   In sales, or consulting, or as a Director of whatever.  You need to work towards promotion, or lateral into higher paid position elsewhere, or do consulting or sales.  [/quote]

Yep, me. Degree in English. Making $170 at 32. Been in consulting since I graduated college.[/quote]
How did you get a job in consulting?[/quote]

Started in government consulting after college by applying to a pm role. Moved into the big 4 and stayed there for a while in commercial consulting. Honestly, all of my partners have said they just look for smart people they can put in front of clients. The main skill needed is learning how to problem solve in my opinion. A lot of my peers also have degrees in english, history, psych. OP the easiest way to jump into a new career would be to learn new skills. Salesforce is hot and many of my friends have jumped into that career. It's boring but it pays well. Check out Trailhead. My focus is human capital.[/quote]

This sounds like valuable information.[/quote]

Thanks always happy to help. I also will add one of my friends at work (in consulting) was a teacher for about a decade. Moved into consulting by pursuing an MBA and is now making like triple the salary. You also don't need to get an MBA. There are so many free courses you can take online like coursera to upskill.[/quote]

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