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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]All depends on a college degree. If you have any kind of tech, science or anything dealing with numbers degree you are in good shape. Sociology or Art History, well not so much.[/quote]

+1. If one of my kids comes home from college announcing the intended major is Women's Studies, or something equally inane, that will be the last day they see a penny for tuition. After I stop laughing at them, of course.[/quote]
bingo. My kids all had job offers by winter break of their senior year. But they majored in ...wait for it...marketable subjects! Accounting, chemical engineering, and HR management. [/quote]

I have a degree in philosophy. I graduated 10 years ago. I make around $250k. Obviously some of my friends who went into finance or big law are doing better financially but I feel pretty good about my situation.[/quote]
You understand that you are an outlier, right?  People are hedging their chances. It's like saying you are going to rely on becoming a pro-athlete or movie star.  Do some people make it?  Sure, but it's a tiny percentage.

You have a much better chance of getting a job in fields like accounting and CS without a master's degree than in philosophy.[/quote]

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