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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]All the none-boring, innovative, exciting, revolutionary futuristic interesting stuff are coming out of Tech.  
Most of these risk taking passionate self-made billionaires are from tech - Bill Gates, Jurkeberg, Jeff Bazos, Elon Musk, etc. etc.
Compare it to history english philosophy psychology LOL[/quote]

Guaranteed Bill Gates employs English majors too. People on this board seem to think that all there is to these businesses is techies. [b]Why are we ignoring the people that RUN THE BUSINESS? [/b]There needs to be English majors to write marketing communications, employee communications, executive speeches. There could be philosophy majors on sales, HR, marketing,[b] leadership,[/b] reseller management/partnerships. Frankly those people are needed to balance out all the technical people. [/quote]

Jeebus, THANK YOU for finally spelling this out to all the CS-or-bust dudes with a passion for gaming.

DH and I can pay $85K annual college tuition for DS to play the xylophone for 5 years if he wants.  Why? Because history undergrad, Ivy law DH had a legal/biz role in multiple FAANGs that are now shaping your lives.  Did you check social media today or get a same-day package from Amazon? You did, don't lie.  And you can thank DH, who had a role in developing those businesses although he has never taken a single STEM class in higher education (except 1 bio survey class).

(me, I'm the journalism major/art history minor who wound up working for a chemical company at some point to pay bills.  They liked that I could write and think, no STEM required!)[/quote]

Yes, LA majors can go far in life.  However, in your example your DH is where he is because of his law degree, not his history major directly.  And you are where you are largely due to the Journalism major.  The combined major for you likely opened more doors than just an art history major.  Hence why LA majors should have a plan in place for how to market themselves.  And taking courses in another area to help make them stand out from a typical art history/history major.  And yes STEM based companies hire many non-stem people.  But it certainly helps if you are a LA/non-stem major that has taken a few stem courses to show interest and build knowledge.

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