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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Part of the problem is the way that corporations hire.  There was a time that you could major in history and get a good job.  For example, Sam Palmisano was a history major that went into sales at IBM and became CEO.  I wonder if he would be hired today.  Seems that many corporations want to hire students that have technical skills (engineering, business ...) rather than students that have potential that they will train.  I believe in a liberal arts education but it can be tricky to get the first job, and college is stupid expensive.[/quote]

It’s still there - at the t15 schools at least where consulting firms/IB are hiring - [b]DH[/b] - was a history major at T10 school - Moved his way up the ranks in a finance job to eventually going to the corporate world. Became CEO. 
He still talks about his undergrad history classes as being formative - in how he thinks about leadership.[/quote]

Your husband graduated 30 years ago. Things are different now. BB IB/MBB prefer quantitative majors, even from HYPS. [/quote]

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