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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Liberal arts teach you what you need to be successfully so many different situations.

Engineering, accounting, finance, and other field-specific majors teach you how to solve problems in specific areas.

I have a degree in the former. My husband has a degree in the later. It's amazing how much of what I consider a whole education he is missing. He was prepared for a certain job, but doesn't have the familiarity with literature, art, history, and philosophy that I thought was normal because all of my SLAC friends recognize those references. And he sucks at Jeopardy. lol[/quote]

Let me guess who makes more money!
DH[/quote]

Actually my (different pp) BIL the electrical engineer astoundingly makes less than I do with my English Lit degree. 
He's been laid off so many times due to company buy outs that he has been royally screwed.

Liberal arts (Mathematics, biology, English, history, philosophy...) pay off in the long run; career majors pay off in the short run. And if you are an engineer you better save a lot of that money, unless you plan to have your own company and can make it happen by the time you are middle aged. [/quote]

+1. I did liberal arts (English to law school).  DH did CS.   I make $135,000 as a Fed and he makes about $180,000 (there is some variation in bonuses).   So, pure salary wise, op ot looks like he earns more.

But, I work significantly less than he does (40 vs 60 hours a week) because my position does not allow for OT, carry excellent health insurance for our family (we have a family member with a serious chronic condition and DH’s office offers only a very expensive HDHP) and have my pension, in addition to the federal Thrift match.  That’s 1.1% of my high 3 for life.  And I’ll likely retire with about 25 years, and 27-30% of my salary. I also get 13 days of sick leave, 26 of annual leave and 11 federal holidays a year. DH’s leave is half that.

We have a kid at home and a kid at college. Health insurance, work flexibility with kids, retirement.  The number on your paycheck doesn’t tell the whole story. [/quote]

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