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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]There are tons of worthless college majors. History is pretty useless if you’re not going to teach history. All these people end up employed somewhere regardless because employers want to see the BA/BS. [/quote]

The trade school mentality displayed by so many people on DCUM is amazing.

A degree in history from a strong program will teach students to do research with primary sources, evaluate the strength of evidence, uncover biases or blind spots in prior writing about a topic, and get up to speed on a subject sufficiently to write an informed opinion quickly.  Those are great qualification for most jobs that don’t require specific technical training.

My undergrad with “international studies” (mostly history) and now I run a software company.  From my undergrad, I developed the ability to quickly get up to speed on clients’ businesses and to architect and present solutions in a compelling way.  Clients are pleased when I can tie features in our software to specific court decisions in their field that required certain practices.[/quote]

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