Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:I majored in Political Science at a SLAC. I then got an MBA and make 7 figures.
Both my DCs went to liberal arts schools (although one to the liberal arts school of a major university). One is a consultant, the other is in marketing. Both make 6 figures. One of them started in a relatively low paying job out of college but that only lasted about 18 months before significant increases.
Bolded is key. Why do LA majors keep ignoring this part?
They're not. The central debate here is whether earning a high income is a marathon or a sprint. Liberal Arts majors know full well that they are running a marathon. The STEM folks seem to prioritize the sprint.
Except the topic of this thread is what do LA majors do with just an undergraduate degree. PP basically skipped over what they did between undergrad and MBA and basically said they go get an MBA and then start earning.
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Everybody has an anecdote, but you can only go based on the averages.
I would hazard nearly all the folks suggesting you pursue liberal arts have a certain caliber of school in mind. I doubt even you would suggest studying English at Frostburg State.
So, I don't know the cut-off...but I think it's only a select group of schools that any PP really believes you should pursue a liberal arts degree with zero expectation of graduate school.
As far as I know, there are zero liberal arts majors actually founding the AI companies that everyone discusses above. Go look at the Bios of OpenAI, Anthropic and others. The vast majority of the staffs have STEM/Math/Physics backgrounds.
For that matter, Jeff Bezos, Mark Zuckerberg, Larry Ellison, Sergei, Larry Page...none have liberal arts backgrounds.
That doesn't mean they don't value great communicators and critical thinkers. Perhaps the ideal graduate has a dual CS/Liberal Arts degree.
A liberal arts major would know to inform you that you cannot, in fact, go by the "averages" since averages are skewed.
If you, me, and Sally Lee are in a room with Jeff Bezos, we have an average income in the billions. But one of us is not like the others.
This is a silly argument. Ok, you have to go by a statistically significant average or look at statistically significant median incomes.
Didn't think I had to make that clear, but I guess I do.
Now you are moving the goalposts. You clearly lack the critical thinking skills that are taught in the liberal arts.
You need to choose a central tendency. You said "averages." I agree median is a better measure. However, you're treating them as they're interchangeable. Which they're usually not. As my Bezos example gives. Sometimes, it might even be appropriate to use the mode to measure, you know?
DP.
Median and mean are extremely similar, but median is generally harder to obtain. Ignoring mean is a low quality rebuttal.
Jeff Bezos's $10B/yr only moves the mean annual income (100M US workers) $100/year.
Yes, event the government includes the Bezos of the world when calculating median income of a US worker.
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:There are so many things you can do in this world that aren’t engineering. My background fits your description and I work in marketing. I make around $350k. Entry level is about $60k.
Sharp analytical thinkers and storytellers will be needed, even in an AI-driven world.
ESPECIALLY in an AI-driven world. AI is going to replace the coders, not the creatives.
uh no. I have seen AI create art (amazing btw), and write stuff. If AI can code, it can write some marketing blurb.
AI currently regurgitates writing instead of creating original ideas in writing.
I guess we will see if humans want to watch movies and shows created by AI. Only time will tell.
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Everybody has an anecdote, but you can only go based on the averages.
I would hazard nearly all the folks suggesting you pursue liberal arts have a certain caliber of school in mind. I doubt even you would suggest studying English at Frostburg State.
So, I don't know the cut-off...but I think it's only a select group of schools that any PP really believes you should pursue a liberal arts degree with zero expectation of graduate school.
As far as I know, there are zero liberal arts majors actually founding the AI companies that everyone discusses above. Go look at the Bios of OpenAI, Anthropic and others. The vast majority of the staffs have STEM/Math/Physics backgrounds.
For that matter, Jeff Bezos, Mark Zuckerberg, Larry Ellison, Sergei, Larry Page...none have liberal arts backgrounds.
That doesn't mean they don't value great communicators and critical thinkers. Perhaps the ideal graduate has a dual CS/Liberal Arts degree.
A liberal arts major would know to inform you that you cannot, in fact, go by the "averages" since averages are skewed.
If you, me, and Sally Lee are in a room with Jeff Bezos, we have an average income in the billions. But one of us is not like the others.
This is a silly argument. Ok, you have to go by a statistically significant average or look at statistically significant median incomes.
Didn't think I had to make that clear, but I guess I do.
Now you are moving the goalposts. You clearly lack the critical thinking skills that are taught in the liberal arts.
You need to choose a central tendency. You said "averages." I agree median is a better measure. However, you're treating them as they're interchangeable. Which they're usually not. As my Bezos example gives. Sometimes, it might even be appropriate to use the mode to measure, you know?
DP.
Median and mean are extremely similar, but median is generally harder to obtain. Ignoring mean is a low quality rebuttal.
Jeff Bezos's $10B/yr only moves the mean annual income (100M US workers) $100/year.
Anonymous wrote:There's a huge backlash against AI art and writing. The average joe who isn't detail-oriented might be fooled, but most educated people can spot the issues.
If you claim AI art is good and AI writing is good, you're one of the average joes. Sorry!
Anonymous wrote:The vast majority of jobs don't require any college education, even high paying ones. In Europe, law students and medical students don't have to waste their time and money doing an undergrad degree program.
Many high level jobs require a certain acculturation to a certain way of communicating.
And many require a diploma as an IQ/work ethic filter.
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Everybody has an anecdote, but you can only go based on the averages.
I would hazard nearly all the folks suggesting you pursue liberal arts have a certain caliber of school in mind. I doubt even you would suggest studying English at Frostburg State.
So, I don't know the cut-off...but I think it's only a select group of schools that any PP really believes you should pursue a liberal arts degree with zero expectation of graduate school.
As far as I know, there are zero liberal arts majors actually founding the AI companies that everyone discusses above. Go look at the Bios of OpenAI, Anthropic and others. The vast majority of the staffs have STEM/Math/Physics backgrounds.
For that matter, Jeff Bezos, Mark Zuckerberg, Larry Ellison, Sergei, Larry Page...none have liberal arts backgrounds.
That doesn't mean they don't value great communicators and critical thinkers. Perhaps the ideal graduate has a dual CS/Liberal Arts degree.
A liberal arts major would know to inform you that you cannot, in fact, go by the "averages" since averages are skewed.
If you, me, and Sally Lee are in a room with Jeff Bezos, we have an average income in the billions. But one of us is not like the others.
This is a silly argument. Ok, you have to go by a statistically significant average or look at statistically significant median incomes.
Didn't think I had to make that clear, but I guess I do.
Now you are moving the goalposts. You clearly lack the critical thinking skills that are taught in the liberal arts.
You need to choose a central tendency. You said "averages." I agree median is a better measure. However, you're treating them as they're interchangeable. Which they're usually not. As my Bezos example gives. Sometimes, it might even be appropriate to use the mode to measure, you know?
Anonymous wrote:I'm a civil servant.
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:There are so many things you can do in this world that aren’t engineering. My background fits your description and I work in marketing. I make around $350k. Entry level is about $60k.
Sharp analytical thinkers and storytellers will be needed, even in an AI-driven world.
ESPECIALLY in an AI-driven world. AI is going to replace the coders, not the creatives.
uh no. I have seen AI create art (amazing btw), and write stuff. If AI can code, it can write some marketing blurb.
AI currently regurgitates writing instead of creating original ideas in writing.
I guess we will see if humans want to watch movies and shows created by AI. Only time will tell.
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Everybody has an anecdote, but you can only go based on the averages.
I would hazard nearly all the folks suggesting you pursue liberal arts have a certain caliber of school in mind. I doubt even you would suggest studying English at Frostburg State.
So, I don't know the cut-off...but I think it's only a select group of schools that any PP really believes you should pursue a liberal arts degree with zero expectation of graduate school.
As far as I know, there are zero liberal arts majors actually founding the AI companies that everyone discusses above. Go look at the Bios of OpenAI, Anthropic and others. The vast majority of the staffs have STEM/Math/Physics backgrounds.
For that matter, Jeff Bezos, Mark Zuckerberg, Larry Ellison, Sergei, Larry Page...none have liberal arts backgrounds.
That doesn't mean they don't value great communicators and critical thinkers. Perhaps the ideal graduate has a dual CS/Liberal Arts degree.
Show me the averages. Not the averages for Pell kids, the averages.