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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Dale Carnegie how to win friends and influence people... Buffett says communication skills are most importantl

I assume that by communication skills, what he really means is being a good conversationalist, charismatic, socially savvy, etc. This seems to be more of an innate trait that some people have. I don't think you develop this by choosing the right major.

This. I make 200k in my 30s in a government job. Undergrad degree. Success in life has little to do with major and/or college.

Nice to meet you, officer. What's it like working for Fairfax County?

http://www.insidenova.com/news/fairfax/overtime-pushes-some-fairfax-rank-and-file-workers-past-a/article_4f1adfe4-35ae-11e7-9d0f-f71f1ec2aaf9.html

Best and Worst Paying College Majors:
http://content.time.com/time/specials/packages/completelist/0,29569,2073703,00.html

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Dale Carnegie how to win friends and influence people... Buffett says communication skills are most importantl

I assume that by communication skills, what he really means is being a good conversationalist, charismatic, socially savvy, etc. This seems to be more of an innate trait that some people have. I don't think you develop this by choosing the right major.

This. I make 200k in my 30s in a government job. Undergrad degree. Success in life has little to do with major and/or college.

You do realize you are quite unusual, to have one of the few gov't jobs with that wage and no medical training. SES tops out below that. Comptroller of the Currency usually requires a PhD for the big bucks... wondering what you do.

Certainly your success is to be lauded, and more about you than your major, but you are not one we can generalize from.

It depends on where your kid goes to school more than the major OP.

Mine majored in English at top Ivy and makes over 100k at age 24.

Jobs in consulting and wall street. This probably means business degree, though you could have a chance a consulting job from a great liberal arts school.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Dale Carnegie how to win friends and influence people... Buffett says communication skills are most importantl

I assume that by communication skills, what he really means is being a good conversationalist, charismatic, socially savvy, etc. This seems to be more of an innate trait that some people have. I don't think you develop this by choosing the right major.

This. I make 200k in my 30s in a government job. Undergrad degree. Success in life has little to do with major and/or college.

No particular major pays that well without a masters, unless it is stem.

What does pay well is getting good grades, evidence you took rigorous classes, and evidence you are ready to be eomployed. Then, in the way it has always been true, you take a job in a field with a path toward advancement, and you work hard.

If you pick a relatively low-paying profession like teaching or social work, you won't ever make a mint. There is no simple answer to this question on E you restrict the answer to majors without a ton of math in college.