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>Obviously nobody has a crystal ball and you can never tell when huge, industry-wrecking changes are coming, but it was well understood that majoring in Underwa
by eli_gottlieb 9y ago
>Obviously nobody has a crystal ball and you can never tell when huge, industry-wrecking changes are coming, but it was well understood that majoring in Underwater Basket Weaving was not a great idea from a financial point of view. Have we forgotten this lesson?
The most common undergraduate major is Business. The "liberal arts and humanities" make up about, what was it, 12% of all bachelor's degrees?
- lotsofpulp 9y agoIn my experience, a business major is the new communications or psych major. Basically, a last resort for those who can't do anything else.
- geomark 9y agoI worked at a large aerospace company which had a large contingent of business majors needed for all the required compliance reporting. They weren't paid well compared to the engineers. Those business people always joked that if the could have they would have become engineers, but they couldn't handle math so they became business majors.
- eli_gottlieb 9y agoIn terms of content, sure, but that's something we know after graduating. You try telling the kids going in that the major marked "business" is a money-loser.