What's interesting is the quantity of degrees deemed "useful" is shrinking. Even within the commonly accepted STEM grouping there's quite a few degrees that alo

What's interesting is the quantity of degrees deemed "useful" is shrinking. Even within the commonly accepted STEM grouping there's quite a few degrees that alone, are not quite automatic meal tickets. For instance, biology, chemistry, and chemical engineering aren't extremely employable except with graduate degrees. Perhaps instead of accepting that college students who majored in "useless" degrees are simply stupid and should have gone into engineering/CS/trades, we should analyze why this has changed. For instance, if I had gotten a degree in Art History in the 50's, would I have had better career prospects than today? And how much of that is tied into class? Because in the 1950's, just getting a college degree was indicative of one's class. Therefore, it's much more likely that a college graduate in the 50's had a solid career network and opportunities. While today, a college graduate is less a Boston Brahmin and more a Pittsburgh Proletariat, and less likely to have the type of contacts who would hire an Art History major simply out of goodwill. And of course, there's the looming sword about the conversation that maybe there's just not enough jobs. If people were to heed HN's advice and all become programmers and electricians, would we really have enough jobs? Do we really need that many programmers? I'm not so sure.