I think that's because lots of people take English because "I want to write" or "I want to teach English", and get stuck in the mindset that they HAVE to do tha

I think that's because lots of people take English because "I want to write" or "I want to teach English", and get stuck in the mindset that they HAVE to do that, compete with all the other English teachers out there, and don't think outside the box at all to use it to lead them to something more lucrative. My fiancee majored in Creative Writing and she ended up using it to write proposals for major companies and moved up and is now a marketing and proposal manager and making pretty decent money. When writing proposals she has to think a lot about how to sell the company and their business and that's been leading to a greater focus on business strategy lately too, so she could potentially make the leap into an executive position before too much longer.