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==philosophy, which has virtually no job prospects outside of teaching the next generation of philosophy students== Is this true? It seems some tech companies

==philosophy, which has virtually no job prospects outside of teaching the next generation of philosophy students== Is this true? It seems some tech companies disagree: CA Technologies [1], Y Combinator [2], Google [3]. Is it possible that you are not well versed in what philosophy majors actually study and how well that might translate to a working environment? [1] https://www.cnbc.com/2017/11/16/tech-talent-gap-looks-to-philosophy-majors-ceo-mike-gregoire-says.html https://www.cnbc.com/2017/11/16/tech-talent-gap-looks-to-phi... [2] https://www.fastcompany.com/40440952/why-this-tech-ceo-keeps-hiring-humanities-majors https://www.fastcompany.com/40440952/why-this-tech-ceo-keeps... [3] https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/the-switch/wp/2015/08/26/tech-companies-are-hiring-more-liberal-arts-majors-than-you-think/ https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/the-switch/wp/2015/08/26...

lallysingh 6y ago
I thought Philosophy was essentially pre-law.
- filoleg 6y ago
  Yeah, philosophy was a bad example of a "non-high-earnings" degree. Sure, there are plenty of whack philosophy programs that lead nowhere. But if you go to a school with a rigorous philosophy program (which doesn't mean only Ivies/Stanford/etc.), you can easily go for a law degree or a finance job afterwards. Rigorous philosophy programs usually involve tons of discrete math and logic classes, and mastering that opens a lot of doors. I only took up reading philosophy material after graduating, but it is very obvious to me that knowing that in school would have helped me with my more theoretical/math-y CompSci classes tremendously. Not even talking about some other good applications of that degree that I might not be aware of due to not being a philosophy major myself.
dnautics 6y ago
If that's the case then the philosophy department should have no trouble bankrolling their program with accessibility for all on a combination of some wealthy kids and some majors who snag a job at well-paying tech companies. Or did you miss the class on inductive reasoning?
- take_a_breath 6y ago
  Maybe you're right. I was simply using examples to question the underlying assumption. You seem to have skipped over that.

lallysingh 6y ago

I thought Philosophy was essentially pre-law.

filoleg 6y ago
Yeah, philosophy was a bad example of a "non-high-earnings" degree. Sure, there are plenty of whack philosophy programs that lead nowhere. But if you go to a school with a rigorous philosophy program (which doesn't mean only Ivies/Stanford/etc.), you can easily go for a law degree or a finance job afterwards. Rigorous philosophy programs usually involve tons of discrete math and logic classes, and mastering that opens a lot of doors. I only took up reading philosophy material after graduating, but it is very obvious to me that knowing that in school would have helped me with my more theoretical/math-y CompSci classes tremendously. Not even talking about some other good applications of that degree that I might not be aware of due to not being a philosophy major myself.

dnautics 6y ago

If that's the case then the philosophy department should have no trouble bankrolling their program with accessibility for all on a combination of some wealthy kids and some majors who snag a job at well-paying tech companies. Or did you miss the class on inductive reasoning?

take_a_breath 6y ago
Maybe you're right. I was simply using examples to question the underlying assumption. You seem to have skipped over that.