Many degrees are not meant to train the holder in a specific set of trade skills: rather, they're meant to help train a mind that can take on many different com

Many degrees are not meant to train the holder in a specific set of trade skills: rather, they're meant to help train a mind that can take on many different complex real-world situations. For example, I have a degree in economics. Literally speaking, I don't do economics on a day to day basis. But the skills it taught me in dealing with complex situations, making quantitative decisions, and dealing with uncertainty has been incredibly important in my business career, even though nobody's ever asked me to diagram an AD/AS curve.