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But everyone knows you can only get rich by working in STEM. Have you ever heard of a musician worth millions? Or a writer? Or an actor? Or an athlete? Fashion

by bregma 5y ago

But everyone knows you can only get rich by working in STEM. Have you ever heard of a musician worth millions? Or a writer? Or an actor? Or an athlete? Fashion designer?

Game_Ender 5y ago
What percentage of writers, athletes, actors, or musicians are worth millions? Compare that to the number of STEM graduates. It’s not that you cannot, it’t about the likelihood.
- TheOtherHobbes 5y ago
  The humanities also include law, politics, and economics [1]. What percentage of laywers, politicians, and economists are worth more than STEM graduates? How much relative power does each sector have? [1] Technically a social science, certainly not a hardcore STEM subject.
  - whimsicalism 5y ago
    Economics is not in the humanities, political science is not in the humanities, and law is not typically considered in the humanities. It kinda sounds like you don't know what the humanities are.
    - SketchySeaBeast 5y ago
      https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Humanities#Law_and_politics https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Humanities#Law_and_politics Just to be clear, you're both kind of right, but I take objection to your overly aggressive stance on this where you rebut and accuse without providing any sort of evidence.
    - Apocryphon 5y ago
      The humanities, liberal arts, and social sciences are usually lumped together as "not-STEM".
paulpauper 5y ago
You have to look at relative frequency, median wages. A competent coder can made a solid 6 figures.But it requires top .001% of music or athletic ability to make money as a pro. Just being very good at football may be enough to letter but not to join the NFL. Same for writing or acting. World famous actors or writers can make tens of millions of dollars at their craft, but some unknown guy who join #10 at Facebook , Airbnb, or coinbase can easily be worth as much or more.
fallingknife 5y ago
Have you ever heard of one any one of those who anybody gave a shit where they went or if they went to school? (Other than athletes, of course, but for them school is no more than an unpaid apprenticeship forced on them by monopolistic leagues.)

by bregma 5y ago

But everyone knows you can only get rich by working in STEM. Have you ever heard of a musician worth millions? Or a writer? Or an actor? Or an athlete? Fashion designer?

Game_Ender 5y ago

What percentage of writers, athletes, actors, or musicians are worth millions? Compare that to the number of STEM graduates. It’s not that you cannot, it’t about the likelihood.

TheOtherHobbes 5y ago
The humanities also include law, politics, and economics [1]. What percentage of laywers, politicians, and economists are worth more than STEM graduates? How much relative power does each sector have? [1] Technically a social science, certainly not a hardcore STEM subject.
- whimsicalism 5y ago
  Economics is not in the humanities, political science is not in the humanities, and law is not typically considered in the humanities. It kinda sounds like you don't know what the humanities are.
  - SketchySeaBeast 5y ago
    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Humanities#Law_and_politics https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Humanities#Law_and_politics Just to be clear, you're both kind of right, but I take objection to your overly aggressive stance on this where you rebut and accuse without providing any sort of evidence.
  - Apocryphon 5y ago
    The humanities, liberal arts, and social sciences are usually lumped together as "not-STEM".

paulpauper 5y ago

You have to look at relative frequency, median wages. A competent coder can made a solid 6 figures.But it requires top .001% of music or athletic ability to make money as a pro. Just being very good at football may be enough to letter but not to join the NFL. Same for writing or acting. World famous actors or writers can make tens of millions of dollars at their craft, but some unknown guy who join #10 at Facebook , Airbnb, or coinbase can easily be worth as much or more.

fallingknife 5y ago

Have you ever heard of one any one of those who anybody gave a shit where they went or if they went to school? (Other than athletes, of course, but for them school is no more than an unpaid apprenticeship forced on them by monopolistic leagues.)