I think "this is what I was told" is a poor excuse these days. Information on jobs & careers is more available than it ever was in your day, or your father's, o

I think "this is what I was told" is a poor excuse these days. Information on jobs & careers is more available than it ever was in your day, or your father's, or his father's. At one time in the distant past, a B.S. in English might give you an advantage in the publishing industry, but those days are gone. If you got a degree without thinking about what comes after, that's on you.