10 most Worthless degrees

[imported_Lothar]

Originally posted by: Jschmuck2

Originally posted by: Lothar

Originally posted by: Jschmuck2

Originally posted by: Queasy
I would say it's just the worthlessness...but how much you are paying for that worthlessness. I know somebody that goes to a college in NYC and pays $15,000+ a semester for a major in....theater. <facepalm> Congrats, you've set yourself up for a lifetime of paying off student loans.

Yeah, damn her for doing something she enjoys. What a moron.

That person is indeed a moron.
Glad to see we're on the same page.

Nah, cubicle dwellers like you will never get it 🙂

I don't work in a cubicle.

 

[Jschmuck2]

Oh? What do you do?

 

[Saint Michael]

Originally posted by: Jschmuck2
Oh? What do you do?

He works in a cellularized office efficiency complex. Not the same thing at all.

 

[spidey07]

Majors have nothing to do with what you do with your career, much like GPA.

 

[ConstipatedVigilante]

Film could work if you get an internship. But yeah, the rest of those suck. I thought about studying communications, but the course description was so incredibly vague that I just thought to myself, "this can't be good." So now I'm thinking of majoring in Spanish and International Affairs, along with learning some other languages. Then I can be the guy at the company who speaks like 4 languages and knows about...international stuff.

Edit: On the religion talk, I agree that it is useless for most people. I know someone who actually had trouble getting a job because he was considered "overqualified" since he had a Master's in Religion/Theology. They actually accepted him as a cell phone salesman after an interview and then refused, saying he wouldn't stay there long. Easily one of the most easy-going guys I've ever met and he was pissed. He and his wife had to move all over - I don't even know where he is now.

 

[miketheidiot]

Originally posted by: spidey07
Majors have nothing to do with what you do with your career, much like GPA.

most doctors don't have medical degrees and most lawyers didn't go to law school, etc.


anything other stupid statement that you would like to get off your chest?

 

[ConstipatedVigilante]

Originally posted by: miketheidiot

Originally posted by: spidey07
Majors have nothing to do with what you do with your career, much like GPA.

most doctors don't have medical degrees and most lawyers didn't go to law school, etc.


anything other stupid statement that you would like to get off your chest?

Uh...what? "Doctor" itself is a title, but I'm pretty sure you have to have a medical degree to work as a "hospital doctor." And would you clarify the lawyer comment?

 

[Queasy]

Originally posted by: ConstipatedVigilante
Edit: On the religion talk, I agree that it is useless for most people. I know someone who actually had trouble getting a job because he was considered "overqualified" since he had a Master's in Religion/Theology. They actually accepted him as a cell phone salesman after an interview and then refused, saying he wouldn't stay there long. Easily one of the most easy-going guys I've ever met and he was pissed. He and his wife had to move all over - I don't even know where he is now.

Heh, that's really not all that uncommon. When I got pissed off/tired at working at one job, I tried applying for a job in a different industry (insurance company where I have a friend). I was told I was over-qualified and wouldn't stay there long either.

 

[yhelothar]

I disagree with the religion one.
Quick search on pastor's(esp non-profit) average salary shows that they pull in nearly 6 figures income on average.
Not bad for herding sheep once a week.

 

[JohnCU]

Originally posted by: ConstipatedVigilante

Originally posted by: miketheidiot

Originally posted by: spidey07
Majors have nothing to do with what you do with your career, much like GPA.

most doctors don't have medical degrees and most lawyers didn't go to law school, etc.


anything other stupid statement that you would like to get off your chest?

Uh...what? "Doctor" itself is a title, but I'm pretty sure you have to have a medical degree to work as a "hospital doctor." And would you clarify the lawyer comment?

lol. sarcasm: you don't have a meter

 

[invidia]

Don't forget engineers and scientists. Without their academic nerdiness, we won't have the internet to post on ATOT with our computers today.

 

[Saint Michael]

Originally posted by: miketheidiot

Originally posted by: spidey07
Majors have nothing to do with what you do with your career, much like GPA.

most doctors don't have medical degrees and most lawyers didn't go to law school, etc.


anything other stupid statement that you would like to get off your chest?

Er, a professional graduate degree is different from an undergraduate major.

 

[invidia]

Originally posted by: astroidea
I disagree with the religion one.
Quick search on pastor's(esp non-profit) average salary shows that they pull $70k income on average.
Not bad for herding sheep once a week.

I think the actual "worthlessness" is the demand for them.

 

[Saint Michael]

Originally posted by: invidia
Don't forget engineers and scientists. Without their academic nerdiness, we won't have the internet to post on ATOT with our computers today.

A misconception. Not all engineers are sitting around inventing the internet and making the world a better place. Most engineers are sitting around doing mundane tasks and designing forgettable, worthless things, and of course occasionally popping onto tech sites to talk shit about how they are doing such a service for humanity through their chosen profession.

 

[Modular]

Originally posted by: spidey07
Majors have nothing to do with what you do with your career, much like GPA.

This.

I'm not sure why there's such closed-mindedness on this forum when it comes to this topic...oh wait....must be all the engineering degrees clouding reality 🙂

I love it that I switched my major from engineering to Political Science (are you pissed it's a Science?) and English. I make more money that I ever would have as an engineer.

 

[JohnCU]

Originally posted by: Modular

Originally posted by: spidey07
Majors have nothing to do with what you do with your career, much like GPA.

This.

I'm not sure why there's such closed-mindedness on this forum when it comes to this topic...oh wait....must be all the engineering degrees clouding reality 🙂

I love it that I switched my major from engineering to Political Science (are you pissed it's a Science?) and English. I make more money that I ever would have as an engineer.

what...? i agree you can do whatever you want but to make a blanket statement that majors have nothing to do with what you do with your career is stupid. fuck, if that's the case, why didn't i just major in PRTM?

 

[Vehemence]

Most of the babes on that site are very fap worthy :Q

 

[Modular]

I never made that statement, but I definitely agree with it. You become whatever you want to be with any other degree besides one in the sciences (such as Engineering/Chemistry etc). Those are the degrees that really have teh potential to limit a person.

 

[imported_Lothar]

Originally posted by: astroidea
I disagree with the religion one.
Quick search on pastor's(esp non-profit) average salary shows that they pull in nearly 6 figures income on average.
Not bad for herding sheep once a week.

:laugh:

 

[yhelothar]

Originally posted by: JohnCU

Originally posted by: Modular

Originally posted by: spidey07
Majors have nothing to do with what you do with your career, much like GPA.

This.

I'm not sure why there's such closed-mindedness on this forum when it comes to this topic...oh wait....must be all the engineering degrees clouding reality 🙂

I love it that I switched my major from engineering to Political Science (are you pissed it's a Science?) and English. I make more money that I ever would have as an engineer.

what...? i agree you can do whatever you want but to make a blanket statement that majors have nothing to do with what you do with your career is stupid. fuck, if that's the case, why didn't i just major in PRTM?

check sarcasm meter?
edit: guess mine failed.

 

[JohnCU]

Originally posted by: Modular
I never made that statement, but I definitely agree with it. You become whatever you want to be with any other degree besides one in the sciences (such as Engineering/Chemistry etc. Those are the degrees that really limit you...

hahaha limited with an engineering degree, that's a pretty stupid statement also. you can stay in the technical path or you can go into the management path. and there are about a billion different fields to go into so i wouldn't call it limited.

 

[Modular]

Agreed, I changed it. The point is that you can argue the fact till you are blue in the face, but there will always be someone with an "inferior" degree than yours who makes more money than you. Period.

 

[zinfamous]

I've heard of extremely wealthy fortune 500 founders/CEOs that majored, well...got PhDs in philosophy. True story.

At least it conditions you for the kind of independent thought and critical thinking that you don't get with a mindless and inappropriately expensive MBA.

 

[JohnCU]

Originally posted by: Modular
Agreed, I changed it. The point is that you can argue the fact till you are blue in the face, but there will always be someone with an "inferior" degree than yours who makes more money than you. Period.

i won't argue that at all.

 

[Bignate603]

Originally posted by: JohnCU

Originally posted by: Imp
I know someone who majored in philosophy... ended up doing social services work. He then moved on to work in IT and is raking it in ($80k-$90k).

It's not all worthless. A lot of people don't use what they majored in. I have a revered engineering degree, which hasn't gotten me anything. I wouldn't mind doing something else in fact.

Except maybe religion...

you must suck at your engineering degree if you haven't done anything with it, that or you picked the wrong major and just don't like it

That's my thoughts too. Everyone that I know from my graduating class in mechanical engineering that was any good had multiple decent job offers in engineering. You had to have over a 3.0 to really be considered, but honestly that's not that hard.