Stop the presses: Kids with real majors have easier time finding jobs

[DCal430]

Is that $55k for GIS technicians or GIS analysts? A GIS analyst is a programmer (not someone who does GIS analysis) who could probably get a job as a software engineer making $80k.

It is a basic analyst position, it is the state basic analyst position. It is an actual analysis position and not a programmer position. It is the lowest paid GIS position the state has above level I.

 

[Pr0d1gy]

Psychology is a field that demands advanced degrees, as are architecture, medicine & many others. That hasn't changed in 50 years. What has changed are general employment opportunities, which are simply way down. We have a system where opportunities have been narrowed & diminished for everybody other than those already wealthy, who are doing better than ever. It's the result of 30 years of the failure of trickledown economic policy.

Quoted for truth, that is the real reason they called it Voodoo Economics, because if you believed in trickle down then you may as well believe in Voodoo too.

 

[WhipperSnapper]

Tell that to the people with technical degrees that still can't find jobs. Like me.

What's amazing is that so many mindless sheeple read headlines like the one posted and say, "If only people majored in STEM fields, then all the college grads would find jobs." Of course, they have no understanding of basic supply and demand such as the fact that doubling the number of engineers won't magically double the number of jobs for engineers at currently prevailing wage rates.

The real problems are Global Labor Arbitrage (sending jobs overseas and importing foreigners on H-1B and L-1 visas to work them in the U.S.) and the fact that our nation is sending far too many people to college when in reality only 10-15% of all the jobs that need to be done in this country require or make actual use of college education.

By saying that the problem is people's choice of major, the media, the intelligentsia, and our politicians don't have to address the issues of Global Labor Arbitrage and whether too many people are going to college.

 

[MooseNSquirrel]

Oh this is fun!

What will be a real major in 10 years?

Do not collect 200$....

 

[cybrsage]

Oh this is fun!

What will be a real major in 10 years?

Do not collect 200$....

If the SCOTUS loses its collective mind and does not strike down Obamacare, then any major that works to create overhead and extra cost into the healthcare industry will be in high demand.