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- inactive, on 10/08/2009, -3/+42I bet you can do all those 20 things without any college degree .
- MacBookForMe, on 10/08/2009, -4/+33Dugg for that well known celebrity thumbnail
- idavidtang, on 10/09/2009, -3/+3121. Teach English overseas.
- salvadorwii, on 10/09/2009, -4/+291. List ***** jobs
2. Insert crappy stock images
3. ????
4. Digg! - masterkenobi, on 10/09/2009, -0/+21What do you do, with a BA in English?
- ProdigalT, on 10/09/2009, -0/+18To be pharmacutical rep, you don't need to look "professional," you need to look HOT. Pharma sales rep is what most cheerleaders do when their sport is not in season. They are all smokin' and make side effects look like things you want. Even the guys look good.
- sh0rtbus, on 10/09/2009, -0/+1221. post comments on digg
- RachelJTM, on 10/08/2009, -0/+11hmmm, not too promising...
- aguynamedjoe36, on 10/09/2009, -1/+11I was expecting this article to tell me what I could do with a degree in English, History, Communications, Sports Management, etc. I already know that there are high paying jobs that don't require degrees. To be a stock broker or a marketing manager, degrees in those fields are almost compulsory. I don't think finance and marketing are "worthless degrees."
- yocouchdigga, on 10/09/2009, -0/+10Dugg for optimism.
- MikeMania, on 10/09/2009, -0/+9I don't think Michael Scott makes 100k a year
- fajitamelt, on 10/09/2009, -2/+111. Go to college.
2. Get a degree.
3. End up working at a ***** job.
4. Go on Digg spewing ***** like "When will people realize that degrees mean nothing?"
5. ????
6. Go back to hating yourself because you know the real truth, which is that despite your college degree, nobody actually likes you as a person and do not want to hire you. - KniteKrawler, on 10/09/2009, -0/+8And now we know where MrBabyMan stole his avatar from.
- rinote, on 10/09/2009, -0/+821. Make origami cranes.
- had3l, on 10/09/2009, -0/+7@idavidtang
I agree, no degree is really a ***** degree, every degree has value.
What ***** bothers me is that people saying that a liberal arts degree is ***** get applauded by everyone on digg. If you are majoring in liberal arts it is because you like it and don't care that you will probably not get paid as much as someone who got a degree in business.
I shouldn't have used the word "*****", but I used because, let's be honest - a business degree is NOT a lot harder to get than a liberal arts degree, and definitely easier than an economics or engineering degree. If you want to work at an office all day for the most cash you can possibly get, you are better off graduating in business than English Lit.
And why wouldn't an English Lit major be able to teach English? One would probably be required to get an additional teaching degree or something, but I would guess they would be on the right track to becoming a teacher. - GregLoire, on 10/09/2009, -0/+6These are just jobs that require a generic degree, not jobs that you're automatically qualified for if you have a generic degree.
Also, to be a stockbroker, as the article mentions, you need to pass a Series 7 exam. But you're not even eligible to take this exam unless you're already employed by a financial institution. - idavidtang, on 10/09/2009, -0/+5It's a lot harder to find an English teaching position in the U.S. (at least in California) than you think. And you can easily point out something by labeling a theory to it without much evidence.
In general, people get degrees they know they can at least attempt to get a job they will enjoy doing with it. Getting a degree that makes money doesn't necessarily cause you to enjoy that particular job. If anything, it may even cause you to go back to school for a new degree.
I'm sorry, a business degree is not b.s. I can't let that one slip by because I'm majoring in that one myself. Especially with an emphasis on accounting, and minoring in economics, equipping you with the knowledge of accountancy is not b.s. Equipping you with the knowledge of the tax field is not b.s. Equipping you with the knowledge of inventory and cost management is not b.s. Equipping you with audit and professional skepticism is not b.s. Equipping you with macro and micro economics along with a background of the money and banking system is not b.s.
The only b.s. I can see is actually in your perspective of us accountants, tax preparers, auditors, investors, analysts, advisors, financial planners, consultants and whatever else "b.s." positions stemming from a background of business charging you with that steep fee we charge to people like you. - AaronCo, on 10/09/2009, -0/+5You don't need a finance degree to be a broker, a broker is a sales job. All you need is a 4 year degree, a clean criminal record and sales skills. You won't start at a top-tier firm, but you can get your start.
- edwartica, on 10/09/2009, -0/+5And its total bull to begin with, because the reason people like us got our worthless BAs is because we can't stand doing financial, sales, marketing and the like!
- Nipplelesshorse, on 10/09/2009, -1/+5I think the most obvious thing you can do is write. So many people in business and other aspects of life are absolutely awful writers. I'm not talking about stringing together strand after strand of elegant prose but just simple comprehensible sentences. So jobless English majors, make sure you sell the fact that you can write more than a paragraph without someone holding your hand, unlike all the business and finance applicants.
- had3l, on 10/09/2009, -0/+4Can't you teach English domestically too?
You could also theoretically do anything that involves writing or proof-reading.
Truth is though, if you really wanna do those kinds of office jobs where the money is the only thing that matters, why the heck would you get a liberal arts degree? Just get some ***** business degree instead. - superkendall, on 10/09/2009, -0/+4You are really recommending people get into journalism now? That's the last field I would recommend for anyone for some time as newspapers all over shed experienced journalists.
- YagLana, on 10/09/2009, -0/+4Yeah, great example. It's incredibly easy to get into the film industry.
- binaryalchemist, on 10/09/2009, -2/+6Um...how about
Reviewer
Journalist
User experience designer
Speechwriter
Editor
Publisher
Novelist
Management consultant
Policy analyst
Researcher
etc etc
English lit. is an absolutely priceless education - but only if you're creative enough to work the tangents. - AaronCo, on 10/09/2009, -1/+5Yes, if you go back to school and finish a degree in a tech field, or get a masters degree (you can go to law school on an english degree), you won't have the same problems.
- DrinkYourDrank, on 10/09/2009, -1/+5Mr BABY MAN!!!
- iFrix, on 10/09/2009, -0/+34 years of college and plenty of knowledge have earned me this useless degree!
- iFrix, on 10/09/2009, -0/+3Good, so you a be my secretary then?
- idavidtang, on 10/09/2009, -0/+3I see what you mean and I agree with what you're saying.
Sorry for my "tantrum" of a reply.. - edwartica, on 10/09/2009, -0/+3Film industry? maybe not. But its not so hard to get into television. Just gotta start at the bottom at a non-profit and/or cable access station.
- ic4rus, on 10/09/2009, -0/+3Well, you kissed and made up. What had3l should have said is not a "*****" degree, but a degree that's lost all sense of itself.
Universities were not always institutions designed to create little money making machines, but there to nurture and build academic wunderkinds up to the peak of erudition thus allowing invention, creativity, innovation and awesomeness to thrive.
I am just interested to know - did you choose your degree course because you thought you loved the subject or because you thought in the long run it's what is more likely to bring in butt loads of cash? In these, cost-cutting, cost-benefit analysis, time and motion study, efficiency reporting times, universities are just run as business and not necasserily benefiting everyone they could. Never mock any degree, EVEN sociology. Mock the quality of the institution or the level of hard work, thought and application of intellectual rigeur that the person had to apply. If I hear someone got their degree in Sociology from Cambridge, or Engineering from Leicester De Monfort, I know which one I would probably consider smarter and more worthy of my time and possible employment options. - had3l, on 10/09/2009, -0/+3Why not write your own stuff and try to sell it?
Does it always have to come down to applying for jobs? Sure, you can get a temporary job somewhere in the meanwhile, but what happened to the entrepreneur spirit that used to drive the economy? - lordmike, on 10/09/2009, -0/+3Well, sure... I got very good tips delivering pizzas out of college with a "useless" degree, so you can make money.... All kidding aside, once I got a technical masters, I made out well 'cos, unlike my peers, I was able to communicate, write, and research, whereas they could not. A "useless" degree like english or history can complement a "useful" degree very well and get you ahead. Don't think that you have to choose one or the other.
- kenelbow, on 10/09/2009, -2/+5My Dad got his bachelors in Literature. After college he had a variety of jobs that didn't pay very well until somebody offered him a managerial position in new industry called "Cable TV." He spent a long time in the cable TV industry either with cable providers, or equipment manufacturers eventually ending up as a VP at Time Warner Cable. He left the industry about a decade ago though and started his own company building houses. All with a literature degree. I can't really attest to its usefulness except that he is an educated and intelligent person capable of making good business decisions. Whether that is due to his degree or simply his own personality and life experiences (or maybe a little of both) I can't confirm.
- Sail3, on 10/09/2009, -0/+2If Scrubs is to believed, you're right.
- AManWithNoName, on 10/09/2009, -1/+3Nice clipart there.
Seriously, I thought we saw the last of clipart when google introduced image search. Yet there it is. - robruiz, on 10/09/2009, -0/+2I thought this article was about MBM.
- edwartica, on 10/09/2009, -0/+2Even if you have an MA, or in some cases a PHD, its almost impossible to find steady work teaching English in the US. I looked into it, and basically the market is flooded.
- bennynoneck, on 10/09/2009, -0/+2I think I just learned 20 new ways to say "boring".
- iFrix, on 10/09/2009, -2/+4Well obviously having TWO degrees is better than one! Especially if one of them is a "real one".
But the useless degree by itself is... you know: useless! - BubblesTheChimp, on 10/09/2009, -0/+2Dugg for sarcasm!
- Fruit45, on 10/09/2009, -0/+2wonderful post ic4rus. You've summed up what academia really is. Univerisities, ideally, should not be job training camps.
- strapthecat, on 10/09/2009, -0/+2What is my life going to be?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T4f-4CajQyg - Elranzer, on 10/09/2009, -0/+2HOW IS BABBY FORMED?
- had3l, on 10/09/2009, -1/+3It is the first field I would recommend if the person has passion and talent.
Here in Digg we complain about the quality of journalism almost daily. Then we turn around and tell people that a journalism degree is worthless. If you have talent and integrity PLEASE get into journalism, we as a society need more of you. - dilfo, on 10/09/2009, -0/+1Nice article
- AaronCo, on 10/09/2009, -0/+1You got a BA to... uhm... avoid sales? I figured that's what a BA existed for. Outside of sales, what good is one?
- GregLoire, on 10/09/2009, -0/+1To begin working in the industry maybe?
- Rain12913, on 10/10/2009, -1/+2Dugg for summarizing everything I feel whenever I see ***** on Digg whining about how college degrees are useless.
- MarkBrent, on 10/09/2009, -1/+2 Claims Adjuster, Examiner, and Investigator is the best! You just make a deal with the car owner saying you'll lower the damage cost for a fee that would be profitable for both.
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