Posted on 11/11/2015 3:08:41 PM PST by conservativejoy
Important question though...
How many more philosophy majors find themselves saying “would you like fries with that?” during their work days than welders?
Mark
That is something to ponder.
On the other hand, if he had said the same thing except inserted the word ‘engineers’ he would have been correct.
Some companies are so desperate the will fly an engineer from Pakistan to the US, buy him a nice house, and pay $100K year, even if the man in question is mediocre.
Some companies start at 150K for an engineer. A really good engineer can expect to see 7 figure salaries, and going out on his own, much more.
However, even if philosophy majors make more, welders are in far greater demand.
Also, to be a philosopher takes, at minimum, a 4 year bachelor’s degree followed by a Ph.D. which ordinarily takes 5 to 7 years, often followed by suboptimal teaching jobs.
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