Posted on 06/03/2006 12:21:57 PM PDT by rhema
When he pointed to art major, I told him there's no money in it. When he pointed to computer science, I told him there's money in it. I think he got the message.
...then you showed him where Bangalore is on the map.
LOL!
There's an engineer on another thread who says his engineering friends are all either going into the food business or becoming truckers. So, maybe I should just send my kids to Tech School. ;-)
...or teach them to compete. The top five or ten percent in any field (including art) will always work. The rest get to complain about India and China.
It seems engineering, like computer science, is one of those fields swamped with talented people, but they're being under-bid by H1Bs.
But, I concede it's true that anything, even Journalism, can be a marketable major. It depends on what you do with your degree.
I know many former art majors making giant money in product packaging, graphic design, fashion, auction houses, art restoration, etc.
The trick -- which really isn't a trick at all -- is that you have to be good. The guys who just want one of those 9 to 5 jobs that don't require any kind of unique or exceptional skill are pretty much doomed.
I thought this was satire, but I think it is not.
Actually, I'm letting my kids major in whatever because I've made it clear to them, if I am to give them an allowance in college, then they're going to get a graduate level degree, preferably an M.B.A or a doctorate level in something non-academic, though I'd tolerate a J.D
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