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The job market of today is not like the job market of yesteryear. A liberal arts degree gets you 2nd shift at the 7-11 — after a while you might make manager.

Not true. My nephew got his liberal arts degree two years ago from Hillsdale College and is now making $55K a year as an administrative assistant.

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>>Not true. My nephew got his liberal arts degree two years ago from Hillsdale College and is now making $55K a year as an administrative assistant.<<

With your liberal arts degree, you of all people should know an anecdote is not the same as a trend.

Mine was a “rounded” education with a Business major from Pepperdine, also a liberal arts school. I never directly used my Business degree since I got into IT while still in college. But I agree that my liberal arts degree has been extremely helpful throughout my career — especially now that applications development is a trade and not a skill.

But I would never recommend that any of today’s kids follow that route.