The only thing he'll be able to do in his field is to create more philosophy majors... Even bacteria has mastered replication. (Slim: BA philosophy '81)
You got that right!
I found Philosophy to be essential to my future development.
Of course, I only took a (full year) survey course, and they taught REAL philosophy with no Marxism.
But a degree in (real) Philosophy is a major achievement, and valuable in its own right. It is very different from a degree in one of the divisions of the Department of Social Carcinoma (Women's Studies, Urban Planning, Chicano Studies, Nonprofit Administration, (most) Sociology, etc).