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This cup of joe is for you jobless art-history majors
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| 06/11/03
| Craig Wilson
Posted on 06/11/2003 11:23:53 AM PDT by Drew68
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To: Drew68
Need a job? Work in the medical field. Be a coder, transcriptionist, biller, customer service or patient records. It's a goldmine.
To: AriOxman
What is a CDL? You don't know what a CDL is?
BWAHAHAHAHA
To: Ford Fairlane
I'll answer your question. There are a ton of art history majors, and FEW jobs. That being said, very few want to invest more time, garner more debt, and kiss more a$$ in the slightest event that we land a professorship.
In the art field, it's not who you know. It's who you blow. Pardon the expression, but it's extremely accurate.
To: RightWhale
It's the kind of driver's license that says you really have to obey the laws of the road. No more flitting from lane to lane and ignoring stop signs. Serious and responsible people only. Indeed! It goes without saying I had to leave a lot of the excesses from my college years behind. I have way too much to lose now.
Furthermore, CDL holders are not given "warnings" for traffic infractions. We are presumed to know better.
It is an incredible responsibility, but for those who wish to make the necessary sacrifices (i.e., quit smoking weed) it can pay handsomly.
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posted on
06/11/2003 11:41:36 AM PDT
by
Drew68
To: Oberon
What's the difference between an art history major and a pizza?
A pizza can feed a family of four
To: Drew68
I often wonder whatever happened to her. What does happen to anthro majors? Some of us Join the Navy...![](http://marineshop.safeshopper.com/images/b10qdorl.jpg)
Others become professional victims and destructive radicals...
To: Drew68
There's an element of truth to this story. I started college majoring in history. After a semester, I switched to engineering after I realized you needed a doctorate and several papers published before you could expect a decent income.
I earn a decent salary now with my engineering degree, but still indulge myself as an amateur historian.
To: Extremely Extreme Extremist
Need a job? Work in the medical field. Be a coder, transcriptionist, biller, customer service or patient records. It's a goldmine. You are correct. Those folks will never have to look hard for a job as well.
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posted on
06/11/2003 11:42:29 AM PDT
by
Drew68
To: conservativeinbflo.
i graduated 3 years ago with a degree in art history How come people do that? I'm serious... I do people do that? Because they have a real love of 'art(s)'? or 'history'? or 'Russian Studies'?
I can see some music degrees--if one just loves an instrument and will be happy making a pitiful living if they love the music.
I broke my ass for a BSEE and am now a Software Systems Engineer working for the Air Force. I love it and it pays...
I can still remember trudging off to spend the next 18-24 hours in the computer lab turning green under the fluorescent lights with my head spinning from the BO of all the stinky Arab, Indian, and Chinese students while the Lib Arts majors and Business Majors were all out drinking beer and playing sand volleyball with the 'hotties'.
Yeah, it was hell, but I like my job now--10 years later and I have plenty of time and money to drink beer play sand volleyball with a new round of 'hotties'.
I always wondered what eventually happened to those people..
To: Drew68
I often wonder whatever happened to her. What does happen to anthro majors? As far as I can tell, we end up in the IT industry.
Seriously, I respect people who are focused enough in college to pick a major related to a lifelong profession they will actually pursue. My own brother knew he wanted to practice medicine by the time he graduated high-school, and he's doing it quite happily today. But far more often, undergraduates don't have a good idea about what they really want to do with their lives - let alone actually understanding all their opportunities and alternatives.
My dad, who spent a good part of his career recruiting engineering majors from college campuses, gave me excellent advice. He told me to NOT go into engineering, which was my inclination at the time. He told me to get a degree with a good liberal arts focus. That would make me a better educated person, capable of pursuing any number of opportunities, once I figured out what I wanted.
Despite my best effort at youthful rebellion, I followed my dad's advice. He turned out to be right. When I was in college, I had no idea what opportunities were out there. I had no clue what to do with my life. But I did end up educated in a way that made it relatively easy to pick a career, quickly learn the skills necessary, and succeed.
The utilitarian idea that colleges ought to be glorified trade schools is contrary to Western civilization's concept of the university, and its value in education as a good in itself.
To: Drew68
I was a Fine Arts Major at Syracuse in the mid '60s and took the required Art History course taught by the diva of days, one old bat named Gertrude Pederich -- someone should have warned me that several pre-requesite courses in German should be required in order to to understand her bi-lingual (often in the same sentence) lecture presentations. I have no lamentations over changing my major (and universities).
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posted on
06/11/2003 11:46:16 AM PDT
by
TheRightGuy
(I like PEACE ...and there's nothing more peaceful than a dead terrorist!)
To: Weaselle
Eh. The jobs will come back, even for liberal arts majors. And, until they do, a good long stint at a minimum wage gig or two is probably a better real education than four years of college. Amen. :-)
To: Drew68
Got a undergraduate philosophy degree. Only career path is to get a PHD and become a professor. Then the only thing you do is create more philosophy majors. It's sort of like being a bacterium.
I never intended to go that route. I've been a bicycle mechanic, small business owner, prison warden, and now a scientist. My first rule is never take a job you're perfectly qualified for it will only bore you.
To: Drew68
Don't worry, as soon as everyone gets their $400.00 checks, the job offers will come pouring in.
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posted on
06/11/2003 11:46:54 AM PDT
by
stuartcr
To: Drew68
I have a degree in History but work in the soon to be extinct US IT Industry (making good $$$). I am hoping to get one of those cool Walmart jobs that I see advertised (either that or become a crack ho).
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posted on
06/11/2003 11:47:04 AM PDT
by
OC_Steve
(Will Develop Web Pages for Food)
To: Jonah Hex
After a semester, I switched to engineering after I realized you needed a doctorate and several papers published before you could expect a decent income. If I could do college over again, I'd definately choose one of the hard-sciences for a major.
Alas, at 34, I have neither the time, money or dedication to go back to college and earn another degree. While it certainly can be done, it is just not something I see myself doing.
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posted on
06/11/2003 11:47:21 AM PDT
by
Drew68
To: Drew68
Don't worry, as soon as everyone gets their $400.00 checks, the job offers will come pouring in......just like a few years ago.
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posted on
06/11/2003 11:47:23 AM PDT
by
stuartcr
To: chookter
I can't answer for others, but I originally studied art history as a stepping stone for historic preservation. I have always loved, and have been involved with, saving historically significant landmarks.
Immediately after graduating college, I got a job with the local preservation group. It wasn't saving old buildings. It was political mumbo-jumbo, butt-kissing, and dealing with morons. Totally turned me off to the entire thing. Now I work with piano rolls. Who knew?
To: stuartcr
I'll give you my $400 check right now to stop whining and help me cut and haul a few cords of firewood before winter. Deal?
To: Drew68
"I often wonder whatever happened to her. What does happen to anthro majors? Or philosophy majors? Or art history majors, for that matter?"
They become professors. (or waiters and secretaries)
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posted on
06/11/2003 11:50:29 AM PDT
by
joebuck
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