First degree my kid got in the USAF was Business. She has a few technical certs in some specialized aircraft stuff. She got snapped up fairly quick when she left the service because of it and a year later is in the process of a Lockheed interview process. It definitely matters to have something technical or marketable.
Philosophy on it’s own, I think is worthless for job prospects unless you have a tenured position waiting for you. But how it teaches you to think gives such an edge. A lot of people simply cannot do abstraction. And abstraction is by definition ‘out of the box’ thinking. A valuable quality in any endeavor.
You are absolutely correct. Sadly, philosophy has given way to “pre-canned” or “boxed” indoctrination. People in general are too lazy to think for themselves and consequently have no skills at abstraction.