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James Shepard :
Ahh yes, nursing, a famously high-paying field
2026-02-17 15:36:44
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J :
And the “high paying jobs” are just the ones that paid well a decade ago.
2026-02-17 17:31:44
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ImFekenFitness :
Picking 2 degrees that are the most at risk for AI automation is a bold choice on her part.
2026-02-17 11:58:54
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Jimm3rz :
Computer Science is a wild “safe degree” in this economy.
2026-02-17 20:02:08
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eulalie :
“highschool isn’t the time to explore your passions” “college isn’t the time to explore your passions” “work isn’t what your passionate at, it’s what pays the bills” guess we’ll all just live bleak and miserable fucking lives then
2026-04-03 20:58:51
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coldbeeronsunday :
No amount of money is worth being miserable and hating your life.
2026-02-18 18:07:36
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Nashdenate :
Me who pursued an art degree and now make 6 figures 💀
2026-02-18 19:49:00
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browndog_319 :
There’s also this weird belief that pursuing a liberal arts degree is worthless. When you listen to any leader talk about the skills they’re hiring for, they talk about learning agility, communication, critical thinking, problem solving, and creativity. A good liberal arts degree will build all of these into the curriculum (whether it’s a social science course, art history, philosophy, English, etc.). The liberal arts grad may not leave school with the highest paying job, but most research shows that 10 years later they’re making more than many in the engineering majors.
2026-02-17 16:02:24
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princess :
“college is not a time to explore your passions” well… actually that’s the entire point
2026-02-19 20:02:25
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cjb6698 :
"setting your kids up for high paying jobs" is always just a form of parental abuse trying to use end justifies the means
2026-02-17 15:37:09
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quinnretro :
As an engineer, I have worked with people who were pushed into the major by their parents. A few learn to enjoy it and thus did well. The majority burnt out very quickly. It’s hard and it’s hard to sustain unless you actually enjoy what you’re doing.
2026-02-17 18:10:04
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ssshay :
Is this a safe place to safe that I think the undervaluing of art careers is why we are on a rapid decline as a society. I find it somewhat poetic the way our societies went from thinking art was the pinnacle of culture (look at all early civilizations, they valued art and artists) to “Yeah, but who cares, it’s just art” and you can see how it’s effected us.
2026-02-18 14:32:16
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Sam Loza :
College is the exact time to pursue your passions. I was premed in college. I also got a music minor and did pageants. You know what all my interviewers were most interested in asking about for both residency and med school? Those things! I know having other interests helped me get into school and match residency. Schools want well rounded applicants
2026-03-05 14:55:37
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shimmy shimmy yay :
cs? she wants her kids to do cs? to set them up for success? in this economy?
2026-02-17 19:55:46
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TheGayAgenda🏳️⚧️🏳️🌈🇵🇸 :
Also art isn’t frivolous and anyone who thinks so is lacking severely in humanity and is entirely missing the point of life
2026-02-17 15:13:32
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Author Lori Titus :
what if they are horrible at all of those?
2026-02-19 02:42:10
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BriniB :
I changed majors a couple times and then got a master's in what became my career. it took me awhile to figure out what I was interested in
2026-02-16 17:43:47
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disco snail 🪩 🐌 ✨ :
Our class valedictorian got a full ride to Michigan state for physics because he was like crazy smart when it came to math. But his true passion was music, dance and theatre. Guess what he does now? Music, dance, and theatre.
2026-04-05 23:04:15
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Royshanna :
My theater degree got me my first big girl job in a school district because they felt like my acting skills and backstage skills would make it easier for me to adjust to different ages and grades
2026-02-17 20:57:25
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✨️Estelle_Writer✨️ :
Mind you. You can't will yourself into liking a career. Unpasionate people in a degree will just be unpassionate in their career. I don't want the doctor who resents their job doing a surgery on me. I don't want a person who Chat GPTd their way through engineering to build a house.
2026-02-18 16:09:15
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JJ Conzelmann :
The concept of going for “high paying jobs” instead of what they want to do is literally what caused the oversaturation of CS majors after Covid
2026-02-17 19:08:01
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Q ⊹🦢࣪ ˖ :
me an art major hearing those 4 options 💀:
2026-02-19 04:07:54
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Doctor._.X :
Computer science is DESTROYED. All the major companies have been mass downsizing since 2020. I got MS in 2021, hundreds of applications in 2.5 years, two interviews, no job. I know a fullstack dev out of work 3 years and another just took a factory job. Companies in the USA hire EU and Asia employees to not have to pay healthcare or other benefits. Now companies want AI for free code and labor. Ridiculous.
2026-02-17 21:07:50
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Mikey :
One of my best friends has a film studies degree and is now a physician. Your undergraduate major does not matter UNLESS you really want to pursue a pre-professional career like engineering or accounting.
2026-02-17 16:02:42
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Bri 🤍 :
I’d argue this is part of why literacy is declining and why so many people struggle with critical thinking and social skills. The liberal arts, and the arts more broadly, have been the backbone of societies for centuries. They preserve tradition, document cultural memory, and help us understand how past societies functioned and evolved. Literature, history, philosophy, theater, and the arts aren’t just hobbies. They shape empathy, communication, and analytical thinking. When we reduce them to something “useless” or nonessential, we undermine the very disciplines that cultivate creativity and innovation. It’s no coincidence that as we devalue the humanities, we see stagnation in imagination, discourse, and cultural depth. Dismissing the arts as trivial doesn’t just shrink academic fields. It shrinks the way people think.
2026-02-19 03:00:05
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