As for my student, I advised her to have double major. One that can pay the bills (in her case Computer Science) and one that is dear to your heart. Luckly she was smart enough so she could actually do so.
So what did you advise your student? Is she majoring in linguistics?
Could this inquiry perhaps be reverse engineered — could you study the schools/majors of people currently in their 30’s and 40’s who have successful, lucrative careers they enjoy, in a variety of fields and see what they majored in?
For instance, I majored in Literature at Yale. A niche major that doesn’t even exist any more, sadly. But it taught me to write and think, and prepared me well to be a journalist, which is a career I love.
Yes, of course one could do reverse engineering type of study. The problem is not if these studies could be conducted, the problem is that nobody wants to conduct such studies. I am statistician and I can easily get a grant to study a shark or pinguin migration, but if I ask for federal grant that would contrast career paths for different majors and different university – well those grants are not granted. One wonders why.
As for my student, I advised her to have double major. One that can pay the bills (in her case Computer Science) and one that is dear to your heart. Luckly she was smart enough so she could actually do so.
So what did you advise your student? Is she majoring in linguistics?
Could this inquiry perhaps be reverse engineered — could you study the schools/majors of people currently in their 30’s and 40’s who have successful, lucrative careers they enjoy, in a variety of fields and see what they majored in?
For instance, I majored in Literature at Yale. A niche major that doesn’t even exist any more, sadly. But it taught me to write and think, and prepared me well to be a journalist, which is a career I love.
Yes, of course one could do reverse engineering type of study. The problem is not if these studies could be conducted, the problem is that nobody wants to conduct such studies. I am statistician and I can easily get a grant to study a shark or pinguin migration, but if I ask for federal grant that would contrast career paths for different majors and different university – well those grants are not granted. One wonders why.