Hi /his/, HS Senior here. I've always loved history and have decided to major in it at college. Now, because of this I am being bombarded by questions from others like, "What job can you get with your degree?" or, "What marketable skills will you get?" I know that there is more to university than preping for a job and learning "valuable skill", but I want to have a way to answer these questions. So, history majors, how do/did you respond to them?
Eh, the job market is being oversaturated with degree holders; sooner or later, they'll all be as worthless as a history degree.
>>314723
Nigger just learn a trade and get history textbooks
There a whole college education
Do you really think a professor lecturing at you all day is gonna help you advance along your interest?
The only other thing I'd add is making yourself write papers since that actually is useful
>>314754
>the old "get a trade" meme
Hope you enjoy being tied-down to a single blue collar industry because you have no transferable skills.
Even in today's degree-saturated world a degree is a bare minimum for advancement in the corporate sector.
>>314723
>there is more to university than preping for a job and learning "valuable skill
Practically speaking, no. You can do all of the other stuff on your own without paying an institution $50k.
>>314723
Majored in history, now in law school. It's an easy transition. Didn't know I wanted to do law until my 3rd year though, so if I knew sooner I might have doubled in PoliSci also.
Join the Science/History double major masterrace to make everyone immediately shut up.
Other than that, remind them that most college graduates don't go on to work in their field of study of anyway. Having any degree, demonstrable writing skills, and the ability to communicate is usually more than enough for most things. Undergraduate study is to get basic knowledge of the academic field and to begin forging connections and networks with those already there; a strong recommendation from a professor you got close to is probably worth more than the degree itself.
Most history departments will have an internship program that gives you a direct introduction to people working in government, law, museums, libraries, etc. This is where your job prospects come from.
Degrees are helpful, but what actually matters is what you do while earning the degree. A STEM graduate with no research experience is just as worthless as a humanities graduate with no intern experience or a minor publication.
>>314789
better than a trash tier degree like history.
>>314853
This this
I'm doing geology/history
Tis goat
Enjoy the student debt bubble.
>>314926
>tfw Europe
>tfw university is pretty much free here
Student debt is only a thing in America
>>314912
>trade cert
>better than a trash tier degree like history
>on the history and humanities board
Go to bed /diy/.
>>314789
I know plumbers who earn 70 to 80k a year. Not rich obviously but hardly poor.
On the other hand a history major is either well connected or gets stuck in the academia. Otherwise he's gonna flip burgers for the rest of his life.
>>315762
I think the implication is that you're totally invested in whatever industry you specialise in as a tradesman. If there's no need or an excess of your skill then you're even more fucked than a degree-holder in the same position.
Besides, "well-connected" doesn't even imply nepotism. All you have to really do is be willing to start out at a low-tier white collar job and not burn any bridges while you're there.
My trade is pretty cool. I started out as a hump at a dealership but left that shit to pursue working on actual interesting cars.
But I won't talk shit about someone's choice in degree, especially not history or art. I have a deep respect for those subjects.
Some dumb 23 year old bitch with a psychology degree that think shes intelligent because she has a piece of paper? She can get fucked.
>>315783
It doesn't imply nepotism, but I honestly have nothing against nepotism to begin with. Meritocracy is a load of pipe dream utopian horseshit.
