<p>I’m gonna add a few additional stories to this list. </p>
<p>I know 2 humanities/social science majors–both classmates in my year–who worked at consulting firms/banks, but disliked the environment and work. They quit and one enrolled in a coding course in NY. The other picked up some books on Ruby and C and started to teach himself programming. One now works for an up-and-coming start-up and the other is running his own with both revenue and VC money. I know quite a few people doing post-bachs in prep for med school. Their college backgrounds could not be more different. There are a number of humanities and social science majors among them…but guess what? There are also a bunch of engineers who decided a career in EECS was not for them. </p>
<p>I also know someone (not a STEM major either) who basically subsisted as a freelance private tutor for a few years while doing stuff she wanted on the side; she’s now with Google or something. </p>
<p>Life is not a straight line. Having a ‘practical’ degree doesn’t make the path or direction simpler.</p>