<p>So lately I've had the mindset of "why should I even major in anything" because it seems like the world of careers is definitely not what it used to be. </p>
<p>One of my professors who has an engineering degree did 10 years of engineering, 10 years of management and now 10 years of teaching. </p>
<p>Is it important to find a degree that is very specialized or not specialized at all because of the way careers are today?</p>
<p>Dude, you’re an engineering student. You need to be hyper-specialized in your career to get ahead. For people with random majors with no real application in the real world (read:approximately 80% of college students), major doesn’t matter. For you, it does. Although I’m probably the 10th least smart person on this board, so you probably shouldn’t listen to me.</p>
<p>I imagine that professor’s friends who were underwater basket weaving majors didn’t get to do 10 years of engineering or management.</p>