<p>You can still do things you enjoy. You can major in something you like, and do something you love on the side as a hobby. I much rather do that then risk not being financially secure.</p>
<p>And what about the millions of people who graduate with non-technical degrees? They must all be homeless, right?</p>
<p>For claiming to be a practical person, you sure don’t have much grip on reality.</p>
<p>A useful major is one that is in demand.</p>
<p>So you’d rather spend 40 hours a week doing something you sort of enjoy, just so you can make enough money to spend, say 10 hours on the weekend with your hobby?</p>
<p>you got me pegged. i actually go to work in a spaceship and eat magic mushrooms for sustenance. my best friend is a dragon and reality frightens me.
hey i can write science fiction!</p>
<p>anyway, thats what great about days being 24 hours long. if you work 8 and sleep 8, that leaves 8 more for great stuff like hobbies, exercise, friends, love, whatever you choose. its even better if you have the money to do things in that time.</p>
<p>Pandem, do you read the news? Check out the unemployment rate recently? </p>
<p>Im guessing you have never had to pay rent, make a car payment, pay for insurance, gas, electricity, food, clothing, medical insurance on your own yet. “real life” doesn’t care about what you like and don’t like. Most people don’t have a career in something they love. That is the reality of it.</p>
<p>Sure, there will always be exceptions. Great for them, but the majority of people who major in something useless ( determined by the economy and what jobs are demand) will have a very hard time.</p>
<p>Deadmonkey321, is english your second language? Because a lot of stuff you say doesn’t really work.</p>
<p>Well, to each his own I suppose, but…what the hell is the point? Life is short, really short, shorter than you even think with all the wasted time sleeping and chewing and walking places and if you’re going to restrict your time even more by throwing yourself into a full-time job you like so you can afford to do the thing you love, well… it’s just throwing away more hours of your precious time.</p>
<p>oh its not like people in other majors dont work 8 hour days too. they just may do it in a different environment. are engineers the only people in sit chairs at desks? where do writers write? do they have some surface they prefer to write on besides desks? the standard work week for the world is 40 hours. if you work that whole time at a desk, youre normal. if you dont, youre missing out on the time to make money while your friends are at work.</p>
<p>AbbyP: that was a downright ****ty argument. you just argued for working a part-time job in poverty. sir/madam, you make no sense.</p>
<p>And how long do you expect the recession to last? Forever? </p>
<p>Right, I’ve never had to pay for anything in my life. /sarcasm</p>
<p>Stop justifying the fact that you dislike your career. It’s your life, do what you want. But at the end of the day, someone else (with the same opportunities) will have enjoyed their career while still making a living.</p>
<p>Again, I ask where are all the homeless people? Why aren’t liberal arts majors lining up at soup kitchens?</p>
<p>cuz they’re at mcdonalds.</p>
<p>It’s obvious that making money is more important to you than happiness DeadMonkey. That’s pretty sad.</p>
<p>They are lining up at soup kitchens. Even before the recession there are still jobs that are in demand, and jobs that are not. You won’t be doing what you love if there are no jobs available in that field. How are you going to do what you love if there are no jobs for it? You are not. You will be working in a different field that you may or may not even like. </p>
<p>So by playing it safe and picking a major you like that is in demand over a major you love that isn’t in demand, at least guarantees you will have some job satisfaction. Well that and a roof over your head.</p>
<p>Deadmonkey, seriously, is english your second language? YES I JUST ARGUED FOR LIVING IN POVERTY YOU MORON THAT’S WHAT I JUST SAID. </p>
<p>Ugh. Also, I believe I mentioned sitting in a desk doing something other than the thing I love. OTHER THAN. Words have meanings. The more you know.</p>
<p>Well obviously you’re delusional. The people at soup kitchens aren’t fortunate enough to have a college degree, period.</p>
<p>Standard Pro-humanities arguments:
- It teaches you to think.
- I love what I do, and the money will follow.
- Ew, you love money more enjoying life?
- SHUT UP.</p>
<p>Defeated:
- So do most majors, they just do it better.
- Not always the case.
- Startlingly, they often go hand in hand. for example, i both enjoy CS AND will be making money. remarkable.
- no.</p>
<p>Your stupidity and concurrent arrogance startles me. Truly.</p>
<p>Pandem, again, read the news. Have you not read news articles about college educated individuals getting retail/food service jobs because they have been laid off, or there are no jobs available? Why on earth would risk the rest of your life just to do something you love for a few years in college?</p>
<p>Explain to me how computer science teaches communication and writing skills.</p>
<p>Call me a romantic, but if you knew how it felt you’d know that it’s worth it.</p>
<p>‘What’s that quote about internet arguments?’</p>
<p>Arguing on the internet is like competing in the special Olympics, even if you win you’re still ■■■■■■■■. amirite?</p>