@dad3sons: I won’t repeat my post about careers being more like “climbing walls” than like “ladders.” But it’s important to realize that college is more like building a skill-set, tools, some specific knowledge, and contacts, than it is like training for a specific job. Broader training, having skills on both the verbal/expressive and quantitative (mathematical and statistical) side of things will really help in the future.
The economy is constantly changing, which means it offers possibilities for those who have multiple skills and who are ambitious and willing to take some risks.
Here are two career lines. I know these two cases well.
(a) College (major university – economics) —> economic consulting (first job) —>baseball statistical analyst & writer —>political statistical analyst & writer —>journalist/editor and book author.
(b) College (art school – industrial design major) —>industrial designer (first job) —>MBA + MS in sustainable systems (3 years) —>consultant in environmental design (startup), and adjunct professor.
Here’s my career line. Much simpler.
© BA (liberal arts college) —>PhD (major university) —>university professor (two universities) —> retired.