<p>What do you do with a Philosophy major, if the whole law school thing doesn't pull through?</p>
<p>dude, there is so much to do w/ a philo major. I was philo major as well as a "Great Books Major" and all my fellow philo majors and I have a rediculously diverse employment status. I'm a paralegal, two are elementary school teacher, another is in Investment Banking and is receiving his MBA, one is a manager for an Insurance Co. (sales division), another is in the Navy doing engineering/logistics analysis, another one's a real estate financial analyst, and another is receiving a master's in psychology.</p>
<p>the biggest problem for "true" philo majors is entering and "dealing" with the "real" world.</p>
<p>"Investment Banking"</p>
<p>that sounds pretty cool. But I don't want to study business if I wish to do this type of work....know of any other major/studying I can do ?</p>
<p>what exactly is investment banking anyway</p>
<p>Most I-bankers I know start off doing number crunching, preparing documents for presentations to clients, and clerical task. I have a friend who's an I-banker for BofA and he makes a ton a cash, but he's always on call and works like 65-70hr weeks. As a philo major, to get a job in the i-banking/business field you're going to have to use your electives to take business courses just so you can get a feel for some of the formulas and crap like that. To get into the business field you don't necessarily have to be a business/finance major. Pick a major that challenges your critical thinkig skills and takes some business/finance courses as electives. I would also recommend using summers to do internships at banks.</p>