/lit/ - Literature

>>12234242
Bachelors of philosophy, currently in my masters in English. I’ll ask you the question I wish I would have asked myself more seriously before I started my masters, because I chose English over philosophy for the same reasons you’re considering it: if you want a degree with better career prospects, why in the FUCK are you getting an English degree? Either stay with philosophy because it’s based and you love it (legitimate reasons imo) or get a degree with good career prospects. But if you’re gunning for the latter, don’t get an English degree you dolt.

>>12234242
>>12234269

lmao y'all niggas might as well get construction jobs, because only STEM pays better

>>12234242
>>12234269
>>12234280
>being college age in 2018
I want zoomers to fuck off and die.

I graduated earlier this year from Cal with a degree in philosophy. Currently interviewing for grad school in a healthcare related field. There's are two dichotomous perceptions of philosophy majors. One person will hesitate for a moment and then ask "why philosophy?" in tones of feigned sincerity, ultimately betrayed by the too-high pitch that reveals their condenscension. The other person will have genuine admiration and curiosity, which is easy to discern.

>>12234242
Nobody studies English for its amazing career prospects, you fucking retard

>>12234242
>philosophy major considering switching to English since it has better career prospects.
That's zero in both cases

>>12234292
>tfw 27 year old boomer college student

>>12234242
academic career prospects in all humanities fields are fucking dismal buddy

>>12234301
Philosophy is great for law school. Phil majors consistently have the highest LSAT scores.

>>12234311
I remember for a brief time wanting to be a professor, then I got to uni and realized I was a brainlet and that you have to be a literal genius to be a professor at any college worth working at.

>tfw am a humanities guy at heart fell for the STEM meme for the better job prospects
>flunked out of college anyway
>now paying off student loan debt by working in the military because it's the only job I could get
Will somebody just shoot me in the fucking head

>>12234318
More like you have to have a moderately high IQ and be very good at and dedicated to jumping through hoops and maneuvering through the “system” of academia.

>>12234327

Get rekt dumb zogbot welfare queen

>>12234318
not really, you have to be good at sucking your profs and admins dick and come up with something safely edgy to specialize in. most profs really aren't geniuses

>>12234331
I don't think that's the case for a top 15 philosophy program.

No one below the age of 23 should be allowed on this site. All you underage faggots need to piss off.

>>12234341
Right, if you’re a top professor in the philosophy department of a top 15 school you’ve gotta be pretty smart. I guess I have a different take on “any college worth working at.” I’d be fine to work for 130k a year to talk about literature and philosophy at some half-decent hardly-known university, and you don’t need to be a genius to achieve that.

>>12234364
Not a bad gig if you can get it.

I'm 21. Through my personal projects I've been working on since I've graduated HS I've been given the opportunity to obtain a history degree from the university of chicago. Not sure if it's worth it, even from such a good school. I'm not planning on pursuing postgrad or an academia position.

>>12234299
>>12234269

English has better prospects than philosophy. With an English degree you can always become a teacher, can't say the same for philosophy.

>>12234629
Lick my taint, English pleb.

>>12234655
Those are people who become lawyers, you dumbass.

>>12234763
Oh yeah, I forgot philosophy majors who have the highest acceptance rates into law school and become successful lawyers don't count for some reason.

>>12234362
actually this website is basically a social crutch for socially inept people and is probably best for people aged 19-23

>>12234772
For me, law school doesn't count because i don't want to be a lawyer.

>>12234242
I got my bachelors in philosophy and math, and then finished my PhD in math last year.

I genuinely enjoy philosophy more than math, and often found much of the reasoning involved in both to be similar in nature. Philosophy doesn't pay the bills however, so I chose not to pursue it further than a bachelors degree.

Honestly OP, I'd double major if you can do so, otherwise just pick up something more employable and do philosophy is a hobby. I still try to read up on philosophy of mind when I get the chance, and I find it's less tiresome now than it was when I was an undergrad.

>worrying about what degree you get for employability

Unless you're getting a vocational degree (medicine, law ect) it doesn't fucking matter. Just network and get work experience in the field you want to go in.

>>12234242
>I’m currently a philosophy major considering switching to English since it has better career prospects.

>>12234294
eyyy go bears. who'd you take lower divs with?

Currently double majoring in Ancient His and Philosophy. Am i fucked?

>>12236032

> Just network

telling to this a board of autists

If you are going to do a very theoretical humanities degree like philosophy or English, at least have the sense to double major with a more "practical" field, self-study a field you could enter into in grad school, or roll the dice and look for a job that accepts liberal arts majors and isn't completely soul-sucking.

>>12234269
Just move to Vietnam or some other place and become an above middle class english teacher.

>not getting a maximally autistic and unemployable STEM degree

>>12234327
I mean, in the military I think that's an occupational hazard