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Get a phd in neuroscience like Sam Harris

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im going to join a labor union personally

>>13364960
Law school or beef patty specialist.

>>13364960
Get a degree in mathematics now

>>13364960
Get into any field you like. Philosophy majors get hired into any shit all the time by pseud failsons who inherited daddy's company. They'll probably 'take you under their wing' as their chosen one that's smarter than all of the other 'technical minded people'.

>>13364964
>>13364968
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>>13364973
Guys, this is not a fucking joke. For fuck's sake!

>>13364985
This never happens

>>13364964
This

What the fuck does one do with any undergraduate degree? They're basically useless except for admittance into graduate school.

Basically, to solve the human condition the same way programming must solve needs

>>13364960
flip burgers

>>13364985
What filmè was this from?

>>13364960
Destroy western civilization.

>>13364960
Is a philosophy degree not teaching you how to think? You should have better answers to this question or your degree was useless and you got memed into university.

>>13364985
You can't get a job just with philosophy degree unless you are the one who inherited daddy's company

>>13364960
I just got a job at subway, but will probably join military and go back to school. Ever thought about military?

>>13364973
Kek

>>13364960
go and work in a philosophy factory

>>13365013
This is true even for STEM unless you think 30 or 40k starting is acceptable.

>>13364985
Dude just get a job from your CEO relative lmao

>>13365116
kek

Hmm, you could use your knowledge to know if you can die faster from a fall or being trampled by a car on a highway.

>>13365138
how would you test the second after testing the first?

>>13364960
work at Starbucks

>>13364960
draw a cool picture of a boat on it

>>13365214
I know it's a meme, but yes. A modern coffee shop customer half expects the barristas to know their greeks.

>>13365036
>Is a philosophy degree not teaching you how to think?
In academia? It's more like *training* you how bunch of dead guys thought. Academic degree in general doesn't certify ability, only training.

You could get into academia and write papers nobody reads for federal funding.

Most of the people I know that studied philosophy academically are kind of retarded since they spend too much time on any one philosopher or topic. They get a general overview of the entirety of philosophy which makes them think they know what they're about and they unknowingly pick up their teachers biases along the way. They might even be worse than the average person since they're so confident in their stupidity.

Have a look at a philosophy professor in action:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r5SQnQjryzI

>>13365196
You do both at the same time and see which kills you

>>13364972

Spend some years studying philosophy, then go on to law school.

First is respactable and serves you in many ways if you're able to wrap your head around it.

Law may not be as personal, but can just be a perfect match for many philosophy students, I think. Anyone have experience with this?

>>13364960
I am in the finance sector now.

>>13365284
But this is a woman, so it's expected that she be stupid.

>>13365016
Unironically this. Every phil. major is letting us down and coping out, most academics included.

>>13365284
>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r5SQnQjryzI

Yep I feel the same way. Problem I have is usually with students who go on to become pop-philosophers.

We have quite a few of those in my country. Pop-phiosophers are type like Alain de Botton, who have a utilitarian view on most subjects and cant help but reduce even guys ike fucking Heidegger down to lame self-help gurus.

>>13364968
based

>>13364971
Good answer.

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>>13365347
People have opinions on how to live their lives? Shocking. Is the study of philosophy all about deadening yourself and accepting all or just your perspective?
I thought I heard the original point, the mission of philosophy was to discover how the world works and how best to live it. Science took the baton of the first question.
A little overview of philosophy is all most people ever really need

>>13365332
Lovely.
Sound advice.

>>13365471
Why don't you just fuck off?

>>13365471
Worst poster of all time.

>>13365525
>>13365531
Return >>>/b/

>>13365291
Yeah, that's what I meant. Try combining both for a more effective and quicker death!

>>13364985
this is actually true, ive worked at big companies and there were multiple people with philosophy and english degrees in high positions. just play your cards right. talk about "analysis and abstract, logical thinking" and once you are in they actually do appreciate you for not being another BA or STEM. im euro tho.

>>13365545
I just know ur a disgusting tranny irl post pic

>>13364960
philosophy is a hobby.
it is not a career.
they vote for bernie sander because they went $200,000 into debt for a hobby, whereas other people went into debt to improve their human capital.

>>13366260
Hi newfag. I posted pics ages ago. Im not a camho, so I stopped and regretted it. They get reposted a lot. Here’s one. No i am not a man, i never was. Go back to /b/ to scratch that fetish itch of yours.

>>13366413
post feet

>>13366413
Based butterfly

>>13366413
Hehe there’s my cutie pie.

She will not respond now and will give in to my every desire :333

She is getting wet at the thought of it

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>>13365597
you'd have to fall from a building onto a road and synchronise your fall with a vehicle moving along the road
i mean i guess you could do that under laboratory conditions
but then how would you know which was actually the fatal one?
come on anon i really don't think you've thought this one through. there's no way you're getting this past the grant committee

>>13364960
law school

>>13364960
>WHAT THE FUCK DOES ONE DO WITH A PHILOSOPHY DEGREE???????

Make Youtube videos.

Kek im studying computer science in uni and will graduate as philosophy master

>>13365088
Actuaries get paid a fuck ton and you only need a math bachelor's for that

>>13364985

This is true. Philosophy majors quite often go into consulting, public policy, and business. Basically, any field that values being able to clearly articulate complicated ideas and being able to evaluate proposals critically will be viable for a philosophy major.

I graduated two years ago with BAs in philosophy and comp lit and I make 70k doing financial analysis work for my university's business school, but my on-campus job while in school definitely helped get me here

Why do humanities students end up as baristas and retail workers when they could join the military?

>>13369166
The two are mutually exclusive unless you fail miserably at one of them

I work in IT now

>>13369188
what about this guy

jerk yourself off with it

>>13365332
law is shit and gay
t. me

A lot of degrees only get you hired at whatever scam, I mean college you got one at

You learned how to solder there right?

>>13365284
>Most of the people I know that studied philosophy academically are kind of retarded since they spend too much time on any one philosopher or topic. They get a general overview of the entirety of philosophy which makes them think they know what they're about and they unknowingly pick up their teachers biases along the way. They might even be worse than the average person since they're so confident in their stupidity.
describes everyone on lit. I've met smarter people on fucking fit lol.

>>13366413
feet plox

>>13364960
>WHAT THE FUCK DOES ONE DO WITH A PHILOSOPHY DEGREE???????
It ends up in some dusty box while you end up working in a call center for the rest of your days.
t. fellow cucklosophy major

>>13364960
write smart books that change the world. if you can't do that independently, you shouldn't get a phil degree.

>>13364986
Nothing on your case. If your iq was higher than 95, you'd use your degree to figure out how to use it.

>>13364960
Photosynthesize. It’s right in the name, nigga.

>>13364960
Get me a latte

>>13369395
Hey, I'm not like that.

>>13364960
My dad got one. He had a rough few years, mostly working as a team leader at a grocery store. Eventually he married a Jew and she got him a job in real-estate at her father's company. He now lives in Tampa living a lifestyle I don't know how he affords, still doing real-estate (appraisals).
I myself also plan on philosophy degree, although I want to get an M.Arch. I know, two extremely useless degrees with no job prospects. But I really like architecture. If I can't be an anti-tech revolutionary, architecture is the only field that vaguely interests me beyond philosophy and environmental issues, although I could never be any sort of environmental scientist.

>>13364968
Based pharaoh poster

>>13367497
From a top university. Nobody cares about math BS if you got it from Ohio State.

What kind o place is your de gre from? What was your gePA?

A philosophy degree doesn't directly prepare you for any kind of job. It's something that you should only study when you don't have to think about how you're going to earn money. It's a luxury for people with rich parents. Since you study philosophy and still need to earn money I'm guessing you're retarded, so in that case just work at Starbucks.

>>13364960
Philosophy, I would assume.

>>13364960
Do you want to wash my dishes?

>>13364986
I am not joking. I finished my philosophy degree 2 months ago with good grades. Working in contracting now, probably going to join a pipefitters' union. It's a great job after the first few years and after 8-10 years in the union you basically set your own hours and will have plenty of time to read and write. Not sure what your dilemma is really.

“Journalism”

>>13370650
You might as well go for a civil engineer degree instead of an arch.

>>13371822
I couldn't go for a civil engineering master's. I'd have to go for another bachelor's. Most M.Arch programs take people with any undergraduate degree, whereas engineering requires that background

>>13367414
This but unironically
normies love to feel smart

Bazinga

>>13365032
>implying there is anything to destroy

>>13365013
That’s only if you’re subject is more than a job title.

Pls help. I need suggestions too

>>13367484
nice. CS undergrad philosophy masters? What are you gonna do PhD in? Math?

>>13366413
He should scratch his varicose ulcer "cough cough, 198.., Orwell..."

>>13364960
Something that involves science.

>>13364960
Become a priest

>>13371829
Idk how it would be easier to switch to arch.m over civil.m when the architecture undergrad degree consists of more unit requirements than a normal civil engineering degree at my university.

>>13372953
The m.Arch is usually longer, like 3-4 years. It doesn't require any prerequisites since it's artsy instead of technical. It's not to say I couldn't do an m.eng, it's just that I'd have to take calc 2, physics, chemistry, etc., whatever goes into the basic engineering requirements. Im already at the course load limit for this upcoming semester, and don't have much time before I finish my undergrad. Plus I want to do a semester abroad if I can swing it.

>>13373036
Just for comparison's sake, here are the respective links to the school I'd ideally go to
https://soa.cmu.edu/march#eligibility
Vs
https://www.cmu.edu/cee/prospective/graduate-degree/masters/ms-program-details/ms-graduate-students-without-engineering-degree.html

>>13373036
If your in the U.S. I hope you know that the prospects for Architects is pretty terrible since as a nation we aren't building many houses any more since most of them have already been built. I strongly suggest you to have a look at the Bureau of Labor Statistics for both Civil Engineering and Architecture. There is still art in Civil Engineering, but if you are going to follow your heart, then I suppose go for the Architecture degree.
https://www.bls.gov/ooh/architecture-and-engineering/civil-engineers.htm
https://www.bls.gov/oes/current/oes172051.htm#st
https://www.bls.gov/ooh/architecture-and-engineering/architects.htm#tab-1
https://www.bls.gov/oes/current/oes171011.htm#st
I think you mentioned something about the environment, and there is also Environmental Engineering

>>13364986
Enlist as an officer.

>>13372951
Based.

>>13373172
Yeah, I know. Job prospects are shit for everything that interests me, naturally. Part of me says who cares and another smaller part says to plan ahead. Idk. I'll think about it obviously. I probably won't get accepted anywhere anyhow

>>13364960
What does philosophy say?

it's about the means, not the end!

>>13371546
Listen to this guy. The only thing more annoying than the Boomer insisting your major be picked based on career, is the BA who thinks they must work in a "relevant" field. Just go out and do anything rather than feeling your education needs justification beyond its own value

>>13373253
philosophy books stop before they get to discuss this