/lit/ - Literature

>>20383919
I did philosophy in university. I ended up becoming a lawyer. And I'm very unlike all the other lawyers I work with.

>>20383919
Academia is rigged these days. In the majority of cases you'll be stuck as an adjunct with shit pay, shit hours, and maybe benefits if you're lucky. University environments are becoming increasingly corporatized so they find news ways to screw you every day and milk you for revenue streams. You'll work your ass to the bone and get fuck-all. Also, plenty of academics are petty, pompous assholes and departmental infighting can be brutal.

I studied philosophy, learned Python, mostly automated my job. Coding is pretty fun, and it enables you to be lazy while still being middle-class. I write stories regularly on the clock.

>>20383919
Unless you're talking about grad school you can do a double major would just be more work and money

I wish i was dead

>>20383945
>And I'm very unlike all the other lawyers I work with.
What do you mean? Is this something good or bad?

>>20383961
I'm trans and they're cis.

>>20383958
>I wish i was dead
Wait some more and they'll grant your wish. Don't worry, be happy.

if you can swing it, do what I did: double major in philosophy and something more concrete/tangible/allows for better job prospects. sure, you can get just a phil degree then if you are a decent interviewer and can network well just become a marketer or an analyst or a dishwasher or a lawyer or pick up programming yourself or whatever.. but for you specifically I'd do phil + comp sci. I did phil and electrical engineering and now I program robots in factories and occasionally go to philosophy seminars in my university town. I'm happy with how it all turned out

>>20383973
>I'm trans and they're cis.
Oh, I see. A contemporary drama.
I wish luck to xir/xer/?!*@

>>20383961
I do half way decent. But I don't have a lawyer's personality. I'm a little too 'thoughtful' if that make sense. Law, in large part, is about procedure -- within the firm and in the courts. It's actually not all that creative. I don't think philosophy lends well to the law. It's not some sort of creative endeavor, especially in tort law. I do personal injury. It's a lot of wheeling and dealing. You make your fees or you don't. And if you don't, you're out. My job makes me feel bad -- like ethically. My co-workers don't care very much. They're vulgar and I think they're on a lower level of consciousness.

>>20384032
>They're vulgar and I think they're on a lower level of consciousness.
So you think you are better than them??

>>20384032
Bullshit. All you lawyers are overpriced bloodsucking scumbags.

>>20384032
You can't figure out how to make a living without doing something that makes you feel bad, but you think you're better than people who can

>>20384088
>All X are Y

friend it sounds like you need to go to school for philosophy

>>20384164
>All X are X
Sounds reasonable to me

>>20384088
I don't disagree. But people need lawyers. And if they didn't, they wouldn't exist. We provide a valuable service and we can do trials.

I probably won't be doing it for the entirety of my life.

>>20384303
>>20384054
>So you think you are better than them??
How would you dodge this claim (as a lawyer)?

And as a monk?

>>20384423
You can tell a lot about a person by the way he treats others. The other attorneys are very nasty. They scream and curse at clients -- I'm not exaggerating. They're also very gossipy. Office politics is a thing in every law firm, and I try not to participate, to my own detriment. What is office politics? Favoritism -- and it has nothing to do with hard work. They laugh at others misfortunates. I can tell what type of people they are. Their egos are very high. They're extremely critical and this is, I'm sure, because of their own flaws and insecurities. When I say that these attorneys are vulgar and on a lower level of consciousness, this is what I mean -- and perhaps only a person who has worked with attorneys would understand what I mean by all this.

>>20384164
he might as well just said
>all lawyers are lawyers

>>20384126
I concur

>>20383919
Study philosophy in your own time. Go for CS. You shouldn't choose a stable and fruitful career over what seems "fun" to you. A lot of people never had that luxury and they created the world you live in. Give back and actual bribg value to the world. A lot of great philospohers, writers and musicians had a different career while they honed their passion.

>>20384666
checked, pic related, and the counter argument to this would be that learning philosophy at a "competent" level is very hard to do without teachers, other students, a school setting, setc.

lmao mental illness again

>>20385449
El whato?

>>20383919
The name of your university matters a lot more than your major. If you aren't going to an elite US school don't study philosophy.

>>20385626
woke is everywhere
all education is worthless since the "men are women" postmodern garbage-ism
educate yourself bro

>>20385634
It doesn't matter if the department is woke or whether or not you even learn anything. All that matters is getting into an Ivy, Stanford, MIT etc. once you're there you're all set.

>>20384164
All baseball caps are hats.

>>20385626
That's for people who don't know shit, both the student and the person looking over your resume. The point of an education, especially one that is meant to give meaningful enrichment and satisfaction, is enrichment. It doesn't matter, in that case, where you go.
The FBI might not be the most competent organization out there, what government agency is, but they do pretty well for themselves. Look at who they hire to be their hackers. Many of them are kids who were "up to no good", phreaking phones and hacking into the Pentagon. If you want a good boss, you'll want the boss who wants you for you, not for your diploma.

>>20383946
phd doesn’t mean you have to do academia

>>20383919
>>some kind of pidge meme

>>20384054
Not him, but if you're going to argue that unconsciousness is not equivalent to an infirm faculty of moral reasoning then you're a fucking retard.

>>20384666
>and musicians
Who??

>>20387362
Kris Kristofferson was a helicopter pilot before becoming a musician.

>>20387381
>Kris Kristofferson was a helicopter pilot before becoming a musician.
Holly based. Professionally?

>>20383919
>Prospects after a philosophy degree
Dishwasher
Cart Returner
Cashier

>>20385234
It's really not. Just read the books and write for yourself.