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Downvoted for dismissing the humanities.

It was a blind spot that I had until my senior year of college, when I realized that I wanted to make a lot of money, and that it was very unlikely that majoring in philosophy would let me do so. Had I realized this at 12-14, I would've saved myself a lot of time; but I didn't, so I'm probably going to have to go back for another degree.

If you don't care about money or you have the connections to succeed with a non-STEM degree, that's another thing. But that's not the question that was asked.

13Barry_Cotter12y

One can read in one's spare time or learn languages or act. If one does not come from wealth not majoring in something remunerative in college is a mistake if you will actually want money later. He didn't dismiss the humanities he said studying them at university was a poor decision.

8[anonymous]12y

There's a difference between choosing a subject as your college major (which amounts to future employment signalling) and engaging in the study of a subject.