Dont wanna be an asshole but most of those should be obvious.
I think they are hold overs from Ye Olden Days when ANY degree was a surefire way to a nice job.
As a child of the 80's my parents told me this constantly.
By the time the 90's rolled around they were more like: "Get an engineering degree."
Also, most of us know that the school itself is a big help.
Those 10 degrees might seem like crap but if you got one of them from Harvard you still have a good chance of the Rich & Shameless lifestyle.
My mom talks about this all the time. She's a senior/master/uber paralegal in her law firm and she sees tons of idiots who cant do anything right holding on to jobs for decades, all because they went to one of the top 10 Ivy League universities. Big law firms and corporations will suck up those guys instantly and never let them go, even if they are useless.
Originally posted by: Saint Michael
Originally posted by: invidia
Don't forget engineers and scientists. Without their academic nerdiness, we won't have the internet to post on ATOT with our computers today.
A misconception. Not all engineers are sitting around inventing the internet and making the world a better place. Most engineers are sitting around doing mundane tasks and designing forgettable, worthless things, and of course occasionally popping onto tech sites to talk shit about how they are doing such a service for humanity through their chosen profession.
This is true. I took the Advanced Electronics program in the Navy. Got out and worked for Hynix Semiconductor (microchips) and then Tektronix (test equipment). Am going back to school soon and I can honestly say I will major in anything except engineering.
The idea of building new toys and devices and machinery and stuff sound fun and profitable, but its always the business major (your boss) who gets the glory and the money, because he told you to do it.
You will just sit around all day with a dozen other miserable souls trying to figure out some ridiculous problem because the 27 people between you and the customer are complete idiots.
CASE IN POINT!!
http://philhord.com/phord/wp-content/development.jpg
Thats another thing I learned working in the industry. About 200 things can go wrong in any given project. 3 of them will be your fault. The other 197 are still your problems.
Engineering isnt that awesome.