As an English major, I agree that the degree is mostly worthless in 2023. Was different in 1983. https://twitter.com/ktmboyle/status/1659993843209519107
I began as an English major and quickly realized what little optionality that gave me. My actual major, communications, was also a joke, but at least there were some practical skills involved, including critical reasoning.
"College students now know that majoring in Book Club won’t get you a great job." 😭
I’m pretty confident my English degree is circling back around to having value (after years of not) thanks to prompt engineering 👌
I also studied English/Philosophy I think the most valuable barnacle of that degree in 2023 is the internal process of conjuring, recognizing, and developing even a single novel idea in a vast history of brilliant, well-developed ideas 💡🧠⚡️
honestly made good $$$ as a ghostwriter. Dad paid for degree, I'm disgustingly fortunate for that.