grdn.cc

I’d be curious for more info on this one.  I have a degree in ‘Visual Studies’ and my business partner doesn’t have a degree at all and now routinely interviews Stanford C.S. grads that are completely inept.  We’re both doing OK.  Then again, we’re in the internet startup biz where things are routinely kinda backwards.  I’m guessing most C.S./engineering peeps end up at larger corporate gigs which only hire humanities majors to answer the phones, but thanks to voice recognition and global economics those gigs are few and far between.

Basically, what I’m saying is that my company will eventually teach a lot of unemployed humanities kids how to code : )

giantrobotlasers:

iandsharman:

giantrobotlasers:

Such a great graphic about what people choose to spend $100,000+ on.

But…all this graphic tells us is that more people graduated with degrees in the Visual and Performing Arts, Psychology, and Communication & Journalism in 2008-2009 than in 1984-1985, and that the number of graduates with degrees in Computer Science, Chemical Engineering, and Math and Statistics has remained largely unchanged.

The graphic says nothing about pay (well, other than in its header). It includes no information about pay whatsoever. Instead it hangs on an assumption about the income of graduates from these areas of study. It gives us no data regarding that whatsoever, and so, rather than being a “great graphic” it is an entirely useless graphic.

This comment is absurd. It is common knowledge that for people with only an undergraduate degree, average pay for those in technical fields is higher. Yes, not all that data is presented here, but it doesn’t change the fact that it is true. If I’m mistaken and people with communication degrees make more money than computer scientists, please let me know.