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The 5 Worst College Majors if You Want to Make Money: (Original Post) Brigid May 2014 OP
Nothing surprising there. hobbit709 May 2014 #1
Bingo! Brigid May 2014 #9
Those five are something a person should have the skills for without the expense of a college degree seveneyes May 2014 #2
Sadly, Nobody offers a degree in makingmoneyology. nt Xipe Totec May 2014 #3
That's called an MBA and an ethics course is NOT required. hobbit709 May 2014 #4
That's a proxy for makingmoneyology Xipe Totec May 2014 #5
Are you by chance old enough to remember Paul Harvey? Brigid May 2014 #7
Yep. hobbit709 May 2014 #8
They're fields with a lot of Women Burma Jones May 2014 #6
And bingo again. Brigid May 2014 #10
There ya go! Le Taz Hot May 2014 #11
 

seveneyes

(4,631 posts)
2. Those five are something a person should have the skills for without the expense of a college degree
Sat May 17, 2014, 09:19 AM
May 2014

That may have something to do with it. I'd rank Elementary Education as the one needing the most skills.

Xipe Totec

(43,890 posts)
5. That's a proxy for makingmoneyology
Sat May 17, 2014, 09:29 AM
May 2014

If one's purpose in life is solely to make money, there ought to be a degree for it and skip all this unnecessary indirection.


Brigid

(17,621 posts)
7. Are you by chance old enough to remember Paul Harvey?
Sat May 17, 2014, 09:48 AM
May 2014

Many years ago, I remember him talking about a story out of Harvard: A group of business students got caught cheating -- on an ethics exam.

hobbit709

(41,694 posts)
8. Yep.
Sat May 17, 2014, 09:52 AM
May 2014

Back in late 70s my housemate was going to law school. He brought home their weekly paper one day that had a list of their top 25 concerns as lawyers. #1 was their public image. #25 on the list was their ethics. He got upset when I pointed out that if ethics was #1 they wouldn't have to worry about their public image.

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