According to CNN Money, the highest earning college degrees require high competency in math skills, which really blows for me because I’m terrible at math. I’d major in engineering if I didn’t mind the 18+ credit hour semesters, and you know, not having a life. In addition, my work ethic is, for lack of a better word, non-existent (2 words?). At this moment, I’m sitting at my desk doing nothing but staring at my screen and reading articles on the net. I should be building scripts, monitoring servers, and installing virtual machines, but I choose not to because I want to inform my lovely audience on the goodies the internet has to offer. And seriously, math is fucking hard.
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“There are far fewer people graduating with math-based majors, compared to their liberal-arts counterparts, which is why they are paid at such a premium. The fields of engineering and computer science each make up about 4% of all college graduates, while social science and history each comprise 16%, Koc noted.
As a result, salaries for graduates who studied fields like social work command tiny paychecks, somewhere in the vicinity of $29,000. English, foreign language and communications majors make about $35,000, Koc said.
“It’s a supply and demand issue,” he added. “So few grads offer math skills, and those who can are rewarded.”"
This is really a punch in the face for those liberal arts kids. I wouldn’t get too hung up on these statistics, seeing as how our economy sucks and it’s hard for anyone to get a job. But enough about you, what about me? What am I going to do? I add and subtract with my fingers, and I use a calculator whenever I can. Looks like I’m going to have to start thinking sooner or later. Fuck.