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Does anyone know the earning potential of a Philosophy graduate?
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OP,
I suspect that the reason you're getting short shrift on here is to do with your own attitude, rather than people nit-picking for no reason. If you're going to be a smart alec, then your own approach needs to be absolutely flawless. Otherwise you just invite negative comments.
You will also find, when you get out into the big wide world, that you are nothing special and there is always someone brighter/cleverer/better than you. I was the brightest kid at school. Then I went to uni for a BSc. and was also 'up there'. Then I did a PhD and was reasonable. Now I work for possibly the most prestigious scientific research organisation in the world and I'm very, very average.Remember Occam's Razor - the simplest explanation is usually the right one.
32 and mortgage-free
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Voyager2002 wrote: »I should have made it clear that my comment was about the UK.
Your examples are all from other countries, which tends to confirm my point.
OK British Base companies:
- BP: former CEO - Tony Haywards.
- BAE: Sir Richard Lake Olver Chairman of BAE Systems
- World renowned British engineering firms founders "Sir Ove Nyquist Arup", its partners/directors, are not they engineers ... You could name hundreds more other British Consulting Engineering firms such as Atkins, etc.
High flyers are the people with strong determination, working extremely hard, have talents to achieve their goal to reach the top. So it is not industry educational degree dependent as you could find it in every sectors. Even people without formal university degree could become a high flyer and they could be in any sector such as politics, finance, engineering, pharmaceuticals, and economics even in sport.
Is not that true that you do not a university education to become an Olympic medalist ?
So it is a fallacy to link an higher educational background with high flyers.0 -
Person_one wrote: »Did you have to attend an interview to get a place on this philosophy course?
No, there wasn't an interview.
Like most redbricks, they don't interview for humanities and social science courses.“Washing one's hands of the conflict between the powerful and the powerless means to side with the powerful, not to be neutral. ”
― Paulo Freire, Pedagogy of the Oppressed0 -
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I understand the premise of your point- thank you.OP,
I suspect that the reason you're getting short shrift on here is to do with your own attitude, rather than people nit-picking for no reason. If you're going to be a smart alec, then your own approach needs to be absolutely flawless. Otherwise you just invite negative comments.
You will also find, when you get out into the big wide world, that you are nothing special and there is always someone brighter/cleverer/better than you. I was the brightest kid at school. Then I went to uni for a BSc. and was also 'up there'. Then I did a PhD and was reasonable. Now I work for possibly the most prestigious scientific research organisation in the world and I'm very, very average.“Washing one's hands of the conflict between the powerful and the powerless means to side with the powerful, not to be neutral. ”
― Paulo Freire, Pedagogy of the Oppressed0 -
That was actually sarcasmringo_24601 wrote: »And you wonder why you get grief? “Washing one's hands of the conflict between the powerful and the powerless means to side with the powerful, not to be neutral. ”
― Paulo Freire, Pedagogy of the Oppressed0 -
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ringo_24601 wrote: »One thing you learn in the *working world* is that when communicating by email, be direct, humour doesn't work as you expect and avoid sarcasm
Ahh do I have to avoid sarcasm? I love it so much
In communications with VIPs I tend just to completely avoid sarcasm or humour, taking a clear and concise approach to the facts of the matter.
This approach is divorced from my personality- many of you will be happy to hear this.“Washing one's hands of the conflict between the powerful and the powerless means to side with the powerful, not to be neutral. ”
― Paulo Freire, Pedagogy of the Oppressed0
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