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Does your major in college really matters? (slrpnk.net)

submitted 10 months ago by jerebear39@slrpnk.net to c/asklemmy@lemmy.ml

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I'm in my last year of college and for some reason, I decided to design my own major, and I feel like I made a mistake, I'm looking at jobs RN and feel like no employer is going to understand it at all. And that I don't really have much in demand skills? (FYI - it's a BA in community development, so kinda like urban planning but more expansive, my major Combines Social Work, Business, and Sustainability)

In y'all experience, does a college major matter much in the long run?

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[–] Aztechnology@lemmy.world 6 points 10 months ago (1 children)

I'll chime in that a degree in accounting or finance can get you far.. Most here will mention engineering/medical/programming. They also will likely bemoan the finance and accounting folks they work with as useless.

I'll agree that due to many burrecratic choices c-suite leadership make there are a ton of inefficiencies but there is always a ton of work to be done and the skills can transfer to quite a bit of companies.. Even very large corporations just end up having horribly inefficient processes and constant churn in leadership switches it up a lot.. So if your someone who knows accounting and finance well and can think learn to bridge the never ending gap in tools and people requesting data you can do well.

[–] SoylentBlake@lemm.ee 2 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago)

The first thing anyone should do if they're in business for themselves, as soon as the money becomes available, is hire an accountant and a lawyer.

Those are the only two industries who know how society really works