Top 10 Most Worthless Majors

[weR138]

Good sales people make more than engineers because most engineers have the personality of a door knob.

and when i saw Latin all I could think of was PCU when he told the guy, "you majored in a 2000 year old dead language? I got Sandscript, thats the best i can do"

Sanskrit?

I'll agree that engineers are typically lacking in social skills but they do start out at a nice salary and the tiny few that do have social and business acumen become very rich.

[acgclone]

In case you are not joking, which I hope you are...

Average salary of a sales person: $25000-$60000
Salesperson / Salesman / Saleswoman Salary - Average Salesperson / Salesman / Saleswoman Salaries - PayScale

Average salary of an engineer: $52000-$77000
Engineering Salaries, Civil Engineer Salary, Average Salary - PayScale

Obviously the average engineer makes way more than the average sale person because you have a lot of low end sale professions such as retail, telemarketing, etc bringing down the pay scale.

But there are several sales industries where pay ranges between $100k-$1mm.

[FarminCy]

Obviously the average engineer makes way more than the average sale person because you have a lot of low end sale professions such as retail, telemarketing, etc bringing down the pay scale.

But there are several sales industries where pay ranges between $100k-$1mm.

This is exactly what I thought. If we are going to lump all sales positions into one category than we might as well start throwing "sanitation engineers" into the other side as well.

Most sales professionals that I work with, deal with, are friends with etc are for the most part making 6 figures right now and if they are not they are much closer to 6 figures than they are 50K.

[bostrem00]

Marketing belongs on there! The only reason it's not is because some Marketing major probably sold the writer on the idea it was only 11th worst.....for a limited time only......

I remember my first superiority complex about another major....

[FarminCy]

I remember my first superiority complex about another major....

There seems to be alot of that within certain groups of ISU grads.

I tend to avoid threads like this as it always turns into engineers and a few other groups bashing the rest of us who chose to go the business route in life.

I'll let what i make and the life I can give my family speak for itself not what what my degree says on it.

[linkshero]

I remember my first superiority complex about another major....

Dude, I have a major in Marketing and a Minor in Communications, via a short stop through Trans Log and MIS. I also started out in Art and Design, so I took a reserved table at the buffet of worthless majors... I pretty much own this thread. I **** on all of you.....

[LindenCy]

There seems to be alot of that within certain groups of ISU grads.

I tend to avoid threads like this as it always turns into engineers and a few other groups bashing the rest of us who chose to go the business route in life.

I'll let what i make and the life I can give my family speak for itself not what what my degree says on it.

I would say an engineering degree is much harder than a marketing degree, but I would also say the potential to make cash is much higher in marketing.

And just for fun, what if you majored in art history, but then went on to study at the London School of Economics?

[agrabes]

Good sales people make more than engineers because most engineers have the personality of a door knob.

Actually, I don't really think sales people are much more well liked than engineers. On the one hand most engineers aren't that socially outgoing, but on the other sales people are perceived as being insincere. Whenever I interact with someone in sales, I always remember that everything they say or do is motivated toward selling their product. Personally I'd prefer socially awkward over sell mode any day.

However, even sales people are above "purchasing" people in my book. At least with a sales person, you know what they are doing and you can respect them for it. In my experience "purchasers" just spend half their time being wined and dined by sales people and almost seem to work more for the benefit of vendors than for the benefit of our own company.

[weR138]

I would say an engineering degree is much harder than a marketing degree, but I would also say the potential to make cash is much higher in marketing.

And just for fun, what if you majored in art history, but then went on to study at the London School of Economics?

Really? How?

[colbycheese]

I'd replace Communications with Political Science.

In the 70's and early 80's ISU had a "Child Development" degree. Everyone joked it was a MRS degree not a BS because it would not get you a job but may get you a husband.

Funny, that was my wife's major.

It sounds like it morphed into "Human Development and Family Studies". From what I gather, there are a bunch of specialties within it - mostly dealing with kids in different aspects. My wife got a Psych minor and works in a psychiatric hospital now.

[Go2Guy]

I wonder what was Sham-Wow Vince's major?

One of the greatest sales-pitch guys in history.

[tejasclone]

I minored in Latin at ISU and the faculty there had a pretty tough time getting approval for new courses for me and the 4 other kids in my class to continue taking each semester. Granted, ISU is not the best place to study for Latin or anything related to the classics, but I'm very glad I took it.

The bit about explaining the Latin etymology of big words to other people... that's totally me.

[aforstate]

Dude, I have a major in Marketing and a Minor in Communications, via a short stop through Trans Log and MIS. I also started out in Art and Design, so I took a reserved table at the buffet of worthless majors... I pretty much own this thread. I **** on all of you.....

I don't know man. I have a Bachelor of Liberal Studies degree, a minor in Design Studies, and a minor in Anthropology. I would also have a minor in Classical Studies if I would have finished Latin. I think that's a pretty solid resume. I didn't declare a major until the start of my 5th and final year when my advisor pretty much made me.

[LindenCy]

Really? How?

To which part?

[Go2Guy]

I don't know man. I have a Bachelor of Liberal Studies degree, a minor in Design Studies, and a minor in Anthropology. I would also have a minor in Classical Studies if I would have finished Latin.

Just curious, why did you decide to attend ISU to study that curriculum?