The most useless degrees…
Shane Hummus・12 minutes read
Shane discusses the importance of pursuing passion but warns against accumulating debt for degrees with limited benefits, offering free resources for learning instead. Various degrees like Psychology, Drama, Language Studies, Communications, and Photography are criticized for poor job prospects and availability of free resources, emphasizing the need to weigh the value of a degree against potential debt.
Insights
- Shane highlights the importance of pursuing passions but warns against accumulating debt for degrees with limited practical benefits, advocating for utilizing free resources for learning instead.
- The ranking of various degrees based on their perceived usefulness sheds light on the challenges and criticisms faced by fields such as psychology, drama, language studies, communications, and photography, emphasizing the value of practical skills and free learning options over traditional degrees in these areas.
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Recent questions
What is Shane discussing in his video?
College degrees and useless degrees.
Why is psychology considered a useless degree?
Poor job prospects despite popularity.
What is the criticism surrounding drama and theater arts degrees?
Difficulty in learning acting solely from books.
Why are language studies degrees criticized?
Unnecessary with free resources available.
Why is communications considered a potentially useless degree?
Broad and seemingly useless nature.
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Summary
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"Useless Degrees: Passion vs. Practicality"
- Shane discusses the popularity of his video on choosing college degrees and the audience's interest in identifying useless degrees.
- He emphasizes the importance of following one's passion but cautions against accumulating debt for degrees with limited benefits.
- Shane offers a disclaimer to pursue passions but suggests free resources for learning without incurring debt.
- Psychology is listed as the 10th most useless degree due to poor job prospects despite popularity.
- Drama and theater arts are ranked 9th, highlighting the difficulty in learning acting solely from books.
- Language studies are criticized for being unnecessary with free resources available, especially for languages like Mandarin.
- Communications is deemed even worse than psychology due to its broad and seemingly useless nature.
- Photography is discussed as a saturated field where free resources and practice are more valuable than a degree.
