I have a masters in philosophy.
I work in IT security and compliance. I’m getting promoted way faster than most of my peers who have masters in technology… because they are really bad at understanding new concepts and ideals and how to apply them.
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GraniteM@lemmy.world 7 months ago
I talked to a guy who had a master’s degree in philosophy. He told me he worked for an investment firm.
Me: What do you do there, convince investment bankers not to kill themselves?
Him: Yeah, pretty much.
Me: 😳
TubularTittyFrog@lemmy.world 7 months ago
CosmicTurtle0@lemmy.dbzer0.com 7 months ago
I’d think it’d be more ethical to do the exact opposite.
xylol@leminal.space 7 months ago
But then who would pay you
MagicShel@lemmy.zip 7 months ago
👋
kkj@lemmy.dbzer0.com 7 months ago
So there is a way to use your philosophy degree for evil.
icelimit@lemmy.ml 7 months ago
In this case, chaotic neutral i think.
grrgyle@slrpnk.net 7 months ago
Lawful evil
ChickenLadyLovesLife@lemmy.world 7 months ago
Sometimes there is great value in a job done poorly.