It’s a lot harder to get found if you have a political science degree, sure

Jul 9, 2020
6:09:51am

califcougar All-American

There are a lot of people with liberal arts degrees who do very well. There are many who struggle to find that first job. It is much harder than if you have a STEM degree or another degree that tracks to a specific job or field.

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Please permit me to interrupt this lack of sports to ask a question. My son is

Cru Jones

7/8/20 9:37pm

Staffer for a politician and always wonder if you'll have a job every few years.

Soupie

7/8/20 9:39pm

That worries me

Cru Jones

7/8/20 9:41pm

when I was looking at jobs on Capitol Hill the good ones needed MPA or JD. BA could get job answering mail or phones

byujag

7/8/20 10:05pm

Yep. Anyone above an Leg. correspondant usually has a grad degree.

Soupie

7/8/20 10:08pm

Is he interested in the foreign service?

PortlandCoug

7/8/20 9:40pm

Not for the long term but maybe if the embassy is in a cool place

Cru Jones

7/8/20 9:42pm

He could be a spy although I’ve heard

PortlandCoug

7/8/20 9:44pm

REAL real spies are usually foreign citizens. But just spy spies are boring.

shoganai

7/8/20 9:47pm

True I knew one when I lived in DC

PortlandCoug

7/8/20 9:49pm

Teacher or external affairs at a big company.

shoganai

7/8/20 9:41pm

News channel employee. Opinion writer (blogs, newspapers, TV) Political research

Lance71

7/8/20 9:43pm

I don’t know that many employers care...

Vernon Dozier

7/8/20 9:43pm

It matters a lot with your first job.

shoganai

7/8/20 9:45pm

Not in my experience.. Otherwise those Liberal Arts

Vernon Dozier

7/8/20 9:58pm

I saw this with my Const Mgmt degree. It got me my 1st job. Experience got me

Cru Jones

7/8/20 10:13pm

Employers that find the right people

Vernon Dozier

7/8/20 10:20pm

It’s a lot harder to get found if you have a political science degree, sure

califcougar

7/9/20 6:09am

Exactly. It's an uphill battle from the start.

dYrtbYkerYder

7/9/20 6:51am

I think you would be more shocked

rmemory

7/8/20 10:04pm

Depends on what else he does in college

Greg Kite's 'stache

7/8/20 9:56pm

That was a great response, thank you. It has given him some things to think on.

Cru Jones

7/8/20 10:11pm

He should double-major and pick some quant skills

BYU'01

7/8/20 10:18pm

So why get the Pol. Science degree at all. Just go read some philosophy books.

dYrtbYkerYder

7/9/20 6:51am

I’d only do it if he was passionate about poli sci

BYU'01

7/9/20 10:16am

In that case, get the Poli Sci degree, then go to grad school right after.

dYrtbYkerYder

7/9/20 10:33am

I got my undergrad in Political Science at BYU and I think it's a useless degree

dYrtbYkerYder

7/8/20 10:35pm

My first job out of school was as a poorly paid reporter. Went back for an MBA

dYrtbYkerYder

7/8/20 10:39pm

RE: My first job out of school was as a poorly paid reporter. Went back for an

rmemory

7/9/20 12:10pm

I did an internship at Domo, took some MSIS classes during my MBA, and took a

dYrtbYkerYder

7/9/20 12:48pm

That’s awesome. You work in a great field that is for sure.

rmemory

7/9/20 3:05pm

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dYrtbYkerYder

7/8/20 10:38pm

There are better answers already than I can give, but one thing I have noticed

Breaded Hamster

7/8/20 11:40pm

My sister became a pollster. She did get a masters in political science as well,

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