• Num10ck@lemmy.world
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    dont know what you want to be when you grow up? business major is broadly useful for anyone. everyone’s life would be improved by picking up a college textbook on finance, for example.

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      Useless information that is A. common sense B. easily searchable online or C. provided by befriending an actual business owner D. through work experience. Most of the degree is actually learning sociopathic tricks, like how to handshake or posture to intimidate

      Business majors are pretty much destined to become dusty middle managers because they lack creativity or brains

      Edit: Pro-tip, if you’re smart and pedantic at least pick law… Then you have some chance of helping someone. Business degrees are for failed entrepreneurs, they further entrench the notion higher education is a joke

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        Can’t help but feel like this was written and upvoted by people sitting comfortably on the peak of the Dunning-Kruger curve.

        I fully expect this comment to be downvoted, but that doesn’t make it less true.

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          I have an MBA from a prestigious school, and an MS from a state school and this meme is 100% true.

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          I mean, even assuming that business degrees aren’t a waste of money and time, learning things you would pick up working in the corporate world anyway, while not learning any creative or practical skills…

          Humanities still make better general-purpose degrees because they actually teach you things like critical thinking, questioning your sources and their biases, self-examination, etc. Things that society needs now more than ever. From my experience of friends with philosophy degrees, the world would be a vastly better place if even 1 in 20 people had one.

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          Spot on.

          Besides, business schools are also for students to make contacts and connections with people in the industry and their peers.

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        Most of the degree is actually learning sociopathic tricks, like how to handshake or posture to intimidate

        Never took a business class but I don’t think that’s taught at university.

        They’re born with that ability.

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          Business student here! We are taught this!

          Of course, only to a very limited extent. It was discussed as a small part of our negotiations course, which to be fair, was very good and I have found it useful.

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      WTF I picked up a finance textbook and now I’m in debt for like eighty billion dollars?! And I have to buy the online portal code separately!? What a rip-off!

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        No reselling that book either young man

        Unless its through the campus book store where youll get 20% of its value

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        STEM majors like to make fun of business majors for contributing nothing but frustration to society

        ftfy

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            A significant amount of compsci angst post-graduation is caused by business majors and their lack of knowledge about what they’re managing. But the people who are currently students aren’t complaining about that actual grievance, they’re mostly bitter about other majors having more fun.

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              Almost like not valuing a craft (other than manipulation) leads people to value short-term gains over long-term growth and sustainability

              Almost like this thought process is ruining the world

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              Also the fact that they get put in charge of everything and take all the money despite knowing nothing and mostly hurting the things they’re put in charge of.

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              Good thing I’ve already earned the titles: Rockstar Coder, Front-End Wizard, and Multiple Hat Enthusiast.

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          brb, going to grab a minor in philosophy so I can make fun of them for being ultimately useless to greater humanity and incapable of morality, ethics or self-reflection

          (every business major I know easily fulfills both criteria)

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      Business degrees are many college students’ backup plan if their degree of choice is too difficult for them.

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          “Look to your left. Look to your right. One of you will graduate with a business degree. One will drop out. And the third will have traded their health and sanity to get bossed around by the first.”

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          Our freshman class had 24 students planning to enroll with CS as there major.

          Of that group 6 graduated with CS and 19 with business degrees. One Student thought it was a joke how easy it was and said “fuck it” and double majored in CS and business.

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      Business is one of the majors people make fun of for being a useless degree that teaches nothing.

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      Business degrees have a curriculum designed for toddlers to make sure they have plenty of time to go to their frat parties on the weekend.

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    The running joke at some universities used to be to direct people to the business school when they asked for directions to daycare.