The Underemployment Thread

1. 2019-04-26 at 5:11 PM UTC

   #1
   -Dumpster Slut- Houston
   My friend has a masters degree in sociology but now works at taco bell.
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2. 2019-04-26 at 5:17 PM UTC

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   Octavian motherfucker

   Originally posted by -Dumpster Slut- My friend has a masters degree in sociology but now works at taco bell.

   
   
3. 2019-04-26 at 5:34 PM UTC

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   Ghost Black Hole
   I did shipping receiving and drove a forklift for 6 years but the only work I can find is manual labor. Folks, being a youth isn't easy.
4. 2019-04-26 at 6:22 PM UTC

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   Erekshun Naturally Camouflaged
   And deep in debt I bet
   
   So stupid
5. 2019-04-26 at 6:51 PM UTC

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   Jiggaboo_Johnson Black Hole

   Originally posted by -Dumpster Slut- My friend has a masters degree in sociology but now works at taco bell.

   
   Sociology...lololol
6. 2019-04-26 at 6:51 PM UTC

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   Sudo Black Hole [my hereto riemannian peach]
   I bet he's trying to form a union there lol
7. 2019-04-26 at 6:52 PM UTC

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   Jiggaboo_Johnson Black Hole
   What idiot spends their time on money on such a useless subject...your friend I guess.
8. 2019-04-26 at 10 PM UTC

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   Helladamnleet African Astronaut [impartially tyrannize that lentinus]

   Originally posted by -Dumpster Slut- My friend has a masters degree in sociology but now works at taco bell.

   
   
   
   

   Originally posted by Jiggaboo_Johnson What idiot spends their time on money on such a useless subject…your friend I guess.

   
   I actually googled it and apparently there really are jobs that a sociology degree would help with. Stupid shit like guidance counselor, but still.
9. 2019-04-26 at 10:45 PM UTC

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   Erekshun Naturally Camouflaged

   Originally posted by Helladamnleet I actually googled it and apparently there really are jobs that a sociology degree would help with. Stupid shit like guidance counselor, but still.

   
   Yea, go $80,000 in debt to be a high school guidance counselor. I HATED school, never went to college and I do quite well. College is a scam for the most part.
10. 2019-04-26 at 11:01 PM UTC

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    Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country Dark Matter [my scoffingly uncritical tinning]
    You won't get anything with just a sociology degree, you'll need something else on top of that.
11. 2019-04-26 at 11:08 PM UTC

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    Admin African Astronaut
    I cheated my way through high school. Now I work at a call center. Derp derp.
12. 2019-04-27 at 1:58 AM UTC

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    Helladamnleet African Astronaut [impartially tyrannize that lentinus]

    Originally posted by Erekshun Yea, go $80,000 in debt to be a high school guidance counselor. I HATED school, never went to college and I do quite well. College is a scam for the most part.

    
    $80,000 is a gross exageration, but yes, college is a scam. Back when it was a way to show you went the extra mile for the experience needed it was worth it, but now it's considered standard so a degree is pointless in a round aboot way.
13. 2019-04-27 at 2:02 AM UTC

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    Erekshun Naturally Camouflaged

    Originally posted by Helladamnleet $80,000 is a gross exageration, but yes, college is a scam. Back when it was a way to show you went the extra mile for the experience needed it was worth it, but now it's considered standard so a degree is pointless in a round aboot way.

    
    Fuck, I know first hand! I can't tell you how many "engineers" I have come across who don't have a clue.
14. 2019-04-27 at 2:15 AM UTC

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    Common De-mominator African Astronaut
    Sounds like he did a shit job at building his résumé.
15. 2019-04-27 at 2:22 AM UTC

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    HTS highlight reel

    Originally posted by Helladamnleet $80,000 is a gross exageration

    
    For a 4 year degree? Not really. I just checked out a couple state universities and yearly tuition + yearbooks etc was running like $17000 for in-state, commuter students and closer to $25000 if you're out of state and/or want to live on campus.
    
    You're definitely looking at $80000 in debt give or take ten grand for a 4 year degree at any state university. :|
16. 2019-04-27 at 2:27 AM UTC

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    Common De-mominator African Astronaut

    Originally posted by HTS For a 4 year degree? Not really. I just checked out a couple state universities and yearly tuition + yearbooks etc was running like $17000 for in-state, commuter students and closer to $25000 if you're out of state and/or want to live on campus.
    
    You're definitely looking at $80000 in debt give or take ten grand for a 4 year degree at any state university. :|

    
    There's no way that isn't including living costs etc.
17. 2019-04-27 at 2:34 AM UTC

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    Bueno motherfucker
18. 2019-04-27 at 3:37 AM UTC

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    vindicktive vinny Black Hole

    Originally posted by -Dumpster Slut- My friend has a masters degree in sociology but now works at taco bell.

    
    theres no better way of experiencing sociology than working the till at a fastfood joint.
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19. 2019-04-27 at 1:31 PM UTC

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    Helladamnleet African Astronaut [impartially tyrannize that lentinus]

    Originally posted by Erekshun Fuck, I know first hand! I can't tell you how many "engineers" I have come across who don't have a clue.

    
    People look at college and think they're going to walk out the door with 6 months job experience, when in reality the position they really want takes a decade or more of dedicated work slowly moving up the ladder.
    
    Imagine FAFSA being taken away and all of us just getting a $2 raise
20. 2019-04-27 at 2:58 PM UTC

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    Admin African Astronaut
    I think it largely depends on grants and rich parents.