Philosophy won't keep you
warm at night?
It was my primary study while pursuing a
bachelor of arts. It developed my capacity for
critical thinking,
analysis and
perspective, as well as making me much more efficient with
communication, both
written and
verbal. The
methods of
thinking which one
encounters and learns to
emulate whilst reading the works of such masters as
Aristotle,
Socrates,
Plato,
Soren Kierkegaard,
Emmanuel Kant,
Friedrich Nietzsche,
Arthur Schopenhaur,
Bertrand Russell,
Jean-Paul Sartre,
Francis Bacon,
Roger Bacon,
Saint Thomas Aquinas and
Ludwig Wittgenstein will assist you at least as much in a quest for
gainful employment as a
BBA.
Most employment comes down to
getting your foot in the door and showing your
abilities and
skills from there, rising through
promotion.
Having a
typical computer knowledge, and able to program only
VBA and
MS Access, I made my way from
Technical Support to
Database Administrator to
Database Analyst to
Chief Technical Officer in the course of two years. Sending
memos that are
polished and clear, being
lucid and knowing how to cut through the slew of
buzz words lobbed at you count for a lot, as does being able to
quickly grasp
new ideas. If you were able to understand
Kantian morality after your first read, you'll have no trouble at all in picking up on such simple concepts as
viral marketing and
N-tier architecture. It is the development of the
mind as much as the
knowledge crammed into it that allows you to be
effective.
When you're
living, you should
do what you want and trust that
somewhere there will be a
niche for the
talents you possess. It is a
global marketplace, and you can be sure that if
you are willing to commit to
learning something, somebody else will
pay you to either
teach them,
apply your knowledge or learn something
new.
There's not much point in
going through the motions just to satisfy
parents or
perceived job markets. The one that
matters is
you, and while you can pass that
title onto
somebody else, it should be for
better reasons than
job security