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[โ€“] GraniteM@lemmy.world 162 points 20 hours ago (4 children)

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: ๐Ÿ˜ณ

[โ€“] kkj@lemmy.dbzer0.com 142 points 20 hours ago

So there is a way to use your philosophy degree for evil.

convince investment bankers not to kill themselves?

Sometimes there is great value in a job done poorly.

[โ€“] CosmicTurtle0@lemmy.dbzer0.com 38 points 19 hours ago (1 children)

I'd think it'd be more ethical to do the exact opposite.

[โ€“] xylol@leminal.space 22 points 18 hours ago (1 children)
[โ€“] MagicShel@lemmy.zip 26 points 18 hours ago* (last edited 18 hours ago)

๐Ÿ‘‹

I think we could crowd fund something...

[โ€“] TubularTittyFrog@lemmy.world 10 points 15 hours ago* (last edited 15 hours ago)

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. Their mental flexibility is limited.