Read the *Two Cultures* essay by C P Snow?

If you want to be a doctor, lawyer, engineer, healthcare provider, computer programmer/IT/data scientist, then go to college. Go to trade school for obvious reasons if you want to pursue those careers. If you don't know yet or don't want to be any of the above, then don't go to college, or at least wait until you figure it out. While you're waiting, maybe work full or part-time at McDonalds, Best Buy, Amazon, etc. Or join the military. Or pretty much any of the suggestions she mentioned towards the end of her video.

I think that the humanities (and the arts, which I tend to think of separately) are essential in the 21st century. However, I think that it is necessary to end the siloing of subjects, a là C. P. Snow. Everyone needs history, philosophy, English, etc., even if only a few people will actually major in the subject. To use my own field of maths as an example, The percentage of people taking higher level maths courses in college who end up majoring in the subject is actually quite small. Most of the students are physics, biology, engineering and economics students. Society would benefit if there were more art history and romance language majors who knew a bit about modern maths. At the same time, it is a good idea for Computer science and statisticians to know about how real languages work. To give one example, it is almost axiomatic that a 'message' consisting of random numbers has the highest possible information content. This made sense in the context of Signal processing at AT&T, but it is entirely wrong in the context of a real language, where a random sequence has zero information content. Another example is the way people think that ChatGPT can write poetry because it can construct a Haiku. It would be very useful for an actual poet to explain the difference between poetry and doggerel in terms that a computer scientist can understand. If higher education is not to become just another layer of 'training'. we need to re-integrate the curriculum. Every department has something to offer to every student, even if only a few students will make a career out of the field. It may be romantic of me, but I think that at one time, college was primarily an intellectual adventure, not at trade school. This is what I think it should be. Right now, there are many practical obstacles -- exorbitant tuition, pervading sexism and racism, and (financial) elitism -- that need to be tackled. There is also the tendency in business to require a college degree for a position that does not need one, forcing a lot of people who really are not interested to pursue a degree (and accumulate debt) when in reality, they can do just fine in the job (and have an excellent prospect of advancement) without a BA or BS. my 2¢.

Maths major, and it was great. Easiest major -- no books to read, no papers to write, just pass the tests every week *and* remember everything from every maths course I ever took. HOWEVER, chemistry courses got me a job, and my philosophy courses were essential to make sense of it all. I also got a MA in music composition.

My undergrad Thesis is not focused on the field of Communication Engineering but I have ten years of experience in Communication Engineering as a Radio Frequency Engineer. I want to do MSc in Communication Engineering under Electrical Engineering, do I avoid mentioning my undergrad Thesis in my Personal statement and dwell more on my professional experience? Please reply

Thank you so much!!! This is super helpful

Would you say that the Personal Statement and Statement of purpose asks for the same information essentially?

The link in your description isn't working- can you provide an updated one? Thank you!

Phenomenal insights! Much appreciated 👍

It was years ago and I didn't know any better, but I did the opposite of Tip #2. Could find a job at all for over a year, so went off to grad school for a PhD. Realized I didn't want to be a professor after all. Too much admin, management, begging for budget, very little actual science! But it open doors later, research, cutting edge science, world class product development, working in 3D graphics and computer science. Nothing directly related to my major, of course!

1) adjusting mindset 2) do not go the grad school

i love this advice. I thank you so much

Why do we have to pay for your "advice" by watching KZbin ads???

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You're the only person on here with a practical solution to this

The only way I would ever get a Master's is if my employer funded it.

Thank you, Stacy.

Nice video. I hope you can make an updated video like this.

5 jobs after one and a half years, I'd be lucky if I got one in that timeframe.

I'm in this spot right now, but the problem is I have no relevant experience. I favored graduating on time and committing to schoolwork over internships or jobs. I'm 30 now. I worked in the Air Force for 4 years and then was a Armored Truck driver after that. I ended up quitting the second position because I developed extremely bad psoriasis from the stress and there was a company merger that sent things to shit. So I go to school on my benefits. Get a BBA in MIS. Magna Cum Laude. Now, MONTH's after graduating, I can't find a job. I'm even wiling to move to a neighboring state. I'd work for fucking nothing pretty much, relatively speaking. You'd figure It would be easy to get a job being a vet with an honorable discharge, no criminal record, and a decent bachelor's degree. The best advice I'd give anyone young now is to go to trade school instead of college.

Humanities by its nature are all encompassing. One of the major theme of humanities is to mold an independent thinker. As such they are supposed to be capable to face any challenge as you doing.

Very relaxing speaking style and helpful info. Thank you

This is one of the channels that gave me the courage to start my KZbin channel 9 months ago about self development. Now I have 1,594 subs and > 1,000 hours of watch time. I know it’s not comparable with others but I’m still proud I started because I’ve been learning so many lessons that I could haven’t learned without getting started in the 1st place.

Thank you for this 🙏🙏🙏

I want to take a semester off of school to help my family and myself but I’m really worried how I will explain the gap to graduate schools.

That part of turning your interest into a venture is eye opening ❤

I am sending this to all my friends who are struggling right now! Great job, Stacy!

Where do you find the ATF software?

Great video, get clarity on this arena

A boy in class touched me inappropriately. I killed his cat.

I particularly liked your tips on crafting a compelling summary. It inspired me to infuse my personality into my LinkedIn profile while highlighting my professional strengths. The suggestion to add multimedia elements is brilliant - it'll definitely make my profile more engaging. I'll be applying these techniques right away to make my LinkedIn profile shine.

hey @stacy, i dont think the free tool you linked in the bio is working, can you check it? Thanks

in sweden university is for free and I get paid to go to univ. Rather than stay home and apply to jobs that i get rejected all the time. I get depressed.

Hi! I am lawyer from Venezuela trying to get into an LLM in the USA. I have no one to ask for feedback in regards to my statement of purpose. If I could send it to you, so you could review it, it would mean the world to me.

ive given up on graduate job ages ago, its hard for me to find a regular job.... its even cost me my faith with God. ive been applying for normal jobs 7 months now and nothing :(

The most useful video I saw in while. ❤

Excellent video. Thank you so much.

Thank you so much for this input.

It’s been a year since I graduated and because of some family health issues I wasn’t able to take any internships during college. I was thinking about going back to grad school cause it wouldn’t be too expensive to try for other internships but I’m not sure what to do now tbh. I’m just tryna break into the industry.

Thank God I'm not alone

Most jobs online is already filled

I just graduated and I keep applying like a madman but so far I haven’t received any reply and I’m worried that it’s going to stay that way. I’m working part time right now in retail and I rent a house with my bf who graduated last year and got a job quickly in his field. I’m so worried that I won’t succeed and that I’ll have to find a full time minimum wage job just to pay my bills

You need money to start a business, I am a Masters graduate in theoretical physics from a russel group university (top university in the UK) trying so hard to get a job right now, I get a lot of interviews but no offers and I just need to make money so I can finance my business ideas and my web app launches. I literally i am so tired of interviewing and just getting no where because what it seems like my autism turns people off because i am not a social butterfly, but I am more capable than most people for the work i am applying for.

Here to say, i just graduated from graduate school with a Master’s in Molecular Biology and Biotechnology. Defended my thesis two months ago and I’m still without a job… and it’s 2023. I have a bad feeling the Job market is not going to get better any time soon. Wish I would of started working right out of Undergrad

I applied to more than 8 thousand jobs I want to leave the US since both remote and location telling me srew you or ghosting and 9 times out of 10 they never pick anyone but re post it, again 3 years wasted coming out of college as graphic designer, yes oh why wasn't I a god ( nurse,cfo) am in my last stand and almost 30, it feels like I live in the Weimar Republic. again I tired I really try yes competition which yea that reason killed 4 of my friends this was in the span of 2021 to this year, am in my last leg and I know even if I had so many bells and whistles in degrees at that point I be screen out of due to my age, I know a guy 40 has a computer science BA but spend so much getting that job that his age made him where he was so unemployable that hes now homeless and is snuffing from depression thanks to this wonderful hiring progress

Never felt so seen. She's also very pretty and intelligent.

Great Advices thanks Stacy 😊

Thanks so much for your video. I graduated July, 2021. Parents, friends, and relatives always ask me the useless question "what next". This is my freaking life peeps!!!leave me alone 😭😭. Sometimes i feel I so useless even after coming out top in my class. Sometimes I tear up and feel like a liability to everyone. Btw, thanks for this video again. After reading the comments i knew i wasn't alone in this. I love u guys.🥺🥺. Y'all are going have that dream job You've always wanted.

Very to the point. Would just add that if you don't have work experience as a fresh graduate, focus on your skillset, degree, language skills, relevant coursework and anything else you developed while at university. Basically focus on all the things that you already have. Good employers just want to see that you have the attitude and foundational skillset to develop your skills further at their company, not work experience.

Buddha dude here.