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Valkyrie--
Believe me, an advanced degree doesn't equal a stable, decent-paying career! I couldn't count all the discussions I've been in on about all the people with advanced degrees who are driving taxis or on unemployment or doing gross forms of manual labor because their field is full or the field's old-boy system is keeping them out or you name it....the last discussion I was in on involved all the professionals in marine biology who've been looking for jobs for 5-10 years.
Also, husbands' decent and stable jobs can evaporate in a matter of minutes. I don't even want to go into that. Wives' jobs too...my sister-in-law was assistant to the president of Enron and had no clue that there was trouble until the whole company was suddenly closed and they lost 15 years' worth of savings in the company's plan to send the kids to college.
I don't want anyone to ever abandon their dreams! I just hope that before they enter a field, they'll thoroughly research the job possibilities (including talking to people in that field) and if they seem dim, then take that second major or minor just in case.
And 31 is not old!!!
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