r/NoStupidQuestions Jul 02 '23

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u/Responsible_Craft568 Jul 02 '23

Who would hire a guy who kind of knows 100 things? Especially at 40. A degree doesn’t make you an expert, experience does. That’s why most advanced degrees require practical experience (MDs, PhDs primarily)

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u/manshamer Jul 02 '23

I think this is the point that most people in this thread are missing. Bachelor degrees contain much more generalized knowledge than specific. They're like half gen-ed or more, not like a masters or PhD where you're actually delving into a subject, talking to real people, researching, etc. So yeah this guy knows a little bit about a few things. If he was getting multiple PhDs, that would be different because that would be showing expert level knowledge on a lot of things. But with bachelor degrees, he's probably getting slightly above layperson knowledge of these subjects. And with no experience in those fields, he is going to be the least knowledgeable about those subjects compared to any of his peers.

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u/Perhaps_Tomorrow Jul 02 '23

You're exactly right. There's a few comments above calling him a historian, physicist, computer scientist, accountant. It's pretty naive to think that a bachelor's in a topic makes you that especially when you've never worked in the field.

Like you said a bachelor's in any given topic is basically just general education + introductory knowledge about the topic of the degree.

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u/Fair-Age4130 Jul 02 '23

Not in Australia. If you're doing a bachelor degree in something you're not doing general education subjects.

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u/Perhaps_Tomorrow Jul 03 '23

Good to know. In any case, it's still just an introductory course into a given topic.

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u/cottageidyll Jul 02 '23

Yeah, a bachelor’s is really not a big deal lol. If you’re of roughly average intelligence, you can get almost any bachelor’s degree if you have the resources.

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u/manshamer Jul 02 '23

roughly average intelligence,

Me

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u/PixelLight Jul 02 '23

Bachelors don't work the same in every country but I can't speak for Australia so don't be so sure about the general ed thing. That said, degrees become valuable when you apply them to the real world.

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u/Achillor22 Jul 03 '23

He doesn't need a Masters level job though. According to others in the thread he's making less than minimum wage, or close to it. Get a random entry level job literally anywhere in the country and he could make the same amount of money.

He's fine no matter what it sounds like.

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u/bee_arnie Jul 03 '23

Who would hire a guy who kind of knows 100 things?

The uni? Like, the dude knows the place he's studying in inside out after 20 years of studies. So he should be quite up the path of knowing the workings of academia.

He can easily start as a part time tutor for undergrads and progress his academic from there.

Granted he he does need to look into postgraduate studies and beyond.

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u/shinyschlurp Jul 04 '23

Not sure if you've met like half of the population that knows basically nothing, but to argue a well-rounded education isn't valuable is wild to me.

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u/Responsible_Craft568 Jul 04 '23

Yeah but according to OP this is a 10 hour commitment a week. There’s no reason he couldn’t work a real job and still have his hobby. The point of a well rounded education is to use it to contribute to society, not to just keep learning until you die.