| Unemployment vs underemployment I believe is the missing item here. https://www.newyorkfed.org/research/college-labor-market#--:... - this is the source, and has both unemployment and underemployment. CS has a 6.1% unemployment rate and a 16.5% underemployment rate. Philosophy has is at 3.2% unemployment and a 41.2% underemployment rate. The philosophy major doesn't have their sights set on a $150k new grad salary at a big tech company out of college. They're flipping burgers or working as a business person somewhere. This can be seen on various reddit computer science related career advice spots where people are holding out for the perfect software development job for years rather than getting a job somewhere. They're sending out (poorly crafted) resumes by the hundreds to jobs that their resume gives no indication that they're qualified for (or even read the posting) and ignoring the "we want to hire someone with some work ethic - bagging groceries and having a supervisor who can say that 'yes, Pat shows up on time each day sober'" is something is useful. They're refusing to consider help desk roles - and when they do apply for those roles, its with a resume that points out how they're skilled at JavaScript and have published a module to npm. They're refusing to apply to the job at state government that lists $650,000 - $80,000 for entry level position because that's not the job they saw themselves getting. The CS majors are holding out and not getting jobs that are "beneath" them. The philosophy majors are getting any job that pays the bills. |