Philosophy students! What do you want to do career-wise?
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Re: Philosophy students! What do you want to do career-wise?Hell loads of people go into law. It's one of the top, if not the top destination for philosophy graduates. There are loads of figures somewhere regarding this, but I can't remember where they are.
When I started doing philosophy I originally wanted to go into law, but I don't now. Several of my friends who didn't know what they wanted to do when they started are now applying for jobs in the legal sector. -
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Re: Philosophy students! What do you want to do career-wise?Not at all. Many Law firms that have come to Durham have mentioned that they don't actually have a quota of how many Law undergraduates they have to take. If a candidate is good, then it doesn't matter. You will just need to be ready to answer why you want to do Law after having done an undergraduate in Philosophy.(Original post by J-E-N-O-V-A)
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Re: Philosophy students! What do you want to do career-wise?I want to be an Investment Banker or Management Consultant. Becoming rich and successful isn't just about the degree. You need to be hardworking and also quite lucky. There are a lot of factors that play into it.(Original post by J-E-N-O-V-A)
What do you want to do as a career? Also, do many people go into law? (and become successful/rich) -
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Re: Philosophy students! What do you want to do career-wise?At the moment, only teaching really appeals to me (secondary school level). I don't really want an office job, and I considered law conversion but it's expensive and I'd want to be definite about it before deciding!
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Re: Philosophy students! What do you want to do career-wise?Two people have said investment banking now. What's that about? Would you not be disadvantaged as compared to Economics/Finance/Management graduates? Also, why consultancy? It's always struck me as horribly pointless and boring. Consultants always seem to be the people charging obscene fees for daft advice.
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Re: Philosophy students! What do you want to do career-wise?I can't speak for others, but in my case it's a mix of several factors. First off, it's an experience. The workload and amount of clients you need to meet means you eventually really learn your stuff, which is important for me as I want to take an MBA later. There's also the obvious: contacts, money, and so.(Original post by littleshambles)
Two people have said investment banking now. What's that about? Would you not be disadvantaged as compared to Economics/Finance/Management graduates? Also, why consultancy? It's always struck me as horribly pointless and boring. Consultants always seem to be the people charging obscene fees for daft advice.
Employers know that philosophy grads have enough mind power to out-learn most finance grads. We're not at a real disadvantage, and the university (Cambridge) and military background in my case helps too.
Consultancy is not worthless :P. You'd know if you spent some time with consultants.Last edited by Azer; 05-03-2009 at 16:25. -
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Re: Philosophy students! What do you want to do career-wise?Ooooh, I see. ^_^ How is the salary? What kind of training do you have to do? I heard about getting "internships", are they unpaid?(Original post by Azer)
I can't speak for others, but in my case it's a mix of several factors. First off, it's an experience. The workload and amount of clients you need to meet means you eventually really learn your stuff, which is important for me as I want to take an MBA later. There's also the obvious: contacts, money, and so.
Employers know that philosophy grads have enough mind power to out-learn most finance grads. We're not at a real disadvantage, and the university (Cambridge) and military background in my case helps too.
Consultancy is not worthless :P. You'd know if you spent some time with consultants.
Also, of course I haven't spent any time with consultants! When would someone like me ever meet a consultant
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Re: Philosophy students! What do you want to do career-wise?Well, at places like Goldman Sachs the average salary is around 400k dollars/year. I'm not too sure about starting salaries on grad schemes, but they should be pretty good(Original post by littleshambles)
Ooooh, I see. ^_^ How is the salary? What kind of training do you have to do? I heard about getting "internships", are they unpaid?
Also, of course I haven't spent any time with consultants! When would someone like me ever meet a consultant
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Well, for people like me who would come with only basic finance knowledge, there are training tracks where you basically get to know the bolts and nuts of finance and company organization. I think you get the same kind of knowledge as you would from an MBA.
Hehe, they are an elusive bunch
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Re: Philosophy students! What do you want to do career-wise?Depends on the bank. If you're good at Mathematics and quick, then you degree is irrelevant. They seem to be quite obsessed with getting students from the top English Universities (Oxbridge, LSE, UCL, Warwick, Durham, etc...).(Original post by littleshambles)
Two people have said investment banking now. What's that about? Would you not be disadvantaged as compared to Economics/Finance/Management graduates? Also, why consultancy? It's always struck me as horribly pointless and boring. Consultants always seem to be the people charging obscene fees for daft advice.
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Re: Philosophy students! What do you want to do career-wise?I don't want to be an investment banker.
I also don't want to be a teacher, yet whenever i tell someone that i am doing philosophy their reaction is always "oh so you're going to be a teacher then?"
I don't know what i actually do want to do. Maybe i will be a busker. -
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Re: Philosophy students! What do you want to do career-wise?(Original post by wallflower*)
I don't want to be an investment banker.
I also don't want to be a teacher, yet whenever i tell someone that i am doing philosophy their reaction is always "oh so you're going to be a teacher then?"
I don't know what i actually do want to do. Maybe i will be a busker.
i agree.
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Re: Philosophy students! What do you want to do career-wise?How good at Mathematics do you have to be?(Original post by WokSz)
Depends on the bank. If you're good at Mathematics and quick, then you degree is irrelevant. They seem to be quite obsessed with getting students from the top English Universities (Oxbridge, LSE, UCL, Warwick, Durham, etc...).
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