Does anyone here actually have an advanced degree in a history/humanities

>>1626766
Of course there is, they're bound to show up anytime on this thread.

Yeah. I have a masters. I track down leftover WWII ammunition so the bomb squad can come in and remove/detonate it. Obviously this won't be much of a job if you're in the US.

>>1626950
Neat, how'd you get that job? Do you have a masters in archaeology? Also whereabouts in Europe and do you have any cool pictures from the field? Ever find anything big like a tank?

>>1626766
I hope not given the quality of this board

>>1627081
The best shitposters are the ones that know their subject well enough to play both sides.

>>1626963
Applied for it and got hired. No tanks, but we've tracked down several planes, sometimes with crew and bombload still on board. I'm in the Netherlands, not sure if other countries have privatized this business yet.

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Found 60 ish of these a while back. 20 lbs British bombs, part of a small bomb container, which in essence is a WWII clusterbomb.

>>1627130
>With crew still on board
So what, skeletons? Really old, really confused veterans?

>>1627147
Whatever might be left, kind of depends on the nature of the crash

>>1626950
Pretty cool that you can have that proffesion or what you call it. I guess there are probably 100s of thuosands of bombs out there, but is this really something you can work with your whole life ? How many are working in that profession ? And do you mind me asking how much it pays /month/year `?

I'd be too ashamed to admit it if I did, for two reasons. One I had the opportunity to have a college education and wasted it on humanities. Two I post on an anime site.

>>1627497
I'd be ashamed to admit I was you too.

>>1626766
god I wish I'm so broke I guess ill have to dig this hole deeper to get my masters.

PhD in Mathematics, $300k starting

>>1626766
I'm Studying, but that's a bout it

>>1626766

yurofag, doing my PhD in history right now, hoping to be hired for paperwork in a public administration ( also have related work experience )
>dem 4-6hrs a day
>4 days a week
>comfy
>130-160k/year
i dont need more than okf money and much free time :)
i believe there are a lot of similar jobs you can get by doing humanities. but forget about earning much more.

>>1631430
I'm a 6'4 Wendy's chef with a 9 inch dick making 300k and I didn't even need to go to college

>1632073
>130-160k/year

How?

I've got a J.D.

>>1626766
Degree in History from UNC Chapel Hill, going into law, which uses a decent amount of history

History PhD here.

Do not get an MA in history. They used to be useful for getting VAP/adjunct/lecturer positions at colleges, but now history PhDs are taking all those positions.

Regarding a history PhD, don't go unless you are really desperate to do research. There are some private sector opportunities for history PhDs but they are very sparse. I was at a top 10 history department, but the job placements were still terrible for people who couldn't get tenure-track academic positions. Public history jobs (e.g. museum curator) are incredibly difficult to get.

Definitely do not go anywhere that isn't a top program or doesn't offer you full funding with living expenses.

If you have good math background, you'd be better off doing a PhD in social sciences (especially polisci/IR or economics) and just doing history within those fields.

>>1634449
>>1634449
oops sorry meant 1300/1600 a month, not much money but i dont need more than 1200 to be happy.

>>1634553
How easy was that bullshit degree to get?

>NCSU grad here finishing final year at Duke law

I had to do some time in Teach for America before duke would accept me kek

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I did a double degree Political Science/History, expecting to go towards diplomacy mostly due to family pressure. Ended up with a master in History specialised in languages, cultures and societies of Asia (with an emphasis on Japan), a master in political science specialised in international relations, and I also got a diploma to teach my language as a foreign language. That was more as a Plan B because getting into diplomacy is difficult, and it's not that long to get it.

But I don't work in something related to diplomacy or History. I got my masters last year, was prepared to try the competitive exam to get into the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (you have to register to participate in May, the exam is in September and December, the results in January of the next year), but then right before I registered, I got an email from a Japanese guy that I met when he studied here, telling me the private school he found work at was starting to look for a native teacher of my language. So I applied, thinking that I might as well try. And I got the job.

So I've been teaching for a but more than a year now. My family isn't happy about it, but fuck it. Pay is not bad, teaching is actually pretty fun and rewarding, and it's a country that I've always been interested in. Don't think I'll do that for my whole life, though. Maybe a few years, let's say three to five, and then I'll come back.

>>1634877
>My family isn't happy about it

They're right, 2bh. You can get a job teaching in Japan anytime and you don't need any personal connections to do it. You aren't ever going to get into the Ministry of Foreign Affairs now, your parents know that but you've deluded yourself into believing otherwise.

>>1634703
That makes more sense, is that a lot where you live? Here it barely covers monthly rent.

>>1626766
I'm a Psychology PhD, I teach at one of the biggest private universities in the world (soon to be the biggest due to a merger). They fund my research and just last year I had 49 students working under me on one of my projects, which is soon to be published.

All advice on academia is based on location, so, first, tell us where you are and where you want to be.

Jobs in the humanities are almost always somewhat linked to academia.