Beyond Selidor

Apology accepted, even though I know the way I interpreted your comment was not your intent.

In terms of the relative 'job prospects' of particular courses of study, I actually think it's untrue that there are certain subjects that don't equip you for a job. Certainly things like law, medicine, teaching or engineering have a more obvious path ahead of them, but there are plenty of fields that require you to be able to write well and be reasonably well-informed about the world, for which a good Arts degree is excellent preparation. But it requires you to be a bit flexible in your expectations - you are unlikely to come out of a BA and get a job as a journalist at the ABC, for example (although I have a couple of friends who did), but you should be able to find some kind of editing job, or a job where you need to write reports.

I think everyone leaves their degrees wondering about paths not taken. I'm frustrated, because it's taken me ten years, an MPhil and a PhD to realise that I actually want to work as a counsellor, and I'm in no position to actually train to be one, so I'm going to have to pursue a career in a field that I love as a student, but dislike as an academic. That said, there's nothing stopping me coming back to counselling later in life when I can afford to do it, and I certainly feel that my postgraduate study will enrich any job I end up doing, even if it's not directly relevant.