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Not a Children
Oct 9, 2012

Don't need a holster if you never stop shooting.

Great effortpost, dude. I think it needs to be reiterated, though: There are no jobs. If you do not have connections or rare talents in language/history, do not pursue a MLIS.

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Not a Children
Oct 9, 2012

Don't need a holster if you never stop shooting.

I lost a friend because I tried to talk him into talking his girlfriend out of pursuing an MS in Library Science. When I told him that there were no new jobs and it's a saturated market, he just rebuffed me with "how do you know that?" And pretty much all I've got is anecdotal evidence from friends looking for jobs and this thread. So, he basically thinks I'm a naysaying jerk who doesn't respect professions outside of my own, and we are not on speaking terms anymore.

Are there any formal figures/information that I can use in the future to back up this argument, or am I really the jerk in this situation?

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