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Re:Ask HN: Are irrelevant degrees at all useful? by arethuza on Wednesday July 21, 2010 @06:58AM (#1534847)
Got for it - if you have the drive to get into Oxford and through the degree then, to be honest, I suspect the exact content of the course isn't that important. (I know very successful people who did degrees at Oxford in classics).

Actually, I personally would look on someone who does a music degree rather positively as it is the kind of course that only someone who has a passion for the subject is likely to do, rather than doing something purely for the career/earning prospects.

Re:Ask HN: Are irrelevant degrees at all useful? by pbhjpbhj on Wednesday July 21, 2010 @10:27AM (#1535238)
>I know very successful people who did degrees at Oxford in classics

Isn't that like half of the UK cabinet for the last few hundred years?