“...only about a quarter (27 percent) were working in jobs that corresponded to their undergraduate major.”

... I had majored in Ancient History.

Majors are only bullshit if you pick a bullshit major. You know, like “ancient history”.

My dad was dismayed when I told him I was going to major in philosophy. What I got out of it was the ability to communicate effectively, think logically and write like a champ, this comment excepted.

At least you got to waste your parents’ money. Many of us waste our own.