He might . His wife and youngest child won ' t , so it becomes moot . <| sep |> You know how preuni you were led into a thoughttrap that all you had to do was study something you loved and you ' d be ok ? And during uni you were in another thoughttrap that you didn ' t need to do anything extra just get good grades and you ' d be fine ? Well you ' re in another one right now . A 1 st or 2 . 1 humanities degree from a mid tier uni is absolutely fine for getting meaningful employment . A close friend with poor self confidence and untreated depression too ! studied sociology and is in publishing now . It ' s absolutely doable . Don ' t let people tell you that only business or engineering leads to jobs , that ' s nonsense . The part you might not like is that if you ' re determined to not move from were your parents are then it gets a lot harder . But if you can relocate to London , Cambridge , Oxford , Reading , Manchester , Birmingham then you too can find a job . If an interviewer asks what you were doing in the meantime lie and say you were caring for an ill family member or travelling . You can do it .