<p>Big deal. He obviously know how useless comparative literature was in job and career prospects, so he got a degree in math as well.</p>
<p>It is more of a concern if students choose majors with little knowledge of the job and career prospects at the end and are then surprised by the lack thereof for many majors. (Though biology and chemistry majors may be more likely to get these unpleasant surprises, since it is more commonly assumed that humanities majors face poor job and career prospects at graduation.)</p>