gavra_at_work
As a student in college, I have heard that line about virtually every field- and if not that line, then some other similar dismissive comment. It is very discouraging and confusing to a young, often idealistic student – or a student at any level – to have those lines thrown out constantly.
The bottom line is, today’s job market is not great. There are loads of naysayers out there. As long as you do your research and are making a reasonable effort at hishtadlus, the rest is left up to G-d.