It helps one to express what is distinctive in one's own view, enhances one's ability to explain difficult material, and helps one to eliminate ambiguities and vagueness. These capacities are developed in reading and writing philosophy, but also in the dialogue that is a basic part of philosophical education. These capacities represent transferable skills. People trained in philosophy are not only prepared to work in many fields, they can also readily cope with change of work or even of careers. There are people trained in philosophy in just about every field.
Philosophy is also of great value to students aiming at graduate school.
As law, medical, business, and other professional school faculty and admissions personnel have often said, philosophy is excellent preparation for both graduate training and later careers. Moreover, the long-range value of philosophical study goes far beyond its contribution to one's livelihood. Philosophy broadens the range of things one can understand and enjoy. It can give one self-knowledge, foresight, and a sense of direction in life. It can provide, to one's reading and conversation, special pleasures of insight.