People often wrongly assume that because a degree does not have many job prospects that are directly relevant to the degree, than the degree does not provide you with useful skills that translate well into other career paths.

I have at least a dozen good friends who were history majors in college. Three of them are now attorneys. One of them works as an aide in the Senate, and two more work for their state legislatures. Two of them are investment bankers. A couple of them work in real estate. One of them is a newspaper reporter. One of them works in historic preservation and another one works in market research. In all of those careers, the ability to research, write well, absorb information and argue persuasively are absolutely critical. They're all things that you learn to do from a history degree.

True, there are probably more jobs prospects with an accounting degree straight out of college. If you're able to, pursuing a double major in history and accounting, or even just minoring in one of them, will be very beneficial. They are very complementary degrees and having both of them shows you can do both the right-brain and left-brain thing (probably an outdated thing to say these days, but I still hear it all the time in the corporate world).

I became a front end developer, but that was more happenstance than it degree.

This is perfect timing that you posted this. Just yesterday I decided that I'm going to pursue a history degree instead of going into Business Management for the more "practical" degree. What it boiled down to for me was being realistic with myself. Realistically, I wouldn't be as motivated to bust my ass for a business degree in the way I would with History. I would absorb so much more information studying history than I would studying business. It was just a little daunting that I wouldn't have as many potential job opportunities available to me with a History degree as I would with a generic Business degree.

Then again my brother has a Philosophy degree and he works in TV/Film, so whether or not this really matters as much as we think it does is kind of moot.

I'm not sure what time periods your interested in, but if you pair your study with language study and more modern time periods in relevant areas, it can be very easy to get a government job. Someone who studied the development of Islamism in Egypt together with fluency in Arabic will have no problem finding work at Homeland Security or the State Department. Russia, China, Iran and other similar areas of study together with a language will provide a secure career.

Also teaching history doesn't just have to be teaching little kids. You can teach at a high school, university, or community college and all are very different experiences.