We're all philosophers to some degree, but not everybody is a sofisticated philosopher.
Whenever my students ask me something like, "Why bother with philosophy? It's pointless," I'll tell them that that's a confused question. You're already doing philosophy, whether you realize it or not. If you have opinions about whether or not God exists, what the good life is, or what the most just way to organize society is, you're engaging with philosophical questions. It's just a matter of doing it 'from the hip' or doing it more thoughtfully. Some people are lucky enough that they can go through every project they ever pursue without making any serious philosophical howlers; most of us aren't this lucky, however.
Granted, most of us can't spend all day thinking deep thoughts about existence 'n' s--t either, but at the very least you should proportion the confidence you have in your opinions on philosophical questions to the quality of your evidence; if you haven't gathered very much evidence for your views on something, have the good sense to adjust your confidence downward. All too often, I find that the people most willing to proclaim that philosophy and related disciplines are useless are exactly the people who have super-strong opinions on subjects they don't know very much about. Studying the discipline is a great way to acquire a measure of humility; no matter what you believe, there's someone who's smarter than you, knows more about the subject than you, and who disagrees with you.
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