If you have a college degree, what's it in?

[Kathleen04]

And does it directly relate to your job or did your life take a different path?

I'm still in college, so I was just curious to hear about everyone else's experience. :)

[evlbstrd]

1. BFA in Painting.

Now I'm a graphic artist. Somewhat related. Though I'm angling for a job at a major museum.

Edit to add: The job is Graphic Designer.

[Kathleen04]

10. Interesting, I have a friend

who's working on getting her BFA in Graphic Design..she just started but I can see she's talented in it. I wish my college had a more creative computer program (all we have is programming)...

[evlbstrd]

17. Computer skills are very important in the business now.

They didn't even enter the equation when I was in college. The only computers on campus were in the Business Office.

More important than the computer skills is training your eyes. The computer is the tool you use to realize your vision. And you can learn to use those tools, as every artist must.

[kohodog]

152. Painting here too

Now a printer. Can't get the smell of paint and ink out of my blood.

[rwenos]

2. Yes, but . . . .

I studied literature and the classics in college, graduated with a degree in Rhetoric from UC Berkeley.

Now I'm a lawyer. Rhetoric for BAD purposes. Aristotle would be ashamed. But Cicero would understand.

Doesn't matter what you study in undergrad. Get the degree, then move on. Some of the best students I met in law school were music, physics or biology majors in undergrad.

[eleonora]

3. just graduated with a BA in studio art hahaha

what was I thinking huh? Now I can find me a nice office job :crazy:

[evlbstrd]

5. See post #1.

I've been gainfully employed for over twenty-five years. I've worked in everything from printing in the beginning to design at this end. And everything I've learned helped me get better and move to the next opportunity.
Of course, if you don't have a family to worry about, go for the fine art!

[movie_girl99]

74. my daughter wants to major in Art

but she's worried about being able to live. Her thing is ceramics and painting. She does have a gift but i also worry about how she will support herself. She has also talked about nursing school. She will be a freshman in college this year and i told her she don't have to decide now. I told her to see what science classes she'll need for nursing and then take some art classes and maybe by the end of the school year, she'll have a better idea. I am very supportive of whatever she decides though.

[barb162]

150. I have relatives in nursing and in art who are in their late 20s.

The ones in nursing are pulling in the dough bigtime and the ones in art are going from one low pay dead end job to another. If she can handle nursing, my advice would be to do it and that will provide the money and time so she can do her art in her spare time.

[liberalnurse]

158. Excellent advice.

BSN, working on Masters in Forensics....I switched from Family Nurse Practitioner or say postponed that angle and will pick it up later.

[barb162]

165. My niece is 27, an RN and makes 100,000 with a bit of

overtime. SHe gets paid triple time on weekends and loves doing weekends. She just got her masters in public health at Johns Hopkins but finds she makes more money doing the nursing than they P. Health jobs so she is staying in nursing.

[liberalnurse]

171. Correct......

No $$$$ in Public Health like in the community but......An MPH is impressive. One can serve the needy or work in Preventative or Occupational Health area's. With Occupational Health, there is money to be made such as work injury claims/return to work/transitional work planning, disability/workers compensation. Large industrial corporations utilize the MPH Nurses!

[jpgray]

4. Whoever answers "a frame! hahahaha" earns my eternal enmity (nt)

[baby_bear]

6. doctorate in environmental science and engineering

I'm a career scientist with USEPA.
My education is very much connected with my career job, though if I had known I would be working for the GW Bush administration, I would have stayed with my more lucrative job with Ralston Purina instead of quitting to go back to school for a doctorate so I could work for the betterment of society.

I better stop before I get fired.

b_b

[evlbstrd]

11. Now that just sucks.

Can you hold on a couple more years, till we can get these bastards out?

[baby_bear]

141. That's what I was saying two years ago

It's getting so much worse now, and on top of it, OMB wants to outsource our jobs to contractors.

Right. You're going to sell the mission - the heart - of EPA - to the lowest bidder.

*sigh*

b_b

[Blue-Jay]

7. It's in my mom's linen closet.

That is where she keeps all the important documents.

Really. She does.

[jpgray]

8. Close enough

:grr:

[FloridaPat]

9. The degree opens a lot of doors you otherwise can't get in. It shows

you're smart enough to get through college and can read. A lot of people have trouble getting through a door. A lot of jobs require a college degree. I've been asked whether I have one or not, but have never been asked what the grades were. Which is good.

I studied art and journalism in college. My first real job was an advertising marketer (my minor in journalism). Then a secretary. I sent 23 resumes to various government agencies and 4 wrote back asking about my typing skills. It was very hard for a women to get a job other than typist/secretary in the 1970's. The only job I could get where typing wasn't a requirement was as an air traffic controller. That worked until 1981. Then I became a programmer. That lasted until Bush decided sending programming jobs overseas is good for the economy. I am now selling mobile homes. Which brings me back to journalist - writing copy, marketing. Also freelance photographer - back to the art. Things change. Just keep an open mind and enjoy the ride.

[bridgit]

12. theater arts ~ ucla

http://www.sag.org lighting tech :shrug: what a long strange trip it's been

[evlbstrd]

20. My daughter is a college actress.

Any advice? Besides get a day job, cuz she has one.

[bridgit]

25. suggest to her she always be willing to keep it...

i did Shakespeare from Ashland up north to the old globe down south; as her dad i'm sure you'll be seeing that she has her head on straight...that is important, after watching a few hundred people pass through the veil with, and let's go ahead & be honest here = lesser talents, but for schmoozing, she'll need to know where she has come from. that's where family & solid friends come in.

i like what i'm doing now, working with nyc production personnel, but it's taken some 15yrs, so there's that. it's technical, the audience still applauds, hoots & hollers. and i get to see their beaming faces in response to the wonders of theater from the catwalk. it's a hoot.

have her take a look at s.a.g., there's a gang of networking stuff over there. it's all about 'face time' & the ole grip & grin.

whatever she does in life, if she has it then she always will. i don't mean to sound flaky; that's the way i feel about it

[evlbstrd]

30. Not flaky at all.

I appreciate your experience and perspective.
I was offered a scholarship from the Actor's Studio at age eighteen, and let my mother browbeat me out of any possibility of accepting it. I showed her and joined the Navy, then went to art school with the help of the last dregs of the GI Bill.
She works on stage and backstage and loves both. She did some improv in Minneapolis while she was up there. There isn't that much of an outlet for her here. But I encourage her to follow her dream.

[Tafiti]

13. Political Science.

And DU is about as close as I've gotten to doing something in that field! Then again, I only graduated 2 years ago, but still, I'm not sure I'd want to anyway.

[Kathleen04]

15. That's at least one of my majors

then I think I might be double majoring in Video/Television..who knows where this will lead..

[Tafiti]

22. I'm sure you'll figure it out, don't sweat it.

My original plan was law school, but that went out the window early on, and I didn't want to change my major because I really liked it. So, I guess my path diverted from the political science field (whatever that is) long before I even earned my degree - at least I knew ahead of time I'd be wandering aimlessly once I graduated.

But hey, not all who wander are lost...

[Kathleen04]

23. Thanks, yeah I figure..

that the double major will at least give me some options to pursue either field..or neither..who knows. :)

[Floogeldy]

14. I have two. They are in frames, hanging on a wall.

[Kathleen04]

18. Congrats, you've just earned jpgray's eternal enmity!

(See Post #4) ;)

[jpgray]

19. The Clapton SG sig pic had him hanging by a thread anyway

:grr:

[ulysses]

16. BA in liberal arts

Double major in philosophy and mathematics. It relates. Sort of.

[MarianJack]

21. Master Of Science in Counseling and Human Relations.

Just got a job last month that was related to my degree for the first time since 1997.

During my job search I got very pissed off at the number of numb nuts HR people who would look at my resume, with my name followed by "M.S.", and begin their interview with an asshole question like "So Jack, you DO have your GED, don't you?".

Of course, in this "turning the corner" economy and with a wife and son, I was damn close to taking one of those jobs before the right one came. Now I'm at the place from which I intend to retire!

[evlbstrd]

32. That sounds great!

I hope it works out that way. Really.

[Wapsie B]

24. BA in Liberal Arts

with majors in Music and Business. It doesn't really relate directly to what I'm doing now. But I didn't expect it to either. In healthcare you're rewarded for having an education only if you're in certain job classifications such as Nurse or Physical Therapist. In other areas like in a Sleep/EEG lab education is not rewarded at all. As a matter of fact EEG techs seem to make a career out of getting an AAS if that and getting a fairly well-paying managerial job with only a few years experience. So it is disheartening for someone with a little ambition left in them to work hard but to have that achievement virtually ignored by your employer.

The idea that a college degree will open doors has not proven itself to me at all. But I still wanted one for my own personal reasons. The open doors comment was usually told to me by someone after they browbeat me for not having a degree.

[NMMNG]

26. BS in Psychology

It relates to the jobs I've held thus far, but I'm planning on getting a Masters of Information and Library Science (when I get the funds and time) and becoming a librarian.

[Robeson]

27. BS Cultural Anthropology

[madeline_con]

42. I have a question...

Does your job have anything to do with your degree?

Some people get degrees, but then take a job doing totally unrelated work.

My father told me years ago that he'd never seen an ad for an Anthropologist in the paper. This after giving me "Lucy" to read.

I saw an ad for one a few years later. ;)

[Robeson]

88. No I'm not an Anthropologist by profession, but much of what I did study..

...as a Cultural Anthropologist has certainly carried over into my everyday life. It touches on a little bit of everything, i.e. human psychology, sociology, history, etc. It certainly has made me more of a well-rounded person. So I have no regrets what-so-ever. Plus, I enjoyed it. Also, I may have never graduated if I had to sit in class for 4 years going after something like an accounting degree playing with a calculator. It would have bored me to tears. I enjoyed the topic, which made college more enjoyable.

I know what he means about finding "Anthropologist Wanted" in the paper. If you are wanting to pursue it as a career, you would really have to go further with it to the Masters and Doctorate level. I was working on my Masters at a different university when I was asked by the department head to kindly leave the department over philosophical differences he and I had. I was young in those days, and of course with all my youthful wisdom, knew more than he did on how to run his department. I was shown the door...

But, again, to answer you question, I don't regret it one bit.

[GreenPartyVoter]

28. B.S. Elementary Ed. Not teaching, though, except as a freelance editor and

writing coach. I'm also working on books of my own. (Light popular fiction type stuff. No heavy hitters.)

[sir_captain]

29. BA in American History

off to med school next year--and I'd like to think the historian in me will make me a better doc

[SCDem]

52. Wow I am impressed!

You must think out of both sides of your brain! Good luck on med school.

I went the Masters in Public Health route after I got my BA in history.

[sir_captain]

86. Thanks!

I actually know a bunch of history majors who ended up with MPH's

I'm considering one myself, actually.

And yes, switching from history to hardcore science classes required an entirely different way of thinking--it took some real getting used to.

[Rabrrrrrr]

31. Electrical Engineering with liberal arts minor

And though I don't work now as an engineer, or anything close to an engineer, I use my degree constantly because it taught me how to think, how to problem-solve, and how the universe works. And, how to fix and understand my computer. :-)

Education is never wasted, even if you don't go into the field one's degree is in.

[El Fuego]

76. I'm BSEE too.

[Historic NY]

33. BS Criminal Justice & Masters Public Administration..........

sort of a speed bump....but perhaps something political might come along.

[Kathleen04]

34. Public Administration peaks my interest

though I don't exactly understand everything that it covers. To me it sounds kind of like the "practical" real career step I might take after getting a BA in Political Science, but I have to look into it more...

[Historic NY]

35. It covers the theory and practices of administration....

from the workplace to the political spectrum. Mine actually is in both Human Resource management & Productivity Measurement. I'm a retread and did my Masters some 10 yrs after my BS degree. I just retired from Criminal Justice arena and might explore getting back into the game so to speak with my Masters. There is a lot to explore, depending upon what you aspire to. You might get the skill to run a politicians office or to dive head first into the management field. I earned mine out of the City University of NY John Jay College of Criminal Justice. Mostly I attended their West Point USMA Campus and we had a wide range of professors from Stanford, Washington & Lee, etc.

[Kathleen04]

36. Sounds very interesting..

definately something I will consider further down the line. :thumbsup:

[SKKY]

37. Information Systems Management

[TheMightyFavog]

38. Associate of Art and Sciences

I needed to earn it before graduating from community college.

[Jamastiene]

39. I have a B.S. in BS

and I'm working on an A.A.S. in Computer/Electronics Engineering.

[billyskank]

40. Fizzix

:silly:

[iconoclastic cat]

41. I have an MFA in Writing, an MA in the Teaching of Writing, plus 30 hours

of graduate classes and a 6th grade to 12th grade teaching certificate. It related to my last job, but I don't know what my next job will be except that it will involve writing, editing or teaching.

[sniffa]

43. civiL engineering

i'm doing a branch of it now. i've had 4 different jobs/fieLds that it prepared me for.

[tjwmason]

44. M.A. - Economics and International Relations

Not really using it directly at the moment (except as an interest rather than a job).

[Trigger Hippie]

45. Journalism

Not using it anymore. It's not for me. :)

[SCDem]

46. My BA is not relevant to what I do but my Masters is

I got my BA in History. Decided the history I enjoy learning about (that of the third world and the American oppressed) is not what is taught in schools. So I changed paths.

My Masters is in Public Health and I am employed in the field.

Though history is not relevant to my occupation I am glad that I have it as a background. My political and social activism often feeds from my knowledge and understanding of history.

[Beware the Beast Man]

47. B.A. in History- and hell, no!

I'm in engineering now. Most of my career training has been on-the-job.

[SCDem]

50. Another history major

Did you have good intentions when you picked history as your major? I did. All through high school and the first couple of years of college I had planned on being I high school history teacher. But when I started taking the Education Theory courses and I heard comments like "It is more important to make the kids feel good about themselves than knowing the content" and then knowing that what I had to teach them and that they would be tested on were standardized tests. Yuck!

[Beware the Beast Man]

54. Quite truthfully, I fell into it.

I started as Music Ed, hated it, moved into Secondary Ed History, flunked in a marvelous fashion, then rounded out my schooling with the B.A. :)

[SCDem]

55. Well at least you're employed!

and hope you enjoy what you are currently doing.

[Beware the Beast Man]

57. Yeah, but I bet you kick ass at Jeopardy!

:D

[SCDem]

58. Is there any other reason to spend $$$ on a major that you don't pursue?

Of course no other reason than to impress people at cocktail parties!

[kick-ass-bob]

48. Economics.

I work in statistics/programming.

[Mutley]

49. English - but I'm not quite done yet.

I should be graduating in December.

[Orsino]

51. B.S. in Physics

Or in, as a chem major used to needle me, "applied math."

I would jab back by terming his major "applied physics."

Goddess, we were geeks!

[Java]

129. I also have a BS in Physics...

and a BA in Mathematics as well..

(I needed something to occupy all of my time when I was in school)

[Magrittes Pipe]

53. BA in Philosophy and Creative Writing.

Which has nothing to do with transaction-switching software.

[dolo amber]

79. You, of all people, should have a BS

:D

[Magrittes Pipe]

83. But my BA is *in* BS.

Does that count? :shrug:

[RetroLounge]

167. Creative Writing?

I might have known you're one of *us*.

:hi:

RL

[progmom]

56. arts management, minor in marketing

i use aspects of what i learned for my degree all the time. :)

[underpants]

59. I'm an accountant

Accounting degree anyway

Yaaaaaaaay!

[NewJeffCT]

69. me, too

BSBA in Accounting (Bachelor of Science in Business Administration, major in Accounting)

[noonwitch]

60. BSW (Bachelor of Social Work)-I work as a social worker.

Some people have social work degrees, but some of my coworkers have BAs/MAs in sociology or psychology.

[steely]

61. BS in electrical eng, and an MS in Eng Sci (computer flavor)

I do a little of everything - software/hardware test config design, tech writing, and production and eng development tests. would rather be in design, but I seem to be pigeon-holed. Usually modify design eng stuff so it actualy works - seems secure, considering design level has too many flucuations in the market. An usually very busy (my first day/weekend off in weeks).

[indy_azcat]

62. BS Biochem/Chem, BS Cell Bio, MS Chem, and

in a month a Chem Doc.... avoiding the real world is fun.

student loans blow chunks :scared:

[SW FL Dem]

112. LOL on the student loans, I got my final degree in 83

and paid off the last of my student loans in 2003 ( but then I did graduate owing over 60K and the interest rates on those loans were from 7-9%)

[Midlodemocrat]

63. BA in Sociology. MA in psych. PhD in child and adolescent psych.

I used to teach, used to practice, now I work from home doing research.

[ailsagirl]

176. Sounds like you have the perfect background to be a mod!!

Very impressive-- that took a lot of work.
:hi:

[ProfessorGAC]

64. My List

BS, Chemistry
MS, Quantum Chemistry
MS, Statistical Mechanics
MBA, Focus in Economics.

Fortunately, i do work in the field(s) in which i'm trained, and have taught classes in all of them.

I work in industry, but i'm an internal technical consultant to optimize processes for maximum quality and profitability. So, it all fits.
The Professor

[indy_azcat]

65. yea! another chemist

Heisenberg may have posted here.

[ProfessorGAC]

71. He Did Post Here

But, when you look at his posts, they change location.
The Professor

[SCDem]

67. technical consultant to optimize processes for maximum quality and profita

So when your child asks what you do what do you say?

[ProfessorGAC]

70. I Tell Everyone. . .

. . .i'm the "Faster, Cheaper, Better" guy. Or, i just admit i'm a company egghead.
The Professor

[Lumily]

66. BA in English Education (secondary)

I taught 9th and 10th grade English for two years. That was 13 years ago. It was not the correct career choice for me.

[GOPisEvil]

68. B.S. in Political Science

I'm sort of in my field, in that I work for the government, but I don't need my particular degree to do my current job.

I'd really like to be a legislative director for a non-profit.

[catmandu57]

72. BSW

with minors in Psyche, and History, I was a non traditional re entry student, and graduated during poppy's fucked up reign and recession.
I'm also a natural born cripple, and after attempting time and again to find employment, I gave up and took the ssi I was entitled to.
I started out thinking I would teach history, but I've got some baggage that closed that door, so I did social Work.
Now, I don't do anything, after I graduated, the employment I did find they stuck a script in my hand, poorly written scripts at that, and I didn't stay.
Let me tell you even though discrimination in hiring is illegal, it's a wide spread practice, so it was easier to just get the check in the mail every month, stay home watch the idiot box, go fishing, do whatever.

[SonofMass]

73. PhD. Plasma Physics, Columbia 1974.

[El Fuego]

75. B.S. in Electrical Engineering

I kind of relates to my job, I am in patent law. You have to have a bachelors in a technical or scientific field to take the PTO bar exam.

[steely]

93. Is that interesting?

It's a bit late in life, but I was considering law, and coupling it with a tech degree would be cool.

[El Fuego]

116. For me, an emphatic no.

If you just write patent applications and do patent prosecution, it's excruciatingly boring. But if you're involved in litigation, then it's more exciting.

Don't let me turn you off, though! :)

[steely]

126. Thanks for the info

I love the hardware, but would rather do something a cut above and had been wondering. Not sure I could be a litigator tho'.

guess I'll keep dreaming

[fortyfeetunder]

140. PTO bar exam

I was considering a career change into intellectual property studies at my job, how much study time did it take for you in prep for the bar exam?

Silly me though, I turned down one job there but am keeping in touch with the legal staff...

[El Fuego]

143. I spent 3-4 months

It's best to take a prep course, and I was fortunate because my friend had taken the course and loaned me all her materials. (The courses are VERY expensive.)

I probably overstudied, but in my situation at the time I couldn't take a chance with not passing! I passed, and for that test only 49% passed. I was surprised the pass rate was so low, because I thought the test was easy because I had studied so much.

[CitrusLib]

77. BA in French. No relation to current job, but I can read a menu

at really nice restaurants and laugh at lousy translations for TV shows and movies.

I can also tell Bush to go fuck himself in two languages he doesn't understand and can't speak; French and English.

[JohnnyBoots]

78. B.A. in Anthro, Poli Sci minor...Just moved to Pittsburgh and

need a job!!!!! Anyone know of any?

[tigereye]

121. I do know a number of anthro people here

in the Burgh... some of them do field work... I even have a good buddy who does it. What are you looking for?

[GumboYaYa]

80. Philosophy, and yes, I philosophize all the time. :)

[Guaranteed]

127. Me too.

I NEVER philosophize, though. :P

[tsakshaug]

81. BS in education

well PE actually...
went back and got a BS in geochemistry-went on to teach HS chem and earth science.

MS in Instructional Technology- Which is what I do

CAS (sort of half way to EDd) in School Administration- Which is what I do with the above

[Zomby Woof]

82. History

By taking a 5th year of college, I was able to secure secondary teaching endorsements in U.S. Government, Psychology, Sociology, and Economics to go with History.

Of course, this lead to a quasi-accounting career. :-)

[flamingyouth]

84. Editorial Journalism and Political Science.

I also have an AA in Interior Design. I like to think I use at least some of the skills in my business. :)

[1gobluedem]

85. BA in History

And I'm the marketing & development director for a public radio station. I also guest-lecture in marketing classes having never taken a marketing class in my life. When asked how the two go together I always say "How can you market anything if you don't know it's history? Or the history of the market?" They never think of that.

[Mizmoon]

87. BA in history, MLS (master of library science)

I'm so glad I got my MLS. I can work as a librarian anywhere, but I can also talk a good game about how it's applicable to other things if I feel like making more money.

I was also very lucky to grow up with my own computer, something few girls had. My computer skills have served me very well.

[Maestro]

89. First degree no!

Second degree yes. MA Spanish Lit. I'm a teacher.

[bigwillq]

90. BS Communication

I'm a sports writer.:hi:

[eyepaddle]

91. BS in Geology

halfway to an MPH in Industrial Hygiene

[nickgutierrez]

92. I'm working on an English degree.

And I have no idea what I'm going to do with it. :)

[sbj405]

94. BS Oceanography, MS Meteorology

[trackfan]

95. B.A. in music compostion

from UCLA.

Hence 24 years of intermittent clerical and warehouse work.

[Parche]

96. college degree

I have a BA in SEX

[nini]

97. BS in Computer Science

one of the few females at that time.

:-)

[I Have A Dream]

98. My degree's in Computer Science, and I'm a programmer. n/t

[nini]

100. ahhh another female :-)

though I went into project mgmt. I talk too much to program only :D

[I Have A Dream]

101. I did project management for a while, and I hated it.

I love to code!

(I was also in management for about 10 years, and I hated it too!)

[nini]

102. I kinda do both so I'm not completely away from coding

I've kind of created a unique position here that does a million different things.

There are definite advantages to being left alone and code away. Glad you found your nitch!

[nini]

145. I spelled 'niche' wrong

:D




LOL WD :evilgrin:

I admit I tend to type phonetically when I'm rushed.


:P

[I Have A Dream]

151. That's OK -- I didn't notice it until after you mentioned it!

:)

[HEyHEY]

99. Cocksmanship

[barb162]

147. bwaha (and what school did you get that degree)

[grace0418]

103. BFA in fine art/art history, MA in Interdisciplinary Art.

I just paid off the last of my student loans last month. Boy does that feel good.

[DrGonzoLives]

104. M.S. Chemical Engineering, Political Science minor

n/t

[tedoll78]

105. B.A. Political Science

from the University of Mississippi in 2000. (minor: mathematics)

On August 5, I'll be getting an Associate's of Applied Science: Diagnostic Medical Imaging degree (radiography). The B.A. has been of no real use, unless I want to manage at Wal-Mart or work for the government.

[Kathleen04]

107. Yeah

See this is what I fear w/ Political Science though it is one of my majors. I really have no interest in being a teacher either, so..that's why I'm going to do a double major to fall back on in some way...

[Seabiscuit]

113. Another B.A. in Political Science

U.C. Bezerkeley.

A good pre-law major. Been a lawyer for quite some time now.

[khashka]

106. I have several

A BA in psych, a BA in soc, a BA in anthro. I have a masters in clinical psych. I just really like being in school :) So what do I do for a living? Write, design web pages, annoy people.

Chances are your degree will not be what you do for a living. So what? You are learning a lot of stuff you aren't even aware of.

It does matter and it is important, even if you never earn a penny off of it.



Khash.

[Zuni]

108. Bachelors in History

[Kathy in Cambridge]

124. Me too, minor in PoliSci

[kwassa]

109. BS is Bull Shit, MS is More Shit, Phd is Piled Higher and Deeper

as the old joke goes.

Heard that from a chemist going back for his Phd.

I have a BFA in filmmaking, an MBA, and teaching certification courses. After leaving art for many years, I've come full circle and teach it myself.

I did work in the film industry for a number of years, and left it because I really didn't like it. Essentially, it was high-paid (when I worked) blue collar labor, run by people without either education or taste. Many really repetitive dumb jobs in the business.

I did many different business jobs in the middle bit.

[Taverner]

110. BA Poli Sci, MS Journalism

And I'm an engineer....sigh...go figgur

[SW FL Dem]

111. Double major in Poli Sci and Economics

My career was as a tax lawyer so I guess it was related. After 15 years, I quit to be a stay at home mom, the only use I have for my education is being able to comment on DU :).

[TeddyBear77]

114. BS in computer science

I now teach high school mathematics to great kids.

[I Have A Dream]

120. Wecome to DU, TeddyBear77!

My degree's in Computer Science also.

:hi:

[Briarius]

115. BS Electrical Engineering

and a German Technical Translator's Certificate. Since I'm a EE at a German owned company, I get to use both. Although I don't use the German as often as I wish.

[welshTerrier2]

117. i'm pretty sure it's in ...

my basement somewhere ...

[XemaSab]

118. BS in SOIL SCIENCE!!!!!!

YAY SOILS!

My job is as a biologist for an environmental consulting firm, and I use my soils knowledge some of the time. The rest of the time it's birds, birds, and more birds.

[Nikia]

119. BA Biology

I do quality assurance at a food processing facility. I guess that I use it a little bit in that it is easy for me to learn new lab tests and that I understand basic food chemistry and microbiology as well as possible pathogens. The food industry often will hire biology people. In all though, my job is a let down compared to my degree.

[skooooo]

122. Russian

[tigereye]

123. BA English Lit

Masters in Counseling. Post Master's classes in Psychology. Now work as a psychologist in private practice and do some consulting and testing.

So my Lit degree has little to do with what I do now. But I am pretty well read! ;)

[legally blonde]

125. B.S. in Biology and Psychology

I'm now in law school and planning on working for the Public Defender. So basically my degrees are completely unrelated to what I'm doing now.

[all.of.me]

128. associate degree in horticulture

[Blue_In_AK]

130. Psychology

Nope, never used it.

[RetroLounge]

131. I gots me two of them degree thingies...

BBA-MIS (Management Information Systems)
MA-Creative Writing

I write software for a living.

I write for a magazine for fun.

RL

[kodi]

132. chemistry

bs, ms, phd.

and if i'm so god damned smart how come i ain't rich?

[AngryAmish]

133. BS Economics

It comes up from time to time in my job. However, if one looks at the field globally - it is not about money, it is the study of decision making, it can reveal a lot about the world. See that book "Freakonomics". I studied a lot of development economics, and it just made me cynical about much of the third world.

I also got a professional degree.

[Liberalynn]

134. I have a BA in History with minor in Political Science

an Associate in Social Science

and an Applied Science Certificate in Paralegal.

I did work in the History Museum field for ten years , and before I got my paralegal degree I actually did some law research. Researching was my calling for awhile. If they could have just paid me to do that and I didn't have to put up with some members of the public or a few of my old bosses I might have been just fine. LOL.

Presently my life is on a different path.

[meti57b]

135. BS Civil Engineering and professional registration as Civil Engineer,

It relates to my job.

[RPM]

136. BS Finance; JD - focus in taxation

Am a tax attorney now - UG helped, but was not irreplacible.

[Pale Blue Dot]

137. English.

...as I'm sure you can tell by the depth and quality of my posts. :silly:

Plus, I speak grammer really good.

And no, I'm in retail. :cry:

[blue neen]

138. Bachelor of Science, Business Administration.

I did previously work in Management, but most recently I have worked in Social Services. Sometimes your interests change in life!

[kittenpants]

139. MFA in English n/t

[Lindsey]

142. BA in Interdisciplinary Studies..

I use information I learned everyday in my job (Associate Academic Dean at a Career College). The classes I took were on labor studies, cultural pluralism, social sciences, policical sciences, etc. We watched films like "Roger and Me" and read books like "The Grapes of Wrath." No wonder I'm such an activist! However, I'm fortunate to have the job as they can be few and far between. I advice folks (I used to be a career counselor) to get into the allied health field if they have any gift in that area. The jobs are everywhere and the pay is excellent. Good luck! :-)

[NoSheep]

144. Art-BA, because I liked my other non-art classes better.

[mike_c]

146. B.S. in biology, Ph. D. in entomology....

It relates directly to my job-- I'm a unversity professor teaching entomology and ecology classes, and an insect ecologist research scientist.

[barb162]

148. BA History, MBA

[KG]

149. PhD from the School of Hard Knocks

[ElsewheresDaughter]

153. Research Associate Degree in Childhood Development & Human Relationships

[Piltdown13]

154. Kind of an unusual combination...

B.A. Archaeology
B.S. Television and Film....I convinced them to let me enter the dual-degreem program by arguing that it would be helpful for a documentary producer to have a deep science/social science background. I might still get involved in consulting or perhaps even production someday, but I decided to give being an academic (research, teaching) a try, and now I'm a few months away from my Ph.D. in Anthropology (my specialty is paleoanthro -- human origins).

[Kathleen04]

156. I plan on..

doing a double major Political Science plus "Video/TV and Business"..I'm going to have to talk to an adviser soon and make sure that'll all fit together, but that's the plan for now. Who knows which field I will actually pursue. :)

[CTLawGuy]

155. I have a BA in government

and I am going to law school in the fall.

So I guess my degree is pretty related...

[Neshanic]

157. I will take "Art History" for 500 Alex. Also Landscape Architecture.

[Momgonepostal]

159. BS in Geography, emphasis in City Planning

Never worked in my field. <sigh>

[Tikki]

160. BA in Physical Anthropology from....

UCSB and I worked in the Special Education field.


Tikki

[Nite Owl]

161. BS in Ed

with a major in Art also. Masters in Education.

Not teaching anymore and art is more just dabbling here and there. I trade for a living. Way off from where I started.

[teryang]

162. BA in history; JD

My history education is actually hampering me. It always has. I was taken into an honors program and taught the finer points of academic research by some Russian professor whose name I can't remember. I studied modern world history. Since then I've been a compulsive fact checker.

My JD has been an albatross also. Again the emphasis, at least for me, was research, after a short stint as a military intelligence officer. But most practice of law has nothing to do with that. Mostly, it's about case management, time management, manipulating people, budgetary issues, and politics. As a result, I've been extremely unhappy when practicing law. I went back into the military in an effort to get involved again in international affairs. When assigned in Korea for almost three years, I was very happy. But I was riffed. It had to do with my tactless reporting of facts.

After some meaningless law experiences, I dropped out of law completely and started a small business with my wife. That was a marginal but pleasant existence. My law school classmates pulled me back to the law after they had some good fortune and had research work and depositions to do. After three years the money ran out and they let me go. Unfortunately, I am now labelled as a lawyer and can't get out of it. Currently, I am a public defender.

One colleague described the job: it suck's really bad for the first six months and doesn't get any better after that. This is the lowest quality high demand work. Otherwise I would be unemployed.

I actually quit my job the other day. All my friends talked me out of it. The boss who is incredibly generous allowed me to stay on.

In my heart, I am still an analsyt of international affairs and military operations as this is what I studied from age 14 to age 31. My talent is almost completely wasted.

Jung says that most neuroses are vocational in nature.

[barb162]

168. facts have nothing to do with anything in our society anymore IMHO

(and also analysis). It seems our society is more concerned with angles, how to play things, how to present something, how to get something by someone else, etc.

[teryang]

175. Exactly

Thanks for reading my little tale of vocational angst.

I listened to the Director of the Endowment for the Arts give a commencement speech yesterday. He said that if you aren't listening to your inner vocation, you are doing yourself a disservice. I guess I'm one of those people. It seems I can't ever get it right. I'm always settling for something I don't want to do and unlike him, it never seems to get resolved favorably and lead to something better, meaning more attuned to my inner inclination.

The lawyers I lunch with regularly ridicule a former prosecutor who suddenly quit his job and is now a server at a couple of restaurants. They claim they can't understand this. I understand it exactly. I've done it.

My future is so uncertain lately, it is literally making my spouse sick with worry.

[Burma Jones]

163. B.A. in Theatre - But Then...........

MS and PhD in Computer Science....

Hey, at least I didn't go to Law School.........

[ElsewheresDaughter]

164. BS... Bull Shit, MS... More Shit, PhD ...Piled higher & Deeper

:evilgrin:

[Willinois]

166. BA in Political Science

And yes, I'm a political organizer for a living.

[joneschick]

169. BA in Fashion Design

now mucking out mortgage files for compliance. I would love to go back to school, but I have no idea for what. In the mean time my brain is turning to tapioca. Any suggestions?

[Eastside Blue]

170. BS - Computer Science

So far, I'm still in the field - 24 years now.

[TransitJohn]

172. BS--Geology

minor in natural resource management. Currently a wellsite geologist, primarily natural gas. If you Americans would start to demand alternative energy, you could put me out of a job. Get going would ya?

[48pan]

173. Business

Works for just about any career.

On the other hand, pretty much any bachelor's degree will suffice if you don't have a particular career in mind.

[Writer]

174. BS in Radio-TV-Film, working on MA in Mass Comm.

Yes, I actually did use my degree. Got pretty far with it fast, although it came to a screeching halt when I had to relocate to another area of the country with my husband.

I'm now working on an MA in Mass Comm. and hope to reenter the business soon.

Writer.