NomoreDramaQ1015
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Post by NomoreDramaQ1015 on Jan 12, 2011 11:18:34 GMT -5
I have an undergraduate degree in biology which by YM standards is useless and I should be folding sweaters right now.
However I am using it. Doesn't pay a lot but the job security I have right now compared to my fellow peers in private is well worth trading in the price tag at the moment.
At any rate a biology major opens up a lot of doors for me if research hadn't panned out. It would require going on to get professional licensing, but I'd still technically have used the degree for a leg up into other fields.
I think any degree is worthless if you sit around wiating for the job fairy to give you a $100k+ job just for having graduated.
Some majors have more jobs available to them than others, but you are only stuck working at Wal-mart or McD's if you choose to be.
DH had an edge for his job just because he had an AA, they didn't give a shit what it was for, just that he had one. So even though he isn't technically "using" his degree, it still helped him out.
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zibazinski
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Post by zibazinski on Jan 12, 2011 12:06:46 GMT -5
I am taking Spanish, French, Italian, and sign language. I hope to re-invent myself but in the meantime, I enjoy it.
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973beachbum
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Post by 973beachbum on Jan 12, 2011 12:17:14 GMT -5
I have only one thing to say on this subject. There is a reason that the Age of Michelangelo was also the Age of da Vinci.
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Post by Deleted on Jan 12, 2011 12:18:10 GMT -5
I need to get back into taking Spanish. I'd love to be fluent.
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quotequeen
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Post by quotequeen on Jan 12, 2011 13:10:30 GMT -5
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zibazinski
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Post by zibazinski on Jan 12, 2011 13:13:59 GMT -5
No kidding. Pretty soon it'll be mandatory for us all to know Spanish.
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Post by Bob Ross on Jan 12, 2011 13:17:18 GMT -5
I dunno. I have a liberal arts degree (economics). All of the big investment banks recruited at my campus and I interviewed with a few of them. But once they saw that I had computer skills...this was the height of the dot com boom, mind you...they all tried to funnel me into their IT departments. If this didn't happen and I had gotten one of the jobs I actually wanted, you may very well have all known me today as BTL (Bob The Large), if you catch my drift.
As it stands, now I'm an engineer. Wheeeeee!
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