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Post by Deleted on Jan 5, 2014 17:14:33 GMT -5
Is your college degree related to your career/job?
My degree was business administration and I am an accountant. I guess they are sort of related. A degree in accounting would be better.
My friend got an English teaching degree and works as an HR assistant.
Another one has a civil engineering degree and works in marketing.
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msventoux
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Post by msventoux on Jan 5, 2014 17:21:25 GMT -5
Mine is in business administration with a major in accounting. And I am an accountant. Most of the people I know who got a degree did go into the fields they studied. There are a couple of exceptions that are working on their 2nd and 4th degrees who aren't working at anything related to any of the fields they studied. They still don't know what they want to be when they grow up. Neither do I, but accounting works for now.
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Cookies Galore
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Post by Cookies Galore on Jan 5, 2014 17:21:30 GMT -5
I have a journalism degree and I'm a medical editor.
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Miss Tequila
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Post by Miss Tequila on Jan 5, 2014 17:22:34 GMT -5
I have an accounting degree and am a CPA.
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Post by constanz22 on Jan 5, 2014 17:24:02 GMT -5
Degree is BS Criminal Justice/Psychology. I have always worked as a caseworker/social worker, mainly in child social welfare, so, sort of, but not really.
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moneymaven
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Post by moneymaven on Jan 5, 2014 17:35:23 GMT -5
BS in business management and I do operations and accounting.
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Post by BeenThere...DoneThat... on Jan 5, 2014 18:20:41 GMT -5
...clergy with a BS degree... what do you think?
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suesinfl
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Post by suesinfl on Jan 5, 2014 19:00:24 GMT -5
I have about 3 more semesters for my BS in Business Administration and am looking at changing careers once I graduate. I didn't even think about going into accounting. Right now I'm the assistant PR/marketing person. So my degree could lead me to say in the same area, but I want a change of scenery.
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Post by thyme4change on Jan 5, 2014 19:11:01 GMT -5
I was not super creative when it came to career / degrees. I couldn't really think outside the box - which was good, because I wasn't a great student, so at least I could say that my degree directly related. I only considered degrees that had a common word, or root word as the job it would get me. I started in accounting, and then jumped to finance after I took a couple of finance classes. I have worked jobs where my title was "accountant" and "financial analyst" and "manager of finance", etc.
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Post by Deleted on Jan 5, 2014 19:30:51 GMT -5
Math degree- never intended to teach, but loved computers even when they had to be programmed with punch cards. Fortunately, the actuarial field found me. Been in it since 975.
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Post by swamp on Jan 5, 2014 19:45:53 GMT -5
French degree with a concentration in quebecois culture. I'm a lawyer.
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Post by Deleted on Jan 5, 2014 19:50:24 GMT -5
English and Social Studies. Secondary education wasn't a degree at my school, but you could get a teaching certificate as an add-on. It's like having a third major.
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Post by Deleted on Jan 5, 2014 20:18:48 GMT -5
Double Bachelors degree in English / American Lit and Psych, Masters in Print Journalism. ABD doctorate (ie coursework but no thesis) in English / American Lit, but in France.
I worked as a print journalist for 23 years, took a year off, now I am an English professor at a prestigious French business school. They like to say they teach IN English, rather than teach English, but that's only partially true.
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Post by The Walk of the Penguin Mich on Jan 5, 2014 20:38:42 GMT -5
Biology and scientist.....at least I was.
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Regis
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Post by Regis on Jan 5, 2014 20:50:22 GMT -5
Math degree- never intended to teach, but loved computers even when they had to be programmed with punch cards. Fortunately, the actuarial field found me. Been in it since 975. 975? Wow, you're much older than I thought you were! I have degrees in both civil engineering and land surveying. Those are the fields I've been in for 26 years...mostly because I'm not really smart enough to do anything else.
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Post by spartan7886 on Jan 5, 2014 22:16:51 GMT -5
BS in mechanical engineering, working as a petroleum engineer. Related, but not the same.
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moneymaven
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Post by moneymaven on Jan 6, 2014 0:48:09 GMT -5
I was not super creative when it came to career / degrees. I couldn't really think outside the box - which was good, because I wasn't a great student, so at least I could say that my degree directly related. I only considered degrees that had a common word, or root word as the job it would get me. I started in accounting, and then jumped to finance after I took a couple of finance classes. I have worked jobs where my title was "accountant" and "financial analyst" and "manager of finance", etc. What's your title now?
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Post by Sum Dum Gai on Jan 6, 2014 0:57:08 GMT -5
I was a semester short of a degree in computer science. Now the credits are stale so it would probably take two years or more to finish. I'm a manager/buyer/head cashier at a toy store.
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Post by cronewitch on Jan 6, 2014 3:05:41 GMT -5
Degree was accounting, was a CPA a few years, then a bookkeeper, next retired.
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steph08
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Post by steph08 on Jan 6, 2014 5:19:35 GMT -5
BA in English and Editing; MA in Technical Communication. My current title is Corporate Writer.
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Post by Deleted on Jan 6, 2014 8:33:12 GMT -5
I didn't finish a degree, but my major was Electrical Engineering. I'm in IT. While not directly related, the "Engineering Mindset" I learned in college helps me every day.
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Post by cael on Jan 6, 2014 8:45:59 GMT -5
Geological sciences degree, I'm an environmental health inspector. Related and pretty close (and I needed the science degree to get the job and be eligible to take the professional license exam), but not exactly where I thought I'd go with it.
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thyme4change
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Post by thyme4change on Jan 6, 2014 9:11:51 GMT -5
I was not super creative when it came to career / degrees. I couldn't really think outside the box - which was good, because I wasn't a great student, so at least I could say that my degree directly related. I only considered degrees that had a common word, or root word as the job it would get me. I started in accounting, and then jumped to finance after I took a couple of finance classes. I have worked jobs where my title was "accountant" and "financial analyst" and "manager of finance", etc. What's your title now? I'm not exactly sure - I've been jockied around this year. I requested to keep the manager of finance title, even though I no longer have staff. I suspect my boss went ahead and gave me that title.
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Post by NomoreDramaQ1015 on Jan 6, 2014 9:11:57 GMT -5
Biology degree and I work in a pharmacology lab. Chemistry would have served me better for this particular position but I have enough chem background I can do the job.
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Post by Waffle on Jan 6, 2014 9:27:13 GMT -5
Political Science degree. I work as an production planner - pretty much totally unrelated.
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Post by chen35 on Jan 6, 2014 9:33:22 GMT -5
My degree is in Finance, and I've only ever worked in accounting. I'm hoping to pass the CPA exam soon. So pretty closely related.
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Post by chiver78 on Jan 6, 2014 11:38:16 GMT -5
engineering degree, working as an engineer in a pharmaceutical company.
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Post by shanendoah on Jan 6, 2014 11:44:25 GMT -5
My undergraduate degree is a BA in History with a minor in English-Writing. My graduate degree is an MBA with a focus in Technology & Innovation Management.
For the rest of the week, I am an Administrator of a shared services program at a university. So, you could argue I use my MBA, though not really the Technology side of it (but definitely the Innovation side, since I was hired for my background with continuous process improvement). You could also say my undergrad degree is entirely unrelated to what I do, but I would argue differently. I use the skills I learned in undergrad (research, looking for both sides of the story, understanding the difference between primary and secondary sources, as well as writing, and writing for a particular audience) pretty constantly.
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Post by muttleynfelix on Jan 6, 2014 11:52:57 GMT -5
BS in Civil Engineering and I am a Civil Engineer.
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Post by Jake 48 on Jan 6, 2014 11:58:23 GMT -5
bachelors in Fire Science, working as a firefighter
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