Do you judge people based upon their major in college?

[HamburgerBoy]

I look down on people with only one degree.
And lets face it, engineers are just the ones that couldn't handle being real scientists.

Engineers don't try to be scientists. Scientists discover spiffy things, but it's engineers that create them and make them work.

 

[TridenT]

I look down on people with only one degree.
And lets face it, engineers are just the ones that couldn't handle being real scientists.

You mean the pay, right?

 

[Mr. Pedantic]

I'm not your friend, bro.

Thank goodness.

What??

Was that sarcasm?

She took the hardest courses, she told me.

Seriously? I currently have an A-/A average, and I start studying 3 days before each exam. My papers aren't the hardest ever, but I'd say they're harder than average, and it's not much effort at all. I know lots of people who have to work really hard to get a B average, but I'm not one of those people. And neither is my friend.

 

[anyusername]

i'm glad some people choose to graduate in degrees that usually won't provide a lot of income, who would teach my kids if they didn't?

 

[Imp]

I should because ma mama taught me to do that... F*cking elitist b*asdadas....

I'm underemployed, have been unemployed, and have worked the shit jobs, so know how far majors take you alone. No give a shit.

 

[LordMorpheus]

There's more to a person than earning potential. I did my undergraduate in mechanical engineering at Rice, and I've helped teach a couple undergraduate engineering courses here (Cornell), and in honesty you can be a pretty big fuckwit and still graduate from a top engineering program.

The difference between engineering and the liberal arts is not that engineering is more difficult or more interesting, it's that when the coasters graduate, there are plenty of companies willing to pay them reasonable salaries to do boring work. When a student coasts through a liberal arts program, when they graduate they discover they are unemployable. The only factor to choose between them is earning potential.

 

[Mr. Pedantic]

There's more to a person than earning potential. I did my undergraduate in mechanical engineering at Rice, and I've helped teach a couple undergraduate engineering courses here (Cornell), and in honesty you can be a pretty big fuckwit and still graduate from a top engineering program.

The difference between engineering and the liberal arts is not that engineering is more difficult or more interesting, it's that when the coasters graduate, there are plenty of companies willing to pay them reasonable salaries to do boring work. When a student coasts through a liberal arts program, when they graduate they discover they are unemployable. The only factor to choose between them is earning potential.

This. I was marking an exam question a few months ago for my university, and the mark scheme I was given was so lenient. The question asked for a specific diagrammatic representation of a set of data, and for all 8 marks everything needed to be correct. But I could only take 1/2 mark off for each mistake, which meant that if you attempted it, even if you had no idea what you were doing, you were almost assured of getting 4 or 5 marks. It was just crazy how little knowledge some people displayed given the importance of that diagram to the course, yet I still had to pass them for that question because they drew a circle, put some of the relevant numbers in the right places by chance, etc.

 

[Engineer]

I look down on people with only one degree.
And lets face it, engineers are just the ones that couldn't handle being real scientists.

another fucking douche.

 

[polarmystery]

I look down on people with only one degree.
And lets face it, engineers are just the ones that couldn't handle being real scientists.

Completely false.

 

[Jschmuck2]

I don't unless they are a Liberal Arts or Art History major

<-- Engineer

Nice - we judge you too

 

[Deeko]

Well Mr Trident, sounds to me like you are quite ignorant of the world. You've got a lot to learn...and I say that as a former engineering major that has a good job.

 

[martin2k]

Darn dammit tRIDENt, worry less about other people and more about yourself.

 

[OVerLoRDI]

I believe in giving everyone the benefit of the doubt, but I wonder about people with some majors such as Communications. That being said I know a communication major who is what you describe, not sure what they want to do or what they are aspiring too. That doesn't make them bad people or give you the right to judge them poorly though.

I have also seen people in less lucrative majors make incredible use of their people skills and connections they form in college and I have no doubt that they will be very successful people with a "worthless" degree.

Bottom line is your education is what you make of it. Sure some degrees are more likely to get a well paying job, but if you apply yourself, pursue your passions, and network you have a real shot regardless of your degree.

 

[TridenT]

I believe in giving everyone the benefit of the doubt, but I wonder about people with some majors such as Communications. That being said I know a communication major who is what you describe, not sure what they want to do or what they are aspiring too. That doesn't make them bad people or give you the right to judge them poorly though.

I have also seen people in less lucrative majors make incredible use of their people skills and connections they form in college and I have no doubt that they will be very successful people with a "worthless" degree.

Bottom line is your education is what you make of it. Sure some degrees are more likely to get a well paying job, but if you apply yourself, pursue your passions, and network you have a real shot regardless of your degree.

Statistically, you're going to do better with engineering and related majors though. That's what I am getting at. I don't give a fuck about outliers. Everyone is not an outlier or else statistics would all be invalid.

 

[GodlessAstronomer]

Statistically speaking, you're a douche :awe:

Anyway I judge people by the height of their tophat. So far you guys are doing poorly.

 

[randomrogue]

Statistically, you're going to do better with engineering and related majors though. That's what I am getting at. I don't give a fuck about outliers. Everyone is not an outlier or else statistics would all be invalid.

You don't know jack shit. Someone needs to pummel you with a wet newspaper and shoo you out the door.

 

[Capt Caveman]

Statistically, you're going to do better with engineering and related majors though. That's what I am getting at. I don't give a fuck about outliers. Everyone is not an outlier or else statistics would all be invalid.

Better at what? Starting salary maybe, but longterm earning potential, no. So, STFU. Statistics will also probably show that engineers have no social life or get laid, so yes, it sounds likes a perfect fit for you.

I know English majors that make more money than you ever will, so what's your point? Oh, you don't have one other than you're an idiot. You had to go to CC first and haven't even graduated. And with your shitty personality, even with a degree you still won't pass an interview.

 

[gophins72]

this thread has me convinced that engineers will never shake the reputation of being condescending know it alls.

 

[Fingolfin269]

This is the same guy who couldn't figure out how to roll his shirt sleeves up if I remember correctly. What kind of engineering are you studying??

 

[Kirby]

This is the same guy who couldn't figure out how to roll his shirt sleeves up if I remember correctly. What kind of engineering are you studying??

Twink Engineering. He's doing surprisingly well. :thumbsup:

 

[DCal430]

I judge people who judge people based on their college major.

Math degree here

 

[Suspicious-Teach8788]

i judge based on major slightly, but moreso school.

i really didn't know how to respond when someone in class asked me what I thought of San Jose State students vs UC Berkeley students. Really? Really? I want to shoot myself with the amount of stupidity there sometimes, whereas back in Cal I felt like a dumbass.

 

[IndyColtsFan]

this thread has me convinced that engineers will never shake the reputation of being condescending know it alls.

Trident is no engineer.

 

[slightlyhuman]

So you're looking down on people who's primary concern may not be in making money? My wife has a masters in social work and is currently self employed working almost exclusively counseling soldiers, you would look down on someone who wants to help others even though they may not make as much money? Sounds more like you're just a dick and extrememly selfish and too preoccupied by money, there's way more to life kiddo

And personally I only have a GED but I make quite a bit more than she does...so what does that make me?

/thread.

go fuck yourself trident. i wouldn't be saddened reading about your death in the newspaper.

 

[Mr. Pedantic]

Statistically, you're going to do better with engineering and related majors though. That's what I am getting at. I don't give a fuck about outliers. Everyone is not an outlier or else statistics would all be invalid.

You realize what statistics are, right? And what they aren't?