Level of education

[Armitage]

Originally posted by: TwinkleToes77
I wouldnt say my SO is higher/lower than me education wise. I went through 4 years of univ and failed to graduate because i dropped out.. He went to a trade school and got a diploma there. We both are very educated. A degree necessarily mean you are smarter than someone else.

You're right of course, but a degree is a easy metric to put in a poll. Interpret "higher" as you wish.

 

[DT4K]

Originally posted by: ggavinmoss

Originally posted by: Shanti
I have two BS degrees (Computer Science and General Science w/ chemistry emphasis).
My wife has between one and two years worth of college credit.

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You have a BS in "General Science" -- that sounds absurdly broad. That's like getting a degree in "Stuff."

-geoff

Yep. I didn't add the second part because it's almost embarrassing. With the General Science degree, you have to pick two areas of emphasis. Mine were chemistry and psychology. Mainly because I already had some upper div psych classes. I was a chem major but despised P. Chem and just wanted to be done with school so I switched to General Science because it was easy.

Absurdly broad? Yep. I had three job interviews after graduating.

One for a lab tech job at a small biotech firm. I think I only got the interview because a family friend worked there. I assume I didn't get the job because I couldn't compete against those who actually had chem degrees.

A second with AMEX financial services where the guy was a total salesman and talked about how everyone there worked 80 hours a week.

A third where I was actually offered the job selling long term care insurance to old people.

That is why I went back to school for a second degree. This time in computer science.

 

[foofoo]

wife = phd (physics)
me = bs + some grad school (physics). i'm an engineer now.

 

[Crab cake]

I have prescriptive authority. My girlfriend has an MBA and she still makes more than twice what I do. Together with bonus and stock options, she makes about 11 times what I do. The moral of the story is if you want to make money go into the world of high finance.

 

[MomAndSkoorbaby]

I have two bachelor's and Skoorbie has one with a diploma in another area....I consider us about the same! Maybe he is smarter but don't tell him I said that...