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What do you have a degree in?

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aurareturn

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Hi guys, I am a high school senior about to take on college and the real life. I am pretty undecided as to what I want to do in real life. I love computers, history, traveling, writing, natural sciences, astronomy, psychology, animals, government, you name it. I love them all and can't really decide.

I want to know what you have a degree in, what you're doing with the degree(job), and how many years did it take for you to achieve the degree. Thanks.
 
I have a degree in nothing. I'm thinking of going anywhere between Bio, Biochemistry, and Chemistry. As far as what I'll do after, I have no idea (I'm only a first year).

You should focus on taking a variety of classes in your first 2 years of college to get an idea of what you like and would enjoy and are capable of doing (more than the other things). You don't have to decide on a degree right off the bat.
 
LMFAO.....you don't wanna know.

But that said...pic something you think you really could see the rest of your life doing...and actually DO WELL in college. I slacked off and drank beer.....bad idea. Force yourself to put school first and partying second. I have a lot of great partying stories...but i'm 29 and in a dead end job with a worthless 4 year degree.
 
take it from someone who used to be interested in everything. Do what you really love the most. Do something that excites you and something youre passionate about. I used to be into art, physics, computers, history, architecture, interior design, basically anything you could think of but I eventually narrowed it down to business (never dreamed of it in highschool). The best way to attack this is take survey classes and go talk to people in their fields and ask them what they do. Even if youre just calling around its better than just guessing. I know I really didnt answer your question but I hope I pointed you in a decent direction. Also go checkout your college's career center. Its probably the most underutilized part of campus.
 
I have a doctorate in 'I know WTF I am doing'. It took 27 years to get and is accepted nearly everywhere, though sometimes with some prodding.
 
Originally posted by: aurareturn
Hi guys, I am a high school senior about to take on college and the real life. I am pretty undecided as to what I want to do in real life. I love computers, history, traveling, writing, natural sciences, astronomy, psychology, animals, government, you name it. I love them all and can't really decide.

I want to know what you have a degree in, what you're doing with the degree(job), and how many years did it take for you to achieve the degree. Thanks.
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I am a business major. Its a good general degree....but I don't love business. If there is one thing you love and you would be happy doing it and make a decent amount of money...major in that.
 
I'll be graduating next week with a degree in computer engineering after five years. I'll be working for a company that makes educational software and hardware products. I will be mostly working with their hardware products, doing a lot of prototyping and probably some bug testing etc.
 
Many (perhaps most) people end up working at a job that is unrelated to their major so don't put too much weight into it. Learn to be a good learner and an effective communicator and you'll create a lot of opportunities for yourself. In the job market it's often not what you know, but who you know.

That said, major in something you're passionate about. Life is more fun when you enjoy what you're doing.
 
I have a BS Electrical Engineering which took my 4 1/2 years to get. This was 10 years ago.

I also have a MBA which took me a little under 2 years to get and I graduated 1 year ago this month.

I'm now looking at a second masters. I was interested in a PhD, but it seems most of the major research universities really want you to either 1) go in to academia afterwards (teach or be faculty) or 2) become some type of researcher. I'm more interested in learning the theory and then applying it to the "real" world. Possibly a Masters in Organizational Management.

At this point, I do nothing with my electrical engineering degree. I'm a manager with 4 departments reporting to me, out of which I have 1 engineering group, and 3 functional groups. The biggest asset I still use from that degree is the logical thinking that comes with being an engineer.

My only advice is to do what interests you. Don't be afraid to get a degree in something that you're interested in even if somebody says you can't make a living doing that. You can always get a graduate degree in something else that is more lucrative if it comes down to it.
 
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Originally posted by: aurareturn
Hi guys, I am a high school senior about to take on college and the real life. I am pretty undecided as to what I want to do in real life. I love computers, history, traveling, writing, natural sciences, astronomy, psychology, animals, government, you name it. I love them all and can't really decide.

I want to know what you have a degree in, what you're doing with the degree(job), and how many years did it take for you to achieve the degree. Thanks.
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Those two do not go together. Please pick one.


I am a business major. Its a good general degree....but I don't love business. If there is one thing you love and you would be happy doing it and make a decent amount of money...major in that.
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I had to quote this to make a point.

When choosing what to go into disregard the $. Ask yourself if you would do it for free and be honest. Would you put in 40+ hrs a week doing this for free? If you would then you should go into it. Money isnt everyting and being happy in your career (where you spend most of your life anyway) should be the most important aspect of your search.

Some people think about it as "O I will hate my job but the $ will make up for it on the weekends and vacations." You rarely see these people leading happy lives.
 
Originally posted by: Snagle
Many (perhaps most) people end up working at a job that is unrelated to their major so don't put too much weight into it. Learn to be a good learner and an effective communicator and you'll create a lot of opportunities for yourself. In the job market it's often not what you know, but who you know.

That said, major in something you're passionate about. Life is more fun when you enjoy what you're doing.
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very true:

Mom - English degree...now owns her own every successful business
Dad - Pysc degree - Business dude
 
AAS in drafting. Biggest waste of time and money. I'd love to get those years of my life back. With that said, if all goes well in the next few weeks I'll be a newly certified state of Ohio EMT-Basic. Best advice I can give you is don't rush your decision and don't select something "just because."
 
I don't have any degree. I worked my way up through helpdesk experience to sys admin status. I make 60k

Of the other sysadmins, and QA analysts I work intimately with, the degress span the spectrum. a couple have some college, no degree, one has a HS diploma, there's one each of a pysch, history and poli-sci degree.

It's a fortune 500 company.

I know, it's not the usual, but the lesson, I believe, is, do what you want.
Seriously do what interests you. Give it your all, invest yourself in whatever it is you're doing because you desire to. If you do this, you can't help but be successful.
 
If you really want to be a scientist, pharmacist, lawyer etc... then you need to get specific and start planning now.

If not then a degree with a mix of science/tech, business/marketing, and english/arts classes will get you in the door just about anywhere. Start off with a few classes you are interested in and keep taking the ones you like, you will figure it out. I spent 6 years in school for my bachelors and had a great time. I switched majors, took interesting unrelated classes, and it turns out courses like Anthropology, Sociology, Graphic Design, even jewelery making ... came in handy in post college work situations.

The only thing I didn't take enough of was business/marketing classes



 
i started in computer science and graduated earth sciences. my work revolves around petro-geological software. so i do computers, travel, and natural science at the same time
 
Finished my compsci BS in December. I'm now a software engineer at Cisco. Fyi, CS/EE/ECE is a really hot degree right now, though who knows what the market will be like in 4 years.
 
BS in Chemical Engineering from Georgia Tech. Took me five years (worked during school to pay bills). Not using it much, but use the logic and ass-kicking abilities to run my own import company.
 
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