People who majored in Engineering, or Business

[Mighty Nikkisaurus]

Computer Science is also welcome.

If you majored in either (or a more specialized form), some questions:

What did you major in?
How applicable is it to the job you're currently doing?
How easy was it to find decent work given your major?
If you could go back and change it up, would you? If yes, why?
Do you enjoy the work you currently do? Why or why not?


Some people know I've been pursuing nutritional science, but I'm still early enough in to switch and I definitely want to. I know this is an odd combination to be torn between, heh. My concerns are that I make money, have a stable career, and am stimulated by what I do. I figure input from people who've been there, done that would be helpful at this point!

[Androidpk]

What's your current major?

[Mighty Nikkisaurus]

nutritional science. Pre-reqs aren't an issue.

[Androidpk]

Personally, the most important factor should be how much you enjoy that area, versus how much money you'll make.

That's all I have to offer, don't know much about those majors.

[Archigeek]

Roads, bridges, tunnels and piers,
That's the stuff for engineers.

Wine, women, song and sex,
That's the stuff for architects.

[Mighty Nikkisaurus]

Hence why I included the part about stimulation. Both areas interest me and I think I could excel at either. I'm not looking for a ra-ra pep talk on why I need to follow my heart.


Personally, the most important factor should be how much you enjoy that area, versus how much money you'll make.

That's all I have to offer, don't know much about those majors.

[4a6c1]

lolz business major

[Gan]

What did you major in?
Economics.
How applicable is it to the job you're currently doing?

Moderately applicable.
How easy was it to find decent work given your major?

Not very (generic degree).
If you could go back and change it up, would you? If yes, why?

Yes - I'd go for something more specialized.
Do you enjoy the work you currently do? Why or why not?

Yes. I enjoy working in the real estate field and helping people purchase/sell homes (not as much as I enjoyed working in the healthcare sector though).(I work for an national/international Title Insurance company)

[Celephais]

What did you major in?
Computer Science and Engineering
How applicable is it to the job you're currently doing?
What I learned at school: very little, technically: 100%. I'm a computer programmer.
How easy was it to find decent work given your major?
Seems to be abundant here in the northeast. I got my job while in college and have never left it (which is not the best career move but I like the place)
If you could go back and change it up, would you? If yes, why?
I'd go back and be a pilot I think... constant change of scenery would be rather nice.
Do you enjoy the work you currently do? Why or why not?
I do, it gives me lots of free time (to post on the PC), sometimes I'm working on projects that aren't fulfilling and dealing with idiot clients sucks (the cool clients can make up for it, they're rare). I guess the best way to answer it is that it gives me the time and money to do the things I do want to do.

[TheEschaton]

What did you major in?
Computer Science

How applicable is it to the job you're currently doing?
Zero. Never worked in computer science.

How easy was it to find decent work given your major?
It was easy in 2003, I was offered a job with GE, then I decided I didn't want to be a programmer any more and went to the Peace Corps.

If you could go back and change it up, would you? If yes, why?
Yes, I would, I'd be a theology/biology double major, because I still love those things.

Do you enjoy the work you currently do? Why or why not?
Not currently working. ;)

[Clove]

What did you major in? Business: Accounting

How applicable is it to the job you're currently doing? 100%. I work as a corporate accountant.

How easy was it to find decent work given your major? Very easy, I was getting offers in my final semester and landed my current job just prior to graduation.

If you could go back and change it up, would you? If yes, why? Yes and no. I wouldn't change my major, I would have stayed longer and gotten a post-grad degree (but time and resources were limited).

Do you enjoy the work you currently do? Why or why not? Yes and no. At this point I need more challenge and stimulation, but I'll need a more advanced degree to accomplish that. On the upside the work is stable, pays decently, and it's very convenient to my life (which is fulfilling). So good, boring job that enables me to enjoy my private life very much (not perfect but still lots of win).

[CrystalTears]

At this point I need more challenge and stimulation...
That's what she said.

:D

[LMingrone]

What did you major in?
CS

How applicable is it to the job you're currently doing?
0%

How easy was it to find decent work given your major?
Pretty easy, but the travel and pay sucked. Add to that the fact that all the offers (from Gillette, UPS, Electric Boat, and the DOD) wanted me to start out doing database crap, AKA data entry.

If you could go back and change it up, would you? If yes, why?
I wouldn't have gone to college. Would have saved me a ton of money, and I wouldn't have lived in shitty Boston. Plus, 80% of the stuff they taught I already knew.Being your own boss is the way to go.

Do you enjoy the work you currently do? Why or why not?
Well, since I'm getting a pay check to NOT WORK, I'd have to say yes. In the process of starting up my own biz. Doing vehicle graphics. So I guess some of my education will come in use...Even though it mostly involves messing with the Adobe Suite and Quickbooks (DIAF QB).

I's also say that you might as well go straight through to a Master's Degree. Normal ones are like the new high school diploma.

edit no clue why it formatted my post like that. fixed i think.

[Clove]

That's what she said.

:DGod dammit CT...

:clap:

[CrystalTears]

I'm going to school right now so take it for what it's worth:

What did you major in?
Information Technology

How applicable is it to the job you're currently doing?
It's related to what I'm doing now. I'm getting the degree so that I can advance further.

How easy was it to find decent work given your major?
I was two months away from finishing my technical degree when I got a job with customer support. My technology career has continued since then.

If you could go back and change it up, would you? If yes, why?
Not at all. I've always wanted to work in the technology field, I just wasn't sure where... still not sure. It's concentrated in programming for now but that could change too.

Do you enjoy the work you currently do? Why or why not?
I love the company and the people I work with. My job has been getting stale as it no longer challenges me (ergo why I went back to school). I'd love my job more if my boss wasn't a raging, controlling, backstabbing bitch.

[Jorddyn]

What did you major in? Accounting

How applicable is it to the job you're currently doing? Completely - Like Clove, I'm in Corporate Accounting

How easy was it to find decent work given your major? After the first job, it was relatively easy. My college focused highly on placement with CPA firms, and I wanted nothing to do with public accounting (though I did later work for a firm). I suck at interviews, though, so that's a challenge.

If you could go back and change it up, would you? If yes, why? Yep. I'm good at what I do, I make decent money, and I like the company and people I work for/with. I'd love to be doing something that actually helps people or is semi-creative.

Do you enjoy the work you currently do? Why or why not? I suppose you could say that. I'm always learning something new. Let me tell you, though, no one outside of work ever gets excited to hear about the new cost model you created for exploding a bird, or the new quasi-MRP report you wrote that essentially eliminated the need for a full time position. It doesn't really lend itself to cocktail chatter.

[Latrinsorm]

What did you major in?
Computer Science

How applicable is it to the job you're currently doing?
Zero. Never worked in computer science.

How easy was it to find decent work given your major?
It was easy in 2003, I was offered a job with GE, then I decided I didn't want to be a programmer any more and went to the Peace Corps.

If you could go back and change it up, would you? If yes, why?
Yes, I would, I'd be a theology/biology double major, because I still love those things.

Do you enjoy the work you currently do? Why or why not?
Not currently working. ;)Congratulations on the most bourgeois post the internet has ever seen. :heart:
and I wouldn't have lived in shitty Boston.Raise fists! Fuck Boston!
the new quasi-MRP report you wrote that essentially eliminated the need for a full time position.Plutocrat!! You took their jobs!!

[Jorddyn]

Plutocrat!! You took their jobs!!

I said eliminated the need for. What said person is currently doing, I don't know, but he is most certainly (and unfortunately) still employed by our company.

[Clove]

I'd love my job more if my boss wasn't a raging, controlling, backstabbing bitch.You shouldn't keep your feelings bottled up like that CT...


Let me tell you, though, no one outside of work ever gets excited to hear about the new cost model you created for exploding a bird, or the new quasi-MRP report you wrote that essentially eliminated the need for a full time position. It doesn't really lend itself to cocktail chatter.I fucking <3 you.

[Valthissa]

What did you major in?

Mathematics. I dabbled in CS. The computers I played with in college were an IBM 360 and a PDP-11.


How applicable is it to the job you're currently doing?

It was helpful as I climbed the corporate ladder, now, not so much. I'm an exec at an aerospace firm that makes wind tunnel models and engine rigs. I'm currently responsible for estimates, contracts, supply chain management, and HR.

How easy was it to find decent work given your major?

I was invited to leave grad school in 1981. There were no jobs.


If you could go back and change it up, would you?

I would not. Mathematics was a good match for my skill and temperment. I almost believe that life is mostly a word problem.


Do you enjoy the work you currently do? Why or why not?

I still enjoy work. Why is an excellent question.


C/Valth

[Stretch]

What did you major in?
Finance and accounting


How applicable is it to the job you're currently doing?
Not as applicable as you might think, even though I work at a bank. Some of it was useful, but could probably be learned in one solid week of classes.


How easy was it to find decent work given your major?
It was pretty easy to find a job when I graduated in 2006, but I think that was more a function of where I went to school than my major.


If you could go back and change it up, would you? If yes, why?
Probably not.


Do you enjoy the work you currently do? Why or why not?
Indifferent. I'm good at my job, and I make decent money, but there's a lot of corporate BS.

[4a6c1]

I almost believe that life is mostly a word problem.


C/Valth

That's hot.

[Kranar]

What did you major in?
Computer science.

How applicable is it to the job you're currently doing?
Very.

How easy was it to find decent work given your major?
Don't really know how to measure this. Computer science majors, however, are considered to be in short supply.

If you could go back and change it up, would you? If yes, why?
Probably not.

Do you enjoy the work you currently do? Why or why not?
I don't really see the essence of what I do as work although there are things I have to do which I admit I do not like. The computer science side of things is wonderful and I'd love to do just that, but on the other hand to keep a business running you have to play the role of a manager, which sucks, as well as the role of a salesman, which I also dislike. As a computer scientist though... I don't see what I do as being that much different from what an artist does. Creativity and imagination are the two biggest assets.

There are countless ways in which computer science can be applied to fields which have nothing to do with computers as a technology. People often think computer science is the study of computers as a technology or programming in Java or some other neat technology when in reality, computer science really has nothing to do with technology, in fact it predates what we may in modern terms call a computer. The concepts and ways of thinking that computer science exposes you to have wide applicability to biology, finance, physics, management and many other fields. The computer as a piece of technology is simply a very efficient physical tool for carrying out what is a purely theoretical and formal process but the field of study would exist without it, although it would probably be treated like some esoteric branch of mathematics much like it was prior to the 1940s.

That's one reason why I like it so much, it's so very versatile that I can study so many other new fields and never be entirely lost. I just have to find a way of mapping concepts from computer science to the field in question. Once that's done I have a freaking machine sitting in front of me that I, or anyone can use to create a virtual world in to explore new hypotheses, experiment with new ideas, play around with stuff, bend the laws and see what the outcome is. If you're a non-conformist, there's nothing better than just starting up an interpreter in your favorite language (Python/Ruby/Scheme, whatever), and just start hacking away and experimenting and learning new stuff on your own.

People are getting filthy rich all the time by finding new creative ways of putting to use computer science, the theory, to advance society. Facebook, Google, Twitter, YouTube, heck even the iPad/Pod/Phone etc... underneath their techie-like surface are applications of graph theory, artificial intelligence, information theory, natural language processing, and category theory. All fields that by themselves can and have been studied and advanced without the use of a computer.

[Sean of the Thread]

Majored in Marine Biology.

However I took about every course that interested me which resulted in being able to switch to four different majors at any moment if I desired.

Got girl pregnant. Quit course work and took IT/CS certificate courses and went straight to work.


And I hated working in an office environment (although I'd do it in a heartbeat right now).

[Kithus]

What did you major in?
CIS

How applicable is it to the job you're currently doing?
Very, I'm a systems administrator.

How easy was it to find decent work given your major?
It took me a bit of time but I was determined to find work in a limited area. I didn't want to move my immediate family too far from our extended families.

If you could go back and change it up, would you? If yes, why?
Yes I would but not my major. I spent two years as a Computer Science and Information Systems major at a college in North Adams. When I transferred to a school closer to home I had to choose between CS or CIS and chose CIS. Unfortunately some things didn't transfer right and it ended up costing me an extra year. So given that hindsight is 20/20 I would have just gone to the school closer to home to begin with.

I also wish I would have gotten more certifications in school.

Do you enjoy the work you currently do? Why or why not?
Most of the time I love my job. I enjoy helping people with their computer related problems and maintaining our network.

[AnticorRifling]

Computer Science is also welcome.

If you majored in either (or a more specialized form), some questions:

What did you major in?
How applicable is it to the job you're currently doing?
How easy was it to find decent work given your major?
If you could go back and change it up, would you? If yes, why?
Do you enjoy the work you currently do? Why or why not?


Some people know I've been pursuing nutritional science, but I'm still early enough in to switch and I definitely want to. I know this is an odd combination to be torn between, heh. My concerns are that I make money, have a stable career, and am stimulated by what I do. I figure input from people who've been there, done that would be helpful at this point!


What if I didn't major in anything (yet) can I still answer?

I don't understand how hippies can ignore people who walk around dressed as trees, you should be hugging us damnit :)

[Gan]

(although I'd do [her] in a heartbeat right now).

That was your problem right there.

[Sean of the Thread]

That was your problem right there.


If only you knew.

I actually got her pregnant on a marine biology and oceanography trip to Key Largo. :(

We're finally getting married however if that means anything to anybody besides Latrin.

[Endaar]

What did you major in?
Math. Minor in Computer science, Minor in Music.

How applicable is it to the job you're currently doing?
Very - I am a Network Engineering Specialist (fancy way of saying I fiddle around in Windows Server all day long).

How easy was it to find decent work given your major?
Like other people have mentioned earlier, the key for my (so far) job-getting success was the credentials and reputation of the school I went to, as opposed to the actual degree itself. I have friends who did Computer Science degrees from other schools not as well-recognised who had a horrible time landing initial work, and the trickle-down effect has persisted now that we are almost 30.

If you could go back and change it up, would you? If yes, why?
Probably not, although what I would change is taking school more seriously so that I would have a better work ethic today.

Do you enjoy the work you currently do? Why or why not?
After six years of working through three different jobs of all different technical requirements, I think I might finally have found a good fit for me (just started this position eight months ago). Why do I enjoy it? For most of the same reasons other people have already stated : good pay, I get a modicum of intrinsic enjoyment from the work itself, and it enables me to have the time and money to do what I please outside of work. But I tell you this : I would still be just as happy if I made ten or even twenty-grand less, so money isn't everything.

[4a6c1]

Majored in Marine Biology.





omfg

All the sudden Sean's lazyass bum persona makes so much sense to me.

I do volunteer work with eleventy eleven Seans. They are all hippy beach bum dumbasses. Until you ask them about Marine life.

Finish your degree Sean. You could be doing foundation work and living on grants.

[Sean of the Thread]

omfg

All the sudden Sean's lazyass bum persona makes so much sense to me.

I do volunteer work with eleventy eleven Seans. They are all hippy beach bum dumbasses. Until you ask them about Marine life.

Finish your degree Sean. You could be doing foundation work and living on grants.


I love marine biology and oceanography. I've donated countless hours making artificial reefs around Florida although not in the past two years since all my dive equipment is bye bye.

I wanted to go to school to be Indian Jones however. Archaeology and Anthropology were my favorites but there is even less work there than in marine biology.

I have enough credits to degree in any of the following:

History (specialized more in American and general war history)
Marine Biology
Oceanography
And don't have a heart attack but GENERAL EDUCATION!

And of course MIS.

Speaking of which my poor little brother just came home from his teaching job sick before his day was over. You know you gotta be sick to do that.

And I'm not lazy by any stretch Robin you brat. I just spent 11 hours the other day building a fence that required digging a shit fuck for a measly $100 bucks so I could send my daughters valentine gifts.

I take any work that comes my way except for fluffer.

[Mighty Nikkisaurus]

We're finally getting married however if that means anything to anybody besides Latrin.


I just spent 11 hours the other day building a fence that required digging a shit fuck for a measly $100 bucks so I could send my daughters valentine gifts.


Does not compute.

[Sean of the Thread]

Getting married doesn't cost shit. Didn't say it was a big wedding plan.

Her idea was to just go have a small ceremony. I've already invited everyone we know to show up and crash her justice of the peace thing.

Figured I'll start things off like normal (her being pissed off).

[Mighty Nikkisaurus]

I'm not talking about the money, I'm talking about.. if you're going to get married, why aren't your kids back with you?

[Sean of the Thread]

I'm not talking about the money, I'm talking about.. if you're going to get married, why aren't your kids back with you?


Oh I see sorry.

I need to tie up some loose ends here in Florida (get my license back and complete treatment) before moving up to TN to be with them.

Her grandmother just moved to Florida to live in an ALF and Jen is buying her house. Good deal too. 3 bed 2 bath all hardwood floors, fireplace, 3 acres etc for $110k no interest.

Deal is she pays for all her ALF costs and taxes on the property until either paid off or she dies in which case done deal.

Jen did come back almost 1 year to the day to visit me. The deal was for me to sober up and I have. The chemistry was like we first met it was great and my kids were so awesome.

Oh by the way Nik hahaha. She hates you and was bitching about you when she was here. Too funny.

[AnticorRifling]

I heard everything in real life works exactly like 50s sitcoms and disney movies.

[Sean of the Thread]

Exactly!

That's why I lived in the woods and my camp site was surrounded with chicken wire embedded with camo to avoid detection by the park rangers for two months last year.

Life is such a fairy tale.

[Mighty Nikkisaurus]

O_O

Your whole situation is crazy. The fact that she even remembers me from a period in time when you were both cheating like crazy on each other and generally getting into screaming fights all the time (throwing shit/her trying to punch you, if I recall) kind of weirds me out. I wouldn't say I was on her side since she sounds plenty fucked up but I was trying to convince you to get your shit together for your kids' sakes, in which case I may as well have been.

I hope you two go get some counseling.

[AnticorRifling]

THROW HANDS!

[Sean of the Thread]

hehe ty.

We're good now thus far and I seriously accept most of the fault from prior.

But yeah she remembers three girls that she'll never let me down about. A co worker back in the day that used to just fuck with her everytime she showed up at my work by like leaning on me and shit just to get her goat.

You.

And this girl that was in my room one day when we first met.

I swear women are crazy and vindictive about that shit.


P.s. she never admitted to cheating and sadly I never had any SOLID proof :( Anyway I'm getting too old to worry about that shit anymore.

[AnticorRifling]

Ding ding ding

Move the fuck on and raise your midgets.

[Mighty Nikkisaurus]

On topic, thank you everyone who's replied to my questions, it's been very useful.

[AnticorRifling]

You didn't answer my question. Rude. HAHAHA

[Mighty Nikkisaurus]

YES YOU CAN ANSWER TOOOO!!1

[Sean of the Thread]

On topic my little sister got a degree in sports management?? and scored a sweet job at Progressive right out college.

I don't think it really matters what your degree is in if you're happy in the 70kish range.

[Mighty Nikkisaurus]

If I'm paying to go back, I'm getting something where I can feasibly break into six figures by ten years. Plus, there's a good chance your sister just got pretty lucky. I know people with double majors working in retail because they can't land something.

[AnticorRifling]

What did you major in?
Small Computer Systems (Marine Corps equiv of CS?)

How applicable is it to the job you're currently doing?
Both jobs I've had since I got out were a direct result of my training and experience

How easy was it to find decent work given your major?
Fairly easy, but again I've got lots of actual experience not just a piece of paper.

If you could go back and change it up, would you? If yes, why?
Maybe...I'm not sure at that time in my life if there was anything else I wanted to do.

Do you enjoy the work you currently do? Why or why not?
Hell no. To be honest I don't like IT at all, I haven't in years. I like solving problems for people. I like being able to put out fires, be the hero, etc. My line of computer work allows me to do that, if I was stuck just programming or fixing PCs without talking to customers I'd be on top of a building with a deer rifle and a pot of coffee. I do this to pay my bills and work with people.

[AnticorRifling]

If I'm paying to go back, I'm getting something where I can feasibly break into six figures by ten years. Plus, there's a good chance your sister just got pretty lucky. I know people with double majors working in retail because they can't land something. Not to be mean and without knowing the details and the people that sounds like a fault of the person. I've got a second cousin like that, 3 degrees no job. Complete social retard. Me, no paper and I've had no problems. I'll be starting/resuming my degree in May when the wife wraps up her masters.

[Clove]

Do you enjoy the work you currently do? Why or why not?
Hell no. To be honest I don't like IT at all, I haven't in years. I like solving problems for people. I like being able to put out fires, be the hero, etc. My line of computer work allows me to do that, if I was stuck just programming or fixing PCs without talking to customers I'd be on top of a building with a deer rifle and a pot of coffee. I do this to pay my bills and work with people.Two words. Computer consultant.

Oh and for serious AR. I know people with Russian History degrees pulling 6 figures. Just make it happen.

[Sean of the Thread]

If I'm paying to go back, I'm getting something where I can feasibly break into six figures by ten years. Plus, there's a good chance your sister just got pretty lucky. I know people with double majors working in retail because they can't land something.


Oh exactly.

She got that job actually from a college job fair the year she graduated like in 2000? It will most likely never amount to 6 figures but her husband is rich as shit so I'm sure she took that into consideration when took it.

I've only got a 2 year degree but I have a shit fuck more credit hours and 10 years of job experience ending in operations manager however it won't land me shit.

I've applied everywhere within walking distance. Pretty sad I can't even get hired at a hess or Publix as a fucking bagger.

[Mighty Nikkisaurus]

Sociology + Woman's Studies.. doesn't really get more useless than that, ha.

She has good people skills, etc.

I think she may have landed a job finally, like two months ago, but that's three years after graduation. Obviously though personality, etc does come down to it.

But I know other people with degrees working shit jobs and unlikely to ever break 35k a year, just totally stagnating. I'm just not interested in going and getting a degree like that and having that sort of a 'career', since my goal is to move away from 'just getting by'. IMO it's more worth it to try something more complex/requiring more work.

[AnticorRifling]

I keep forgetting cost of living. 45k a year can easily put you past "just getting by" here in Indy. Just gotta be smart with your money. Hell I'm married to a elementary teacher that won't ever make more than 60 and we still get to enjoy the fun shit in life (you know until the TWINS).

[Sean of the Thread]

40kish a year here really isn't enough to live comfortable however making even just 25-30kish where I'm moving to in TN is enough to live very nicely.

[Mighty Nikkisaurus]

I really have no interest in living anywhere but New England or the West Coast (I suppose I'd give living overseas a shot though), so yeah, higher cost of living. 45k in Connecticut was... not much at all, ha.

[AnticorRifling]

Having spent time on both coasts and overseas I don't want to raise my kids anywhere but the midwest. Now if I was single.... I'd be out this bitch faster than a liberal fetus at a coat hanger store.

[Sean of the Thread]

Having spent time on both coasts and overseas I don't want to raise my kids anywhere but the midwest. Now if I was single.... I'd be out this bitch faster than a liberal fetus at a coat hanger store.

http://i20.photobucket.com/albums/b236/Japgross/PRO.jpg

[Mighty Nikkisaurus]

LOL, awesome.

I'll just put it out there too that I really don't enjoy frugal living. I'm not talking just material goods, but going to eat at great restaurants and traveling, etc. On the other hand though, I refuse to live outside of my means/be financially irresponsible.. so the logical solution is for me to find a way to just make more money, period. I just wouldn't be happy knowing when I hit 60k that this is it and I'm not going to make more. I know most jobs have a ceiling some sort, I just want that ceiling for me to be higher.

[Methais]

My concerns are that I make money, have a stable career, and am stimulated by what I do.

Sounds like pr0n is the career for you!

[Mighty Nikkisaurus]

You have no idea how disappointed I am that it took six pages for someone to say that.

[AnticorRifling]

Actually I was impressed it took 6 pages. First thought for alot of us was "do pr0n" and then we pretended (for a fleeting moment) to be adults and actually answer the question. It was a sublime PC moment, real answers when pr0n was just waiting to be posted.

[Mighty Nikkisaurus]

I do appreciate the real/thoughtful answers. I think I know which avenue I'm going to take, but I'm meeting with an advisor at UMass on Friday, so we'll see how that goes first.

[AnticorRifling]

I thought you wanted to chef it up....

[Mighty Nikkisaurus]

I love cooking and baking and working with food, and there are parts of being a chef that I love.

But there's enough about it that I don't love, particularly mindless, repetitive tasks for shit pay, that mean it's time for a career change.

I can always come back to it. But if I don't pursue something else, I think I'll regret it.

[Clove]

Try pr0n?

[Celephais]

Actually I was impressed it took 6 pages. First thought for alot of us was "do pr0n" and then we pretended (for a fleeting moment) to be adults and actually answer the question. It was a sublime PC moment, real answers when pr0n was just waiting to be posted.
I'm pretty sure that's why we keep Methais around, to stop shit like that from getting a foothold.

[CrystalTears]

What makes you think that another career won't have moments of repetitive tasks for shit pay? I'm not saying that chefs don't have more moments of that than computer majors, but they're out there.

You have to be careful not to fall into jobs where you're so good at what you do in your department, that you end up being the oubliette of the department...

Oh wait, that's me venting about MY job. Nevermind.

Good luck! :D

[Mighty Nikkisaurus]

Thanks CT :)

[Celephais]

What makes you think that another career won't have moments of repetitive tasks for shit pay? I'm not saying that chefs don't have more moments of that than computer majors, but they're out there.
The beauty of real life is that you don't have to worry about a GM script checking you, have something repetitive? script it!

... doesn't always work out that well but, at least no scripting violations on my life.

[radamanthys]

The beauty of real life is that you don't have to worry about a GM script checking you, have something repetitive? script it!

... doesn't always work out that well but, at least no scripting violations on my life.

I scripted someone out of a job once. Management didn't like him, but needed a way to get his job done. It was a real life case of "Go away or I will replace you with a very small shell script."

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What did you major in? Management Information Systems

How applicable is it to the job you're currently doing?
It's the "I know about computers without really knowing anything" degree. I dunno. I'm in training. They pay me big bucks to show them how to use their shit. Healthcare is a great field for this; doctors are stubborn idiots.

How easy was it to find decent work given your major?
I graduated in the recession. Not easy. Nobody hires training consultants in a recession. Luckily, I've been doing this for a long time already and have a kick-ass resume for my field.

If you could go back and change it up, would you? If yes, why?
Possibly. I didn't really learn a whole lot, but the paper sure is impressive. I'd take some more technical classes: more programming, likely web apps as that seems to be the future. Network security is pretty sought after, too. That said, I dunno if I'd want that to be my future.

Do you enjoy the work you currently do? Why or why not?
I suppose. I'm an excellent teacher. And they pay me a shitload. *shrug*
Part of me doesn't like doing what I already know how to do. I wanna be able to learn new stuff. Perhaps I'll go crew sailboats in the BVIs, learn blacksmithing, or go teach English in China for a while.

[Androidpk]

Learn blacksmithing then go to Japan and make katanas.

[Mighty Nikkisaurus]

Learn blacksmithing then go to Japan and make katanas.

I'd rather join an assassination squad, get murdered on my wedding day after running away from them because I was pregnant with the leader's baby, then come out of a long coma to seek sweet, sweet revenge on every last one of them.

[Androidpk]

Currently a Government major, International Affairs. Thinking about getting a minor in journalism to go with it.