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...with 'career' thingies.

Does your career have anything to do with what your majoring in?

After discovering that whatever engineers are made of is not what I'm made of, I am doing what some of my friends call 'the major" dance', and I really have no idea what direction to go.

...with 'career' thingies.

Does your career have anything to do with what your majoring in?

After discovering that whatever engineers are made of is not what I'm made of, I am doing what some of my friends call 'the major" dance', and I really have no idea what direction to go.

What do you love to do?

I do work in the field I studied, but my degree didn't necessarily help me, as it turns out I'm doing something I could have pretty much done out of high school. But I'm glad I have it, so there's that.

Right now I'm filming graduate classes in engineering at a prestigious private university...holy crap, how does that shit make sense to anyone? Seriously, an hour and fifteen minutes on how to mathematically 'state' a bent ruler.

What do you love to do?

Everything.

I'm currently studying chemistry, however I have about a year's worth of history credits, so I'm possibly pursuing a minor in history. But I also took a lot of theology my senior year (I finished at a private school) so I'm also possibly going to delve into religion and philosophy.

I have an interest in

Don't worry too much about it. While I don't have the statistics available, and I'm going by my own experience and that of those I know, I would venture to say that 'most' people's careers are not in what their degree is.

Really, one of the most important things that a sheepskin does is show a prospective employer that you have the ability to finish something that you start.

Now, if you want to be a doctor, or a chemical engineer, or a physicist, etc., then the type of degree is important. But getting a degree-any degree, really-is more important than not getting one.

Don't do the Major Dance for too long. If your tango drags on, my advice would be to pick something interesting, and finish the program.

From my own personal experience, my degree is in Anthropology. But I'm not a practising anthropologist. I'm a Materials Manager (which is a fancy word for someone who is one part purchasing agent, one part salesman, one part warehouse manager, and many parts of many other things). I've found that while I don't have much direct use for the concepts that I learned in school, the depth and breadth of my overall education is what I bring to the table. Dealing with India, China, and other foreign suppliers, I have a bit of cultural knowledge that others may not have. And designing a warehouse is (surprisingly) somewhat similar to laying out a site map for an archaelogical dig.

Really, the most important thing is to get the degree. It gives you a leg up on those who don't have it, and you may be surprised when the overall education is, in fact, of use to you in your chosen career path - whatever that may be.

After discovering that whatever engineers are made of is not what I'm made of, I am doing what some of my friends call 'the major" dance', and I really have no idea what direction to go.

You must not be made of Win. Therefore, you must be made of Fail.

Win>Fail.

Everything.

I'm currently studying chemistry, however I have about a year's worth of history credits, so I'm possibly pursuing a minor in history. But I also took a lot of theology my senior year (I finished at a private school) so I'm also possibly going to delve into religion and philosophy.

I have an interest in

Loving everything can be harder when you are trying to figure out what to do for a living. The most important thing, in my opinion, is to choose something you truly enjoy doing. "Do (Study) What You Love To Do. The Money Will Follow." It might seem impossible right now, but the right career will find you. If you follow those words of advice. Good luck with it all.

You must not be made of Win. Therefore, you must be made of Fail.

Win>Fail.Tell me more about your theory.

Tell me more about your theory.

It's patent pending. I've already told you too much.

Don't worry too much about it. While I don't have the statistics available, and I'm going by my own experience and that of those I know, I would venture to say that 'most' people's careers are not in what their degree is.

Really, one of the most important things that a sheepskin does is show a prospective employer that you have the ability to finish something that you start.

Now, if you want to be a doctor, or a chemical engineer, or a physicist, etc., then the type of degree is important. But getting a degree-any degree, really-is more important than not getting one.

Don't do the Major Dance for too long. If your tango drags on, my advice would be to pick something interesting, and finish the program.

From my own personal experience, my degree is in Anthropology. But I'm not a practising anthropologist. I'm a Materials Manager (which is a fancy word for someone who is one part purchasing agent, one part salesman, one part warehouse manager, and many parts of many other things). I've found that while I don't have much direct use for the concepts that I learned in school, the depth and breadth of my overall education is what I bring to the table. Dealing with India, China, and other foreign suppliers, I have a bit of cultural knowledge that others may not have. And designing a warehouse is (surprisingly) somewhat similar to laying out a site map for an archaelogical dig.

Really, the most important thing is to get the degree. It gives you a leg up on those who don't have it, and you may be surprised when the overall education is, in fact, of use to you in your chosen career path - whatever that may be.

This post is right on target and wins an award for common sense.

History specialist = retail specialist.

Somebody help me. Please.

I spoke with my advisor and she also told me to choose something I love.

It seems that today colleges are offering more career-specific courses. My one roommate is in tourism management, my other is in kinesiology, the guy down the hall is in actuarial science, my cousin is in international business...

It seems scary to have no direction.

No career yet but I'm trying...

technically I'm working in the industry I'm qualified for...although I'm not working as what I am qualified as (need to get some experience first)

My first degree was in History, studied because that is what I was interested in, second set of studies has been in Library and Information Management, selected because I was bored with where I was working and wanted to start studying again (and I was interested), and have since completed part of that course.

As much as I would like to say study what you are interested in, you still need to consider what you wish to do when you are finished, and from that perspective, I would suggest studying something that you both enjoy, and will aid you in the future, or study something you are interested in, then work out how to apply what you have learned in study in the workplace...and don't get caught up in thinking that a career is for life. There is absolutely nothing wrong with working in multiple different industries, with many industries (here anyway) having trouble keeping people due to the tendency for people to change after 5 or so years in one place.

No career yet but I'm trying...
Same here.

And I don't think my history degree is going to be directly relevant to any career I follow anyway.

Philosophy undergrad -> philosophy postgrad -> live sound engineer.

looks like there is a few history graduates here...

probably shouldn't be particularly surprised at that :p

But I would say that it is probably one of those degrees that is lease likely to be directly relevant to a career, but the skills I learned in my history have been quite useful..

IT undergraduate degree and a business postgraduate degree and I'm doing all the business IT programming for a smallish company.

don't know yet. but i can tell you that out of all my friends who have finished uni only one is doing anything similar. she did journalism and now is a writer for something or other.

if i want to get a job as a non-academic archaeologist (i.e. an excavator) as i do, i need to do lots of volunteering to get experience before anyone will pay me. so it's safe to say that my first few jobs will have little to do with archaeology.

i changed my 'major' after my second year from single honours geography to joint honours geography and archaeology. even though i've all but dropped geography i may still end up in something like urban planning or transport.

Rofl. I wish.

I spoke with my advisor and she also told me to choose something I love.

It seems that today colleges are offering more career-specific courses. My one roommate is in tourism management, my other is in kinesiology, the guy down the hall is in actuarial science, my cousin is in international business...

It seems scary to have no direction.

How old are you? I wouldn't sweat it at this point. Go into the major that interests you and worry about the job side of it later. College is supposed to help you become the person you want to be. It's not a training academy. It's not a tech school--or it shouldn't be, anyway.

...with 'career' thingies.

Does your career have anything to do with what your majoring in?

After discovering that whatever engineers are made of is not what I'm made of, I am doing what some of my friends call 'the major" dance', and I really have no idea what direction to go.

sort of. Everyone does the major dance. I just picked what I liked studying and didn't worry about jobs afterward. You can either pick your major based on what you like, or based on having employment after graduation. I would just pick something based on what you like.

...with 'career' thingies.

Does your career have anything to do with what your majoring in?

After discovering that whatever engineers are made of is not what I'm made of, I am doing what some of my friends call 'the major" dance', and I really have no idea what direction to go.

At your age, you won't have any idea where your career will take you. Best to pick something that gives you a good foundation and also interests you. Get good grades and when you graduate work hard for whoever hires you.