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bigmann245
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and is not working in the field of their degree? i am in college right now for business administration (dont ask why) and i wanted to know how many people arent working in the same area as their college degree.
who here has a college degree
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foreigngirl
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I would've get it if I didnt leave my country. And I wouldnt have worked in that field. I studied slavic literature and slavic languages. I still feel bumbed that I cant finish it
My degree is math.
I oversee an Empire.
It sort of makes sense.
I oversee an Empire.
It sort of makes sense.
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Gambino
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history degree recently took a job in the auto biz
My undergrad is a B.S. in Bio Psychology. Started out CSE but basically partied too much and failed physics and barely got by in Engineer Calculus. Switched to Psych just to get out, and started thinking about Masters.
Went back nearly immediately, got an M.S. in Telecommunication.
I work as a programmer analyst doing software and system support. Basically I work for a large company, we have all kinds of software that allows us to run our business. I support a few financial applications, as well as work on a data warehouse.. which is basically a specialized database/repositor of data from all these different systems. If you were to look up my position on Monster.com or something I'd be a Business Intelligence developer or a Data Warehouse Architect. My masters was directly related to my job in SOME aspects (programing, SQL, etc). My undergrad major was NOT, except for the fact that I deal with a lot of people and co-workers on a day to day basis and am constantly complimented on my "people skills" and "communication skills." This is large due to the fact that many of my peers are not native English speakers, so people come to me because I'm a lot easier to understand.
Went back nearly immediately, got an M.S. in Telecommunication.
I work as a programmer analyst doing software and system support. Basically I work for a large company, we have all kinds of software that allows us to run our business. I support a few financial applications, as well as work on a data warehouse.. which is basically a specialized database/repositor of data from all these different systems. If you were to look up my position on Monster.com or something I'd be a Business Intelligence developer or a Data Warehouse Architect. My masters was directly related to my job in SOME aspects (programing, SQL, etc). My undergrad major was NOT, except for the fact that I deal with a lot of people and co-workers on a day to day basis and am constantly complimented on my "people skills" and "communication skills." This is large due to the fact that many of my peers are not native English speakers, so people come to me because I'm a lot easier to understand.
needtogetaas
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collenary arts,bissness manegment.
javaguru
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Two thirds of practicing attorney's would choose a different career if they could. Most attorney's ahte their job. Fresh out of law school I was making over 50% of my schools average salary doing a job someone could do without a college degree(MCSE). That was back in the late 90's though.
JavaGuru said:
That reminds me of a friend going through college...his dad was a Saudi oil rich man, so naturally he was spoiled. His monthly "allowance" was $5,000 + Rent/Food/Snowboards/Bikes/etc.
About a month before he graduated from law school he said it would take him about a month to get a job at a good firm, about 3 months later he would be partner, and would make a minimum of $100,000 his first year.
He lives at home now.
foreigngirl
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Smurfy said:
his skills got bad after he was done with it, after he came back from the army
StickFigure
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not me, but where's your wife? She should be home from work by now! 
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Spartacus
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BS in economics with a lot of accounting
mortuary science degree too
I'm a mortician
mortuary science degree too
I'm a mortician
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jenscats5
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Associates in Science (majored in travel/tourism - hated that job)
Associates in Accounting
Bachelor's in accounting
I'm unemployed.........
Associates in Accounting
Bachelor's in accounting
I'm unemployed.........
big_bad_buff
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i say 90% of grads now days dont work in the same field as their degree
needtogetaas
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now you know.Smurfy said:
mekannik
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B.S. in Chemical Engineering from R.P.I.
MBA from Malone College (nite school) for fun (really - it was a joke compared to my freshman year. The statistics prof shit himself when I asked if we had to solve/prove theories by differential equations).
Work and specialize in manufacturing. Looking to operations management.
NO WHERE near, NO WHERE, cheme stuff.
MBA from Malone College (nite school) for fun (really - it was a joke compared to my freshman year. The statistics prof shit himself when I asked if we had to solve/prove theories by differential equations).
Work and specialize in manufacturing. Looking to operations management.
NO WHERE near, NO WHERE, cheme stuff.
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Gambino
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Mr. dB said:
barback?
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Megalomaniac
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horticulture here, ,my parents loved it (not really) when I said that I was going to school to perfect my pot growing skills. Now I don't use my degree at all. Should have listened to them instead!
pitbullstl
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bigmann245 said:
Business/Biology Undergrad and an MBA
I own my own businesses.....and remember less from school everyday, but it was fun.
bigmann245
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thanks for all the reply's. it is amazing at how many people spent so much money going to college and now work in an entirely different field. i guess going to college is basically for the experience... im just glad the VA is paying the bill for me. but hopefully that piece of paper will at leased help me look more marketable.
foreigngirl
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bigmann245 said:
I didnt spend money. My colledge was for free cause I had the good grades (and no, it was not a grant or anything like that). Still feel bad that had to drop out
bigmann245
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Smurfy said:
ha, i didnt catch that... that shit is funny though...
foreigngirl
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Smurfy said:
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bigmann245 said:
I think most employers simply look for that piece of paper & not what's on is - as in what school, the degree it's in, etc - they just want you to have the piece of paper.
KillahBee
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BA in Communications/ PR
MBA in Hospitality Global Business (yeah, I don't know what that means either)
Both are somewhat general areas, and I currently work in sports sponsorship consulting / event marketing, which was the plan all along. Not sure how much the degree itself helped, but it was the process that was important. Someone once told me that we go to school to learn how to learn and think and analyze and organize. I think this is very true and very important. I don't remember 85% of the shit I learned in school, but there was a lot more at play than the simple tests I took.
MBA in Hospitality Global Business (yeah, I don't know what that means either)
Both are somewhat general areas, and I currently work in sports sponsorship consulting / event marketing, which was the plan all along. Not sure how much the degree itself helped, but it was the process that was important. Someone once told me that we go to school to learn how to learn and think and analyze and organize. I think this is very true and very important. I don't remember 85% of the shit I learned in school, but there was a lot more at play than the simple tests I took.
GoldenDelicious
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not too long out of uni with a bachelor of pharmacy i was working as a concreter
the best thing about it was getting full pay and finishing at lunchtime, but having secretaries talking to you with that cute voice they use on retards/new immigrants/dogs because they dont realise you hold a degree you need to be in the top percentile nationally to be accepted into...was annoying. i should have started sketching formulii into the fresh concrete with a faraway look on my face, just to freak them out. scrags
the best thing about it was getting full pay and finishing at lunchtime, but having secretaries talking to you with that cute voice they use on retards/new immigrants/dogs because they dont realise you hold a degree you need to be in the top percentile nationally to be accepted into...was annoying. i should have started sketching formulii into the fresh concrete with a faraway look on my face, just to freak them out. scrags
bigmann245
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Spanky11 said:
hey ive been to Oslo Norway with the navy... feegin had a blast.
gjohnson5
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mightymouse69 said:
Kewl,
One of the things that impresses me about symphonic groups is thier efficiency. One rehersal maybe for an hour and then play the gig. If people messup consistently then they just go find someone else. Music has unions too... They have to be efficient cause people don't spend cash on symphony tickets or even groups like the Boston Pops like they do on popular music. So my career was somewhere else like the 90% statistic I read earlier in the thread but this may soon change for me
gjohnson5
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mightymouse69 said:
For the last 10 years I was a system administrator mainly of unix based hosts and an oracle dba. There aren't "degrees" in this only "certifications" That may change going back to music for one of the armed forces IF
1. I get opportunities to pursue advanced degree while being in
2. get commissioned
3. get in the computer field on the side , because being a band member isn't a 40 hour a week job. Only the soloists put in those kinda hours but those cats make records
I play baritone , tuba
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Gambino
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gjohnson5 said:
damn mayn sounds good.
can you spot my edit?
Raptorex
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gjohnson5 said:
Wow, lots of skills and choices. I think you outlined a well thought out list of requirements. With that said, as long as you are somewhat flexible and keep up with your determination, it will all work out I'm sure. System admin guys are typically a good bunch, it takes a very very patient person to put up with the wide range of knowledge users have. An advanced degree will never be a bad choice. Keep us up to date!
And Gambino, is a sneaky bastard!
Beachbum1546
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4th year in getting my Poli Sci degree. Plan on getting my JD after that.
Kind of a funny story about my brother. He had just graduated with a computer science degree and was trying to get a job. There was this great computer security company and he wanted a job there, it is the biggest CS company in the US. He applied and got turned down. They said he didn't have enough education and specific training certifications that are needed. He was bummed out but here's the kicker. My brother posts on a message board (like this one but computer related) and this guy posts this real complex question and no one on the board knew the answer. They guy that posted it was desperate for help. My brother knew what to do and helped the guy out. Turns out that guy that needed help was the same guy who interviewed him for that CS job! How crazy it that. Two weeks later my brother got the job. I still find that to be unbelievable.
Kind of a funny story about my brother. He had just graduated with a computer science degree and was trying to get a job. There was this great computer security company and he wanted a job there, it is the biggest CS company in the US. He applied and got turned down. They said he didn't have enough education and specific training certifications that are needed. He was bummed out but here's the kicker. My brother posts on a message board (like this one but computer related) and this guy posts this real complex question and no one on the board knew the answer. They guy that posted it was desperate for help. My brother knew what to do and helped the guy out. Turns out that guy that needed help was the same guy who interviewed him for that CS job! How crazy it that. Two weeks later my brother got the job. I still find that to be unbelievable.
gjohnson5
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Beachbum1546 said:
I'm not surprised at all because there is alot of politics dealing with certifications in the IT field. Generally people when looking at resume's will use a search program that will search the resume for specific words... Unfortunately this leaves out anything to do with your experience. So you can interview someone and he can speeak well and answer the questions , have all the experience in the world but people put a lot of weight on the bells and whistles in your resume.
I'm at the point of needing Oracle Certifications to really stand out and I'm not sure if this is the path I choose.
Despite that I've been getting 10 emails a day to do some DBA job around Atlanta...
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gjohnson5
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To give props to the city of New Orleans... The rebirth brass band
http://www.rebirthbrassband.com/rbb/index.shtml
The dirty dozen bras band
http://www.dirtydozenbrass.com/
http://www.rebirthbrassband.com/rbb/index.shtml
The dirty dozen bras band
http://www.dirtydozenbrass.com/
gjohnson5
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To give props to MighyMouse's and needtogetas's city, the Boston Pops are probably the best in the world...
http://www.bso.org/
This includes London Philharmonic (the music in the back of those Star Wars movies)
http://www.lpo.co.uk/
and the Chicago Symphony
http://www.cso.org/
http://www.bso.org/
This includes London Philharmonic (the music in the back of those Star Wars movies)
http://www.lpo.co.uk/
and the Chicago Symphony
http://www.cso.org/
gjohnson5
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mightymouse69 said:
MightyMouse69...
There are whole books written about John Williams
http://www.johnwilliamscomposer.com/
A recap of this information is what I'd need to do to puruse an advanced degree in music...
As far as the dirty dozen , yes I've met them on a few occasions. They were (yes were) in New Orleans occasionally but they are all over such as the music convention just north of San Fransisco...
Raptorex
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gjohnson5 said:
It's amazing that we took it for granted having him around here all the time with the Pops. They had many free concerts, we went to see them at least twice a year.
Wow, look at this list of compostions:
"Star Wars, Saving Private Ryan, Schindler's List, Jurassic Park, the Indiana Jones trilogy, E.T. The Extra-Terrestrial, Close Encounters of the Third Kind, Jaws, and many more."
Gnite bro.
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Gambino
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mightymouse69 said:
because "Good Will Hunting" says that a $100,000 degree could have been gotten for free at a library, biteme feels his degree is worthless
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Gambino
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gjohnson5 said:
yep, same with foregin language study. sure you could pick up spainish by moving to spain, but to really understand the languange and verb variations, you are gonna have to get in a classroom
gjohnson5
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mightymouse69 said:
This is also the fact in IT. If you have a CS degree , you're still going to need the certifications in the area you work in order to open yourself up to jobs not on the market , higher paying salary , etc.
In music (professional) generally jobs come to the individual. The higher paying more lucrative deals come to those with higher talent , more appearances , etc.
Degree may not necessarily matter
gjohnson5
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Gambino said:
Speaking of spending 100,000 on one degree... If you do , this could be you
http://www.centenary.edu/news/2001/March/twyla301.html
I went to music school with her...
Hillmachine
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I'm starting a part time degree in Social Sciences in 2 weeks, its gonna take six years... (shudders)
I do, Entrepreneurship w/ Bus. Administration minor. I suppose I could've taken an extra semester to get the three more classes I needed for the BA major, but even then that's still not much....have to get a Masters to really do anything serious with it, and I was already like I just need to get the fuck out of school already. I'm not using either now, but when I know what type of business I want to open up I'll know how to do it right.
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