LuisTX
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Post by LuisTX on Jun 20, 2018 12:53:44 GMT -5
So I recently returned to school to get a degree in app development, but quickly discovered, I'm not that smart and could never figure that out. So I quickly changed to Web Design since I already knew the basics. I learned one other language, and the other, I wasn't taught it properly because of the book we used for that class. So I left school with an Associate's Degree that I can't really use because I really only left with just knowing more about the one web programming language I went into. And every place I have looked for a web design job, they want you to know a lot more languages. So for right now, I can only really say on my applications for other jobs that I do have a 2-year Associate's Degree.
With that said, does anyone here actually have a job/career based off their college degree(s)?
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Post by bababooey on Jun 20, 2018 13:31:53 GMT -5
I got my bachelors in accounting and I’m in accounting. So that’s a yes for me.
However, I have an MBA in Public Accounting and an Advanced Certificate (completely BS degree) in International business. I work for a private company and I’m not a CPA, and I only deal with US and Canada. So that was kind of a waste of a year other than looking good on a resume.
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Post by Mongo Bears on Jun 20, 2018 14:04:00 GMT -5
Yes, and yes. You can only benefit from a business degree imo. It can be used regardless of the industry you choose.
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Post by vampiroporvida on Jun 20, 2018 14:38:36 GMT -5
Not really. I am a receptionist, by choice, with a bba. In my opinion, the bba was just mostly info I already knew, or took 2 minutes to understand (then elaborated for the semester). I had been in college too long and just found the fastest route out. It was supposed to help me build my business, but I failed at that, so here I sit in something I can barely tolerate, but the actual work is bearable-ish. I always dreamed of being my own boss, but just couldn't accomplish that.
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Post by Valbroski on Jun 20, 2018 16:07:02 GMT -5
I have a certificate in website design and an associates in commercial art/graphic design. I’m working as a graphic designer currently so I am benefiting from that degree but it was because of the portfolio I built while in school, not the degree itself. For web design I know html css and jquery. I really enjoy coding but I’d never be able to do web design for a living.
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Post by HHH316 on Jun 20, 2018 22:34:11 GMT -5
Yes I am. I got my degree in photography and am a photographer. I will say I made some incredible connections through my time in college, but feel as if I learned more of my craft on my own. I'm not going to say the diploma on the wall isn't nice to look at, but I have friends who never went to college, who I feel are lightyears further ahead than me.
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Post by Emerald Enthusiast on Jun 20, 2018 23:03:29 GMT -5
I work in the mental health field and the requirements to be a certified professional have increased over my 20 years this work. I didn't originally intend to get into this line of work, but my degree was similar enough for me to gain early experience that opened doors for other jobs in this field. Without some type of 4-year (at least) human services degree, it's nearly impossible to get hired for a full-time position in mental health/social work.
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Sting
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Post by Sting on Jun 21, 2018 4:00:34 GMT -5
I've got a First in BSc Economics and a Distinction is MSc Development Economics. I used to be a secondary school teacher for a couple years but couldn't stand the incompetence of some colleagues. I've applied a couple times to work in the UK government but found them to be incredibly inefficient and, quite frankly, stupid. I'm in the perfect job now working from home on my computer in the travel industry. I get to watch movies and tv shows all day and all my work is influenced by myself and no one else. I'd like to do a PhD in 20 years or so if I get the chance but for the last few years I've been really happy in my current job.
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Post by bad guyâ„¢ on Jun 21, 2018 9:03:58 GMT -5
B.A. in History and Political Science, minor in English. M.A. in History. Working on my PhD. I'd say it's paying off since I'm starting to teach. Now...will I ever pay it off...differebt story.
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Post by JC Motors on Jun 21, 2018 11:06:33 GMT -5
I haven't gotten a job in my field since I Graduated
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Post by The Gangsta on Jun 21, 2018 11:41:23 GMT -5
B.A. in History and Political Science, minor in English. M.A. in History. Working on my PhD. I'd say it's paying off since I'm starting to teach. Now...will I ever pay it off...differebt story. I'm literally going for the same thing now, but I can't find any requirements for the English minor. Definitely gonna strive for the masters and maybe become a professor or something.
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Sting
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Post by Sting on Jun 21, 2018 13:07:13 GMT -5
B.A. in History and Political Science, minor in English. M.A. in History. Working on my PhD. I'd say it's paying off since I'm starting to teach. Now...will I ever pay it off...differebt story. I'm literally going for the same thing now, but I can't find any requirements for the English minor. Definitely gonna strive for the masters and maybe become a professor or something. That would be brilliant. Class, meet your professor, The Gangsta!
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Post by theMOESIAH on Jun 21, 2018 15:10:50 GMT -5
I'm literally going for the same thing now, but I can't find any requirements for the English minor. Definitely gonna strive for the masters and maybe become a professor or something. That would be brilliant. Class, meet your professor, The Gangsta! He has to steal New Jack's entrance.
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Post by Back to the Codyverse on Jun 21, 2018 17:10:20 GMT -5
I never graduated so I’m no help to the subject. But I know a ton of people with degrees and work jobs completely unrelated to their schooling.
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Post by bad guyâ„¢ on Jun 22, 2018 14:50:42 GMT -5
B.A. in History and Political Science, minor in English. M.A. in History. Working on my PhD. I'd say it's paying off since I'm starting to teach. Now...will I ever pay it off...differebt story. I'm literally going for the same thing now, but I can't find any requirements for the English minor. Definitely gonna strive for the masters and maybe become a professor or something. I only got the English minor because I got to sub my foreign language classes out with fancy English classes.
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Post by J12 on Jun 22, 2018 15:29:05 GMT -5
Nope. And neither are almost all of my friends. At the end of the day, it's our own fault for choosing our respective majors, but I have a series problem with the way our high school placed immense value over attending a 4 year college over, say, a trade school. All of the kids who opted out of the traditional college experience are doing incredibly well for themselves, while those of us who went the traditional route racked up a ton of debt and wound up working lesser jobs (except for those who went into the medical field, of course.)
I'm working the same job I worked in high school, albeit full time rather than part time, and for significantly more money. If I didn't have my school debt, I'd actually be moderately comfortable. Far from well-off, but not exactly struggling.
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Post by Professor Sparlin on Jun 25, 2018 14:44:23 GMT -5
Most jobs that requires a college degree prefers Bachelors over Associates. Not going to put down Associates because we all have to get one in further our education, but it a degree with little weight to it. While getting my Bachelor I got real world training.
Unless you know someone at a business or you interviewed well, the position you apply for is nearly alway given to the most qualified applicant... so if you have an Associates and they have a Bachelors...
Also, I just got my Bachelors in Dec 2017, been subbing and am currently working summer school. I just got hired to teach 4th grade today.
Take advantage of every opportunity that comes your way when it comes to your career choices. It's real easy to coast and blame one thing or another (which usually circles back to your own fears and insecurities). All opportunities provide you with professional growth.
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Post by Patrick Bateman (original) on Jun 26, 2018 0:59:57 GMT -5
That would be brilliant. Class, meet your professor, The Gangsta! He has to steal New Jack's entrance. The music plays his whole class. 🤣 Masters. And yep. Paying 600 a month in student loans isn't very fun though.
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Post by BØRNS on Jun 28, 2018 17:44:52 GMT -5
Yes, you can't even apply to med school without one.
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Post by Deep Figure Value on Jun 29, 2018 20:02:28 GMT -5
Got my associates in May of 2013. Locked down a relevant job in August 2013. Still there. I work alongside scientists, inventors, and executives who can't balance a credit account. If they could, my value in the company would significantly decrease.
I've taken this to mean that no level of degree is any real indicator of big picture intelligence.
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