What degree do you hold?

[customizerwannabe]

I went back to school a few years ago and actually have enough credits to have a minor in mathematics.....but again, what would I do with that.

You could teach.

 

[Jen]

You could teach.

Briefly thought about that.....(I was originally going for a bio-chem degree but ended up liking the math classes a lot more)....but I really don't think I have the patience to teach and I don't explain things like that well.
Personally I liked math because it's a puzzle to me. I loved problems that would take several pages to answer properly. I was weird...probably one of the only people in my classes who was actually enjoying themselves.

 

[Vader AL]

BA in Economics. I use it indirectly as I'm on the legal side of investments. During the summer after my Sophmore year in college I went to Army Infantry Basic and Advanced training Boot camp. 11 Bravo

Just picked up $85,000 in student loans putting my wife through Nursing School and by the time she finishes her Nurse Practicioner degree it will be well over $100,000. That makes me sad.

 

[Chapter 2099]

I didn't realize how much education we all had among us.

 

[316what]

BA in Criminal Justice from LSU.

Briefly used it when I worked for a Sheriff's Department...then I realized I was only making $1k more than people with a High School Diploma.

Then I joined the Air Force as an Officer and spent the next 12 years sort of using my degree. Now I'm working for a Dept of Defense contractor making a lot more money and not really using my degree. But the degree did help me negotiate a much higher starting salary and got me into a recession proof career.

 

[The Craw]

i like math as well. sometimes i need to caculate how many beers i will need in my fridge to get me through the weekend. it's hard. thank god for calculators.

 

[darthviper107]

I'm surprised that everyone has such high tuition costs. Mine is about $23,000 a year, but most of that is paid off with financial aid and then a few loans (not more than half). Will probably be around $30,000-$40,000 when I graduate, hopefully I can pay that off quickly.

Luckily I'll be able to skip a semester so that'll lower costs.

 

[wofford29]

I see you are using my combination from the other night nicely.

That's because I gave him permission to use my saying many moons ago.

 

[The Josh]

As long as he has permission then its all good.

 

[Skiman]

Bachelors and Masters in Computer Science Engineering (Magna Cum Laude), oops I tooted as well... let the bashin begin!!!

 

[Scar]

Bachelors in Philosophy and Biology from the University of Scranton, 3.79 magna cum laude (and I shall continue to maintain that anyone who pulls off summa cum laude did not enjoy college); thought about field biology and ethology with large carnivores but the girlfriend made me promise not to... that and I couldn't make a living wage with it and I would never have been home. Thought about med school but realized I despise people and don't find them remotely interesting as subjects except on a psychological level. Law school next year, maybe go for MBA after. Put it off for a year because of my grandfather's house burning down in early autumn and my mom's poor health over the past year. I will say that over Thanksgiving my family saw just how much I learned in college when I stumbled into my home before collapsing into a pile of my own vomit after polishing off two bottles of homemade wine myself at my girlfriend's house... makes me miss undergrad already.

 

[Memnoch]

Scar, University of Scranton eh? Still in PA? haha

 

[Scar]

Sure am, and probably will be for the foreseeable future at least. Looks like Dickinson (Penn State now) in the fall too.

 

[Skiman]

My best career move was becoming a hacker, writing this wicked bug, getting caught and doing probation for 3 years until turning 18 and having my record cleared. Then working in the insurance industry for 10 years until I landed a government job. They love us hackers nowadays.

Have not been caught.... yet

Working on finishing my Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science

Also known as 3D Animation. Definitely not trying for honors. In my field they don't care much about a degree. They'll look at your demo reel before they look at anything else, they just put a degree as a requirement on the job listing.

I hope to be working in video games after I graduate (two semesters left). As opposed to visual effects in film. The video game industry is doing very well, and you can get in much more easily. And it still pays pretty well.

It's kinda sad though, I started working with this stuff 4 years before I started going to college, but everyone else in my major are just taking the classes. They are going to have a really hard time getting a job when they graduate.

Same here but maybe even younger with Atari Basic my father was an computer engineer as well so it was always in my life, everyone in my class at least the dudes wanted to be a game programmer, really depends on location. Missouri, not a chance...

B.S. in Telecommunications and Sociology

My goal at the time was to get into directing music videos, Telecommunications was the closet thing my school offered to a film degree. I have done nothing with either of my degrees.

I went back to school a few years ago and actually have enough credits to have a minor in mathematics.....but again, what would I do with that.

Sorry keep reading this thread and relating to some more peeps, the school I went to also made you take so much math/business that all I needed was a thesis and maybe one more course for both minors in business and math, hence I didn't want to teach math or do anything with figuring out about business macro/micro economics, accounting, finance, etc... I wanted to PROGRAM, that's it!!!!

 

[Memnoch]

Sure am, and probably will be for the foreseeable future at least. Looks like Dickinson (Penn State now) in the fall too.

Haha that's actually where I was looking before deciding Id rather get back into Education. Nice area if you choose Carlisle, great campus if you choose University Park. Always good to see someone else in the same area on here!

 

[lcummins]

No degrees... I did attend one year at Vanderbilt, but decided school just wasn't for me... and I had full academic scholarships at a couple of colleges in Kentucky, and a scholarship for about half of the expenses at Vandy. I was headed for medical school, or a degree in science or math, but it just wasn't meant to be.

 

[Skiman]

Got partial scholarships for playing sports (baseball and basketball) and 90% academic scholarships so I was really lucky in very small student loans which were paid off during my first couple years of work, from there on my work paid for me continuing my education at Washington University while completing my masters.

Now retired from playing anying kind of organized sports I'm pursuing a bodybuilding career on the side until I get a pro card, next bodybuilding show will be around August for the MO Naturals but who knows if I will be in that condition by then with a wedding in all coming around Oct. Really there's just so much to accomplish, this hobby included plus trying to stay lean all season and our wedding trip!

 

[OK SITHLORD]

HS dropout, i lay wood for a living.

 

[The Ween]

https://www.snipeme.com/archive.php?year=2005&rant=degree

 

[Malice]

no degree's but went to school for character design for animation. now i'm a pipeline operator.