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I had to to do high school and college research papers using sources I HAD TO FIND AT A LIBRARY!!!!I had to write 200 pages about the french pseudo tartarlakalala period status for my art history class, was so hard
Not embarassed at all. Clearly stated what it was earlier in the thread, and I am well aware it is fairly worthless except as a footnote on my resume. I did learn to build computers in my spare time from my engineering friends though.
I had to to do high school and college research papers using sources I HAD TO FIND AT A LIBRARY!!!!
I don't have that problem fyi.
Kidding aside, my degree never comes up in conversation with my employer. Field experience trumps all, and when it's acquired that will be about all that matters in your career. Doctorate level degrees are a bit different.
It's not a problem.
Really? So it's not a problem that you spent that time and money on program you cannot use?
My parents paid for my college degree, but they made it pretty clear that I better get something that will actually
lead to a good job/career path.......had I told them I was gonna major in some useless humanities degree, they would
have told me to go myself and get a loan.
I can use it, but not much at my current job in the tech industry.
Son, is that you?
@ CF: I was talking more about your minor in Multicultural Studies as that one to me was obscure - but you explained it. I don't think there is anything wrong pursuing what you love/interest you as long as you are happy and can meet basic standards of living without having to rely on others to support you. Being an academic is appealing to many people who don't want to work for some corporation or in a cube - makes perfect sense to me and I can definitely see the appeal (I am considering getting my doctorate degree in business to maybe be a college professor one day).
I'd be bitter, too.
I would be proud to have you as a dad tbhSon, is that you?
Way to dodge the point I was making.
Can't thank them enough for insisting on my not taking the easy path and getting a psych degree or something like that....
I was honestly a pretty lazy student, without their constant "reinforcement" I would probably be like one of my art history/english/etc friends,
working low wage jobs with no real opportunity for advancement, or worse, asking "would you like fries with that?"
I would be proud to have you as a dad tbh
Unless you are a trust fund kid, you likely needed a job right out of college and you couldn't just use college as a lifestyle.
It only seemed fair, considering how completely you dodged and/or missed my own point. And have consistently done so throughout this thread.
However, to deal with your point more directly, I wasn't "judging" my friend's intelligence. My comment that he is intelligent and a hard worker was meant as background information, not personal endorsement. Further, my comment that he wouldn't have been able to handle the requirements of my own Masters program was not an attempt to belittle or "blow away" his intelligence or the intelligence of engineering majors in general. Rather, it was an acknowledgement of the fact that the two programs are very different and that they require a different type of discipline.
Engineering is an example of a hard degree, but it is not the definition of a hard degree. It's easy to look back on what you did in the pursuit of your degree and dismiss everything else as easy or trivial, but that doesn't make it so.
Pretty much, I've definitely made a lot of mistakes which made me unprepared for the real world - had an average GPA, didn't do any internships so had very little relevant
experience, etc - made it pretty hard to land that first job straight out of college. I'm glad that I'm doing okay now, but my thinking has changed pretty much 360.
Then again, it also has to do with your at ude - what do you want from life? I know people who are completely satisfied with getting a low paying job with little chance for advancement,
and basically living very modestly.
One could suggest that your eventual future as a fry cook may have had more to do with being a lazy student than with choosing to major in art history.
Fry cooking is for people with art history degrees, tbh.
My point is that they were completely right - I bet I could have also masked my laziness as "my passions for art history
It is impossible to successfully complete an Art History degree as a lazy student. Especially at the graduate level.My point is that they were completely right - I bet I could have also masked my laziness as "my passions for art history
People who make these sorts of comments have zero clue what art history, as a discipline, actually is. If you think it's nothing but looking at slides in a darkened room and memorizing dates, you're horribly wrong.
My degree was in Comm--which is admittedly pretty useless--but college (especially the first 2 years) was more about the experience than school. Joining the medical field was definitely a smart option as those jobs are always needed and offer lots of freedom when you acquire certain licenses certifications (CCRN, FP-C), etc.
In hindsight, my BA was a waste of money, but then again if I had a real major right out of high school other than Comm I would've probably failed out since classes were not top priority for me
I don't know of a single MSEE who's going back for a liberal arts degree. I know a lot of lib arts degrees who are going back for more lib arts degrees or who have gone back for something they can actually make a living with/at.
This was my point when I said "Bull degree". If you right away think you need something else, how valuable is your degree? It's like paying a ton for a fancy dish at a 5 star joint and then stopping by a steakhouse to get food on your way home. The fancy dish was pretty worthless as food, but probably a great treat. A liberal arts degree is like only ordering dessert.
What's your education, DMC?
My MLIS program is pretty well stocked with former engineers, lawyers, and doctors.
Sounds like people who already have a career/made their money, and are now looking to get a degree for fun.
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