grue 1 #1 February 24, 2007 Because I think I got the most worthless degree in the world, as evidenced by my piles of debt from getting the stupid thing, and my total inability to find a job that isn't a complete joke. cavete terrae. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
1969912 0 #2 February 24, 2007 Well, I got a "big bucks" degree and feel the same way. Should have become a deep sea welder, or something with a little excitement involved. "Once we got to the point where twenty/something's needed a place on the corner that changed the oil in their cars we were doomed . . ." -NickDG Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
flamingo 0 #3 February 24, 2007 I am currently about 6 months (depending on whether the experiment gods are smiling on me) away from completing my degree and am slowly coming to the realisation that I might just get out of it alive with a small shred of sanity intact. I was lucky, though, in that I managed to fool a government organisation to give me a scholarship, otherwise I would not have been able to do it. As for a job afterwards.......I might need alot of tequlia and alot of sitting on a beach smoking many illegal substances in a bid to erase recent school related events before I can bring myself to think about looking for a job in an industry I am now not sure I want to work in. Hang in there. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
gofast_ER 0 #4 February 24, 2007 what degree might that be? My sister and my gf both have a degree in english. One is working for a court house in orange county and the other works in the SC Jhonson Corporate officesI may not agree with what you have to say but i'll defend to the death your right to say it. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Loonix 0 #5 February 24, 2007 I dropped out after 1 year of IT studies, and now have the best job in the world Climbing and sea kayaking (and more) makes my living. ... I guess I'll get back to the university eventually, though. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
grue 1 #6 February 24, 2007 QuoteI dropped out after 1 year of IT studies, and now have the best job in the world Climbing and sea kayaking (and more) makes my living. ... I guess I'll get back to the university eventually, though. After my freshman year, I took time off and went to work for Microsoft. I went back to school because I wanted to make my family happy. What a stupid dumb retard asshole move. I made more that year than I have in the four years since. cavete terrae. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
popsjumper 2 #7 February 24, 2007 I look at it differently...college was a fun time for me. 1. It delayed having to join the real world. 2. I learned many new drinking games. 3. Co-eds were invented by God for the pleassure of the young and virile. 4. I learned that having an education did not preclude people being idiots...it just made them smarter idiots. 5. Did I mention the co-eds?My reality and yours are quite different. I think we're all Bozos on this bus. Falcon5232, SCS8170, SCSA353, POPS9398, DS239 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
skydiver30960 0 #8 February 24, 2007 Good man, good man, I agree completely. Face it, for the vast majority of the people in the fine U.S. of A. (can't speak for the work situation in other countries) you don't end up in a career that involves whatever is written on your degree. Just consider it a starting point, and see where it takes you. ANY college degree will always make your application look better, no matter what the job you're seeking. GOD DAMN if only that were true. Imagine going to a strip club and instead of the smoking hot honey saying "hi baby, you're hot, give me money" as she hung upside down from the pole she said "hi baby, you're hot, wanna let me tell you about some 6000-series aluminum I was alloying in the shop this morning?" I would be broke sooooooo fast. Elvisio "not brains or boobs, brains AND boobs" Rodriguez Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
squirrel 0 #9 February 24, 2007 QuoteQuoteI dropped out after 1 year of IT studies, and now have the best job in the world Climbing and sea kayaking (and more) makes my living. ... I guess I'll get back to the university eventually, though. After my freshman year, I took time off and went to work for Microsoft. I went back to school because I wanted to make my family happy. What a stupid dumb retard asshole move. I made more that year than I have in the four years since. The only person you have to impress is yourself. That said, college for me means exactly what it was ment to, I work in the field I studied, for myself, and manage my business better due to my education. I do feel that specialized degrees are the way to go. The broad degrees like "business" or "history" can be non directional. ________________________________ Where is Darwin when you need him? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
DougH 270 #10 February 24, 2007 My accounting major seems to have paid off, and I haven't even finished the diploma yet!!!"The restraining order says you're only allowed to touch me in freefall" =P Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
squirrel 0 #11 February 24, 2007 QuoteMy accounting major seems to have paid off, and I haven't even finished the diploma yet!!! excellent! ________________________________ Where is Darwin when you need him? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
JohnMitchell 16 #12 February 24, 2007 QuoteMy accounting major seems to have paid off, and I haven't even finished the diploma yet!!! Oooh, I wish I had paid more attention in accounting. My business sense is all pretty hard won stuff. Made more than a few mistakes along the way. With that said, being an air traffic controller has been pretty lucrative, enough to at least hire an accountant. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites Andrewwhyte 1 #13 February 24, 2007 You have a degree?!! Get thee to a passport office. Start with an Australian working vacation visa. Spend the next three or four years traveling the world. You will quickly learn that having that useless degree makes it a)easier to get a job, and b) infinitely easier to get a work visa. When you get back to America you will find employers will value both your formal as well as your worldly education. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites mikempb 0 #14 February 24, 2007 The Smartest thing on here ever said!!!!!!!!! congrats on learning that , too bad it was a litle late. Long story short my plan for my kids are this, now pay attention out there!!! All the money saved for college, I will put down 20% on 2 two family houses, Tell my daughter to take a short course for sec. or something . She will be 18 living at home with a full time job owning 2 two family houses, getting huge tax refunds with the investments and her income and the houses will be appreciating, and unlike college she will actually grow up and learn responsibility. She will not be part of the rat race and wont have to depend on job security wich nowandays is an oxymoron Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites karenmeal 0 #15 February 24, 2007 You know.. there are some highly useful college degrees. Not all college is bad. Sounds like you just got a bs degree. "Life is a temporary victory over the causes which induce death." - Sylvester Graham Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites SarahC07 0 #16 February 24, 2007 I semi feel the same way. However, the only reason I think I got the job I currently do was because of a well written and honest cover letter along with the fact that I graduated from a competitive university in 3.5 years with a good gpa. Is my degree useless? I'd argue YES about 90% of the time. You could think of it as a stepping stone on the journey of discovering what the hell it is that you really want to do for a living. You can scratch professional college student off the list. Heh. There is always grad school, ya know, once you figure out what you really want to do. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites willard 0 #17 February 24, 2007 The benefits of your degree are largely dependent upon what you are willing to make them. If you spent all that time in school with the expectation that once you got your degree people would just line up to give you a job then it really doesn't matter what your degree is in, you are bound to be dissappointed. However, if you are willing to take that degree, whetever it is, an use it as an example of what you can achieve then you will be making use of it, regardless of whether you job is related to your degree. The world doesn't owe you a thing just because you went to college. So you have to start at the bottom of the ladder...so what? Almost everyone does. As an employer the things I valued most in an employee were dedication to the job. Not neccessarily to the company, but to the job. Get a job. Give it 100% effort. Show up for work on time every day (NO EXCEPTIONS!). Keep your job, don't bounce from job-to-job. (Would you hire someone who had 4 different jobs in the last 18-24 months?) If you do these things I can promise you that it won't be long before a potential employer looks at your resume and thinks to himself, "This guy has what it takes. He takes his job seriously, he's not lazy, and he is smart enough and dedicated enough to get a college degree. I think I'll hire him." I was 40 when I went back to school to get my degree. In two more years I'll have that degree. And like every other freshly minted college grad I'll be starting at the bottom. Granted, my years of experience will give me an advantage, but in the end I just did things backwards than most. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites pinkfairy 0 #18 February 24, 2007 QuoteBecause I think I got the most worthless degree in the world, as evidenced by my piles of debt from getting the stupid thing, and my total inability to find a job that isn't a complete joke. Nothing compared to me! I have Art History & Japanese! Beat that! And I work with computers. Relax, you can die if you mess up, but it will probably not be by bullet. I'm a BIG, TOUGH BIGWAY FORMATION SKYDIVER! What are you? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites stitch 0 #19 February 24, 2007 QuoteBecause I think I got the most worthless degree in the world, as evidenced by my piles of debt from getting the stupid thing, and my total inability to find a job that isn't a complete joke. So, the mailroom gig isn't paying your bar tab. "No cookies for you"- GFD "I don't think I like the sound of that" ~ MB65 Don't be a "Racer Hater" Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites Faicon9493 141 #20 February 24, 2007 PM me Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites Faicon9493 141 #21 February 24, 2007 PM me Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites popsjumper 2 #22 February 25, 2007 Quote...If you spent all that time in school with the expectation that once you got your degree people would just line up to give you a job then it really doesn't matter what your degree is in, you are bound to be dissappointed... At the time I was in, EEs were the big bucks. Every one of us EE grads got job offers before graduation.My reality and yours are quite different. I think we're all Bozos on this bus. Falcon5232, SCS8170, SCSA353, POPS9398, DS239 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites legalart 0 #23 February 25, 2007 My advanced years have taught me it wasn't the particular degree, (specific degrees for specific jobs excepted), but the grind of the process. When under severe pressure, (I work for a large law firm), the stress of planning for 3 finals in 2 days has served me well when the shit hits the fan. The old multi-tasking in a fast pace environment clap-trap. Is there any degree less useful in the real world than my B.A. in psychology? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites grue 1 #24 February 25, 2007 QuoteMy advanced years have taught me it wasn't the particular degree, (specific degrees for specific jobs excepted), but the grind of the process. When under severe pressure, (I work for a large law firm), the stress of planning for 3 finals in 2 days has served me well when the shit hits the fan. The old multi-tasking in a fast pace environment clap-trap. Is there any degree less useful in the real world than my B.A. in psychology? That's what I've got I mean, I have my acceptance to grad school to go get my PhD whenever I feel ready, but I've gotta get rid of my undergrad debt first cavete terrae. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites Join the conversation You can post now and register later. If you have an account, sign in now to post with your account. Note: Your post will require moderator approval before it will be visible. Reply to this topic... × Pasted as rich text. Paste as plain text instead Only 75 emoji are allowed. × Your link has been automatically embedded. Display as a link instead × Your previous content has been restored. Clear editor × You cannot paste images directly. Upload or insert images from URL. Insert image from URL × Desktop Tablet Phone Submit Reply 0 Go To Topic Listing
Andrewwhyte 1 #13 February 24, 2007 You have a degree?!! Get thee to a passport office. Start with an Australian working vacation visa. Spend the next three or four years traveling the world. You will quickly learn that having that useless degree makes it a)easier to get a job, and b) infinitely easier to get a work visa. When you get back to America you will find employers will value both your formal as well as your worldly education. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
mikempb 0 #14 February 24, 2007 The Smartest thing on here ever said!!!!!!!!! congrats on learning that , too bad it was a litle late. Long story short my plan for my kids are this, now pay attention out there!!! All the money saved for college, I will put down 20% on 2 two family houses, Tell my daughter to take a short course for sec. or something . She will be 18 living at home with a full time job owning 2 two family houses, getting huge tax refunds with the investments and her income and the houses will be appreciating, and unlike college she will actually grow up and learn responsibility. She will not be part of the rat race and wont have to depend on job security wich nowandays is an oxymoron Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites karenmeal 0 #15 February 24, 2007 You know.. there are some highly useful college degrees. Not all college is bad. Sounds like you just got a bs degree. "Life is a temporary victory over the causes which induce death." - Sylvester Graham Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites SarahC07 0 #16 February 24, 2007 I semi feel the same way. However, the only reason I think I got the job I currently do was because of a well written and honest cover letter along with the fact that I graduated from a competitive university in 3.5 years with a good gpa. Is my degree useless? I'd argue YES about 90% of the time. You could think of it as a stepping stone on the journey of discovering what the hell it is that you really want to do for a living. You can scratch professional college student off the list. Heh. There is always grad school, ya know, once you figure out what you really want to do. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites willard 0 #17 February 24, 2007 The benefits of your degree are largely dependent upon what you are willing to make them. If you spent all that time in school with the expectation that once you got your degree people would just line up to give you a job then it really doesn't matter what your degree is in, you are bound to be dissappointed. However, if you are willing to take that degree, whetever it is, an use it as an example of what you can achieve then you will be making use of it, regardless of whether you job is related to your degree. The world doesn't owe you a thing just because you went to college. So you have to start at the bottom of the ladder...so what? Almost everyone does. As an employer the things I valued most in an employee were dedication to the job. Not neccessarily to the company, but to the job. Get a job. Give it 100% effort. Show up for work on time every day (NO EXCEPTIONS!). Keep your job, don't bounce from job-to-job. (Would you hire someone who had 4 different jobs in the last 18-24 months?) If you do these things I can promise you that it won't be long before a potential employer looks at your resume and thinks to himself, "This guy has what it takes. He takes his job seriously, he's not lazy, and he is smart enough and dedicated enough to get a college degree. I think I'll hire him." I was 40 when I went back to school to get my degree. In two more years I'll have that degree. And like every other freshly minted college grad I'll be starting at the bottom. Granted, my years of experience will give me an advantage, but in the end I just did things backwards than most. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites pinkfairy 0 #18 February 24, 2007 QuoteBecause I think I got the most worthless degree in the world, as evidenced by my piles of debt from getting the stupid thing, and my total inability to find a job that isn't a complete joke. Nothing compared to me! I have Art History & Japanese! Beat that! And I work with computers. Relax, you can die if you mess up, but it will probably not be by bullet. I'm a BIG, TOUGH BIGWAY FORMATION SKYDIVER! What are you? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites stitch 0 #19 February 24, 2007 QuoteBecause I think I got the most worthless degree in the world, as evidenced by my piles of debt from getting the stupid thing, and my total inability to find a job that isn't a complete joke. So, the mailroom gig isn't paying your bar tab. "No cookies for you"- GFD "I don't think I like the sound of that" ~ MB65 Don't be a "Racer Hater" Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites Faicon9493 141 #20 February 24, 2007 PM me Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites Faicon9493 141 #21 February 24, 2007 PM me Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites popsjumper 2 #22 February 25, 2007 Quote...If you spent all that time in school with the expectation that once you got your degree people would just line up to give you a job then it really doesn't matter what your degree is in, you are bound to be dissappointed... At the time I was in, EEs were the big bucks. Every one of us EE grads got job offers before graduation.My reality and yours are quite different. I think we're all Bozos on this bus. Falcon5232, SCS8170, SCSA353, POPS9398, DS239 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites legalart 0 #23 February 25, 2007 My advanced years have taught me it wasn't the particular degree, (specific degrees for specific jobs excepted), but the grind of the process. When under severe pressure, (I work for a large law firm), the stress of planning for 3 finals in 2 days has served me well when the shit hits the fan. The old multi-tasking in a fast pace environment clap-trap. Is there any degree less useful in the real world than my B.A. in psychology? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites grue 1 #24 February 25, 2007 QuoteMy advanced years have taught me it wasn't the particular degree, (specific degrees for specific jobs excepted), but the grind of the process. When under severe pressure, (I work for a large law firm), the stress of planning for 3 finals in 2 days has served me well when the shit hits the fan. The old multi-tasking in a fast pace environment clap-trap. Is there any degree less useful in the real world than my B.A. in psychology? That's what I've got I mean, I have my acceptance to grad school to go get my PhD whenever I feel ready, but I've gotta get rid of my undergrad debt first cavete terrae. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites Join the conversation You can post now and register later. If you have an account, sign in now to post with your account. Note: Your post will require moderator approval before it will be visible. Reply to this topic... × Pasted as rich text. Paste as plain text instead Only 75 emoji are allowed. × Your link has been automatically embedded. Display as a link instead × Your previous content has been restored. Clear editor × You cannot paste images directly. Upload or insert images from URL. Insert image from URL × Desktop Tablet Phone Submit Reply 0
karenmeal 0 #15 February 24, 2007 You know.. there are some highly useful college degrees. Not all college is bad. Sounds like you just got a bs degree. "Life is a temporary victory over the causes which induce death." - Sylvester Graham Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
SarahC07 0 #16 February 24, 2007 I semi feel the same way. However, the only reason I think I got the job I currently do was because of a well written and honest cover letter along with the fact that I graduated from a competitive university in 3.5 years with a good gpa. Is my degree useless? I'd argue YES about 90% of the time. You could think of it as a stepping stone on the journey of discovering what the hell it is that you really want to do for a living. You can scratch professional college student off the list. Heh. There is always grad school, ya know, once you figure out what you really want to do. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
willard 0 #17 February 24, 2007 The benefits of your degree are largely dependent upon what you are willing to make them. If you spent all that time in school with the expectation that once you got your degree people would just line up to give you a job then it really doesn't matter what your degree is in, you are bound to be dissappointed. However, if you are willing to take that degree, whetever it is, an use it as an example of what you can achieve then you will be making use of it, regardless of whether you job is related to your degree. The world doesn't owe you a thing just because you went to college. So you have to start at the bottom of the ladder...so what? Almost everyone does. As an employer the things I valued most in an employee were dedication to the job. Not neccessarily to the company, but to the job. Get a job. Give it 100% effort. Show up for work on time every day (NO EXCEPTIONS!). Keep your job, don't bounce from job-to-job. (Would you hire someone who had 4 different jobs in the last 18-24 months?) If you do these things I can promise you that it won't be long before a potential employer looks at your resume and thinks to himself, "This guy has what it takes. He takes his job seriously, he's not lazy, and he is smart enough and dedicated enough to get a college degree. I think I'll hire him." I was 40 when I went back to school to get my degree. In two more years I'll have that degree. And like every other freshly minted college grad I'll be starting at the bottom. Granted, my years of experience will give me an advantage, but in the end I just did things backwards than most. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
pinkfairy 0 #18 February 24, 2007 QuoteBecause I think I got the most worthless degree in the world, as evidenced by my piles of debt from getting the stupid thing, and my total inability to find a job that isn't a complete joke. Nothing compared to me! I have Art History & Japanese! Beat that! And I work with computers. Relax, you can die if you mess up, but it will probably not be by bullet. I'm a BIG, TOUGH BIGWAY FORMATION SKYDIVER! What are you? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
stitch 0 #19 February 24, 2007 QuoteBecause I think I got the most worthless degree in the world, as evidenced by my piles of debt from getting the stupid thing, and my total inability to find a job that isn't a complete joke. So, the mailroom gig isn't paying your bar tab. "No cookies for you"- GFD "I don't think I like the sound of that" ~ MB65 Don't be a "Racer Hater" Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
popsjumper 2 #22 February 25, 2007 Quote...If you spent all that time in school with the expectation that once you got your degree people would just line up to give you a job then it really doesn't matter what your degree is in, you are bound to be dissappointed... At the time I was in, EEs were the big bucks. Every one of us EE grads got job offers before graduation.My reality and yours are quite different. I think we're all Bozos on this bus. Falcon5232, SCS8170, SCSA353, POPS9398, DS239 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
legalart 0 #23 February 25, 2007 My advanced years have taught me it wasn't the particular degree, (specific degrees for specific jobs excepted), but the grind of the process. When under severe pressure, (I work for a large law firm), the stress of planning for 3 finals in 2 days has served me well when the shit hits the fan. The old multi-tasking in a fast pace environment clap-trap. Is there any degree less useful in the real world than my B.A. in psychology? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
grue 1 #24 February 25, 2007 QuoteMy advanced years have taught me it wasn't the particular degree, (specific degrees for specific jobs excepted), but the grind of the process. When under severe pressure, (I work for a large law firm), the stress of planning for 3 finals in 2 days has served me well when the shit hits the fan. The old multi-tasking in a fast pace environment clap-trap. Is there any degree less useful in the real world than my B.A. in psychology? That's what I've got I mean, I have my acceptance to grad school to go get my PhD whenever I feel ready, but I've gotta get rid of my undergrad debt first cavete terrae. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
