Pine Barrens Mafia Posted June 7, 2017 Share Posted June 7, 2017 No. I was trained in networking and computer hardware. When I entered the workforce people were using Novell and windows 3.1. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ExiledInIllinois Posted June 7, 2017 Share Posted June 7, 2017 i was a psych major, had to take another specific core, and then just took courses i thought were interesting. i don't know why anyone would major in psych unless they planned on going back to school. jug band manager. Oops... Apply psychology to your co-workers... You are Personnnel's right hand man in w/conflict resolution! ;-) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
row_33 Posted June 7, 2017 Share Posted June 7, 2017 Accounting is a great sell-out major for university, can always fall back on it if your visual arts career doesn't quite get off the ground. You are selling-out on the brains that might have studied engineering or a real science, but unless you were in the top 1% you wouldn't be moving on and would be torturing yourself your whole undergrad. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WhoTom Posted June 7, 2017 Share Posted June 7, 2017 As an engineer, I used most of what I learned in school, except Calculus. OK, technically I used Calculus concepts with respect to PID control systems, but even then I never had to take a derivative or an integral or solve a differential equation - I just had to know that derivative means instantaneous slope and integral is a summation. I tell my engineering students that algebra and trig only solve 99.99% of the problems; for the rest, you need Calculus. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jr1 Posted June 7, 2017 Share Posted June 7, 2017 you only need Siri Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
row_33 Posted June 7, 2017 Share Posted June 7, 2017 you only need Siri a co-worker started raving a bit too much about Siri, I found out a few days later his wife had left him to start a nasty divorce. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chef Jim Posted June 7, 2017 Share Posted June 7, 2017 did a little work with the guys before they passed, (i think bob is still alive). I would rather of had Bob go and Jerry stayed. a co-worker started raving a bit too much about Siri, I found out a few days later his wife had left him to start a nasty divorce. Siri....that B word!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Johnny Hammersticks Posted June 7, 2017 Share Posted June 7, 2017 i was a psych major, had to take another specific core, and then just took courses i thought were interesting. i don't know why anyone would major in psych unless they planned on going back to school. Yup. Undergrad was in psychology. That degree and 5 bucks will get you a cup of coffee at Starbucks. Masters and doctorate in educational psychology. Now I'm an educational psychologist. Yay! I did minor in bong hits and chasing tail. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
row_33 Posted June 7, 2017 Share Posted June 7, 2017 I would rather of had Bob go and Jerry stayed. Siri....that B word!!! it seemed a bit weird how he talked about it for a whole hour at lunch. I didn't even know what it was at the time... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
teef Posted June 7, 2017 Share Posted June 7, 2017 (edited) Yup. Undergrad was in psychology. That degree and 5 bucks will get you a cup of coffee at Starbucks. Masters and doctorate in educational psychology. Now I'm an educational psychologist. Yay! I did minor in bong hits and chasing tail. my wife is a school psychologist actually. i enjoyed the discipline of psych. i had to take a core of bio, chem, organic chem, physics etc as well, but i knew i couldn't just walk out with a psych degree. Edited June 7, 2017 by teef Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TakeYouToTasker Posted June 7, 2017 Share Posted June 7, 2017 I've never funneled a beer, used an apple as a pipe, or banged a chick in front of her roommate at work, so no. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fan in San Diego Posted June 7, 2017 Share Posted June 7, 2017 Yes, I got my BS in Computer Science. Was a software engineer for 20+ years. I'm not in the computer industry anymore but my computer skills come in handy with the computer network and printers. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Taro T Posted June 7, 2017 Share Posted June 7, 2017 i was a psych major, had to take another specific core, and then just took courses i thought were interesting. i don't know why anyone would major in psych unless they planned on going back to school. jug band manager. So if some chick w/ a huge rack is strapping an ace bandage across those puppies to look less feminine; you make that happen? Can't see a lot of demand for it, but imagine there probably are some good perks w/ it. Where'd you go to grad school to pick up those "skills?" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
row_33 Posted June 7, 2017 Share Posted June 7, 2017 yes, STEM university studies have a good likelihood of getting you a job in their fields... when they tried to shoehorn it into STEAM (for arts....) it was denying the obvious... when i'm introduced to a student i ask if they like math when they make a face and say they hate it, i think "there goes about 95% of the useful and enjoyable jobs for you..." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Poojer Posted June 7, 2017 Share Posted June 7, 2017 That's just stupid interviewing skills, hell if they asked me if i liked beating puppies and kittens i'd come up with a non-committal response so as to not shut those doors on me. yes, STEM university studies have a good likelihood of getting you a job in their fields... when they tried to shoehorn it into STEAM (for arts....) it was denying the obvious... when i'm introduced to a student i ask if they like math when they make a face and say they hate it, i think "there goes about 95% of the useful and enjoyable jobs for you..." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
row_33 Posted June 7, 2017 Share Posted June 7, 2017 That's just stupid interviewing skills, hell if they asked me if i liked beating puppies and kittens i'd come up with a non-committal response so as to not shut those doors on me. sorry, I meant i ask kids from the age of 6 to 15 if they like math at school and also try to get the engineering field of study into their minds, their surroundings may be too stupid to know it exists... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
teef Posted June 7, 2017 Share Posted June 7, 2017 So if some chick w/ a huge rack is strapping an ace bandage across those puppies to look less feminine; you make that happen? Can't see a lot of demand for it, but imagine there probably are some good perks w/ it. Where'd you go to grad school to pick up those "skills?" The university of amazing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chef Jim Posted June 7, 2017 Share Posted June 7, 2017 That's just stupid interviewing skills, hell if they asked me if i liked beating puppies and kittens i'd come up with a non-committal response so as to not shut those doors on me. How often would I be required to kill puppies and kittens and is there a quota I need to reach? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Taro T Posted June 7, 2017 Share Posted June 7, 2017 The university of amazing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Another Fan Posted June 7, 2017 Author Share Posted June 7, 2017 I graduated in '85 with an econ degree, have been working retail support and e-commerce for the past 15 years, e-commerce didn't exist in '85, never done a day's work putting my econ degree to use Econ major as well. Work in the medical field where I've never used it too Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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