People with "useless" majors and degrees, what do you do now and do you regret it?

Nasty_Nadz wrote:

I'm scared

Silly Libtards...

I graduated from a top 30 institution with a history degree.

Right out of college I got a job at a bank in compliance.

I switched to credit analysis 9 months after that.

Almost 2 years out of school, I am making 55k, I am pursuing my MBA with a focus in accounting (compnay paying for school), and I am looking to get into commercial lending or becoming a portfolio manager.

I did political science.

Graduated three years ago, now a CPA at a big 4 accountany firm specialising in IT security and data protection. Earn about 70k.

I kind of wish Id done a more mathematical type of degree, only because I'm better at that sort of thing.

Most people with degrees in social work and other equally useless diplomas use a strategy of "lie and deny" as they live out their lives of self-hatred and liberal voting.

I have degree in English, a secondary ed. certificate, and an English Master's. I teach high school, coach, and teach at a community college in the summer. All told I will make around 48k this year. I could make much more in other professions, but I enjoy what I do and don't consider my degree or job useless, although I'm sure many do.

Why does everyone assume that those with "useless" degrees are liberals?

I'm a senior troll at letsrun.com.

degree in mathematics, turned out to be completely useless.

had to go back to school for a comp sci postgrad degree, which is also useless after the age of 40.

now eking out a pittance in software support..

regret it, should have become a medical doctor, or actuary.

I go to coffee shops a lot and like to talk with the baristas. Those that are college grads almost always have either a degree in English, art, or something like psychology. A few have had business degrees. I don't know for certain, but I think I recall hearing they were being paid around $12/hour. Some of these folks are in their late 20s... I feel kind of sorry for them but at the same time recognize it all has been their choice.

I have a degree in history and I work in the legal department of a state agency that regulates insurance.

Do I wish I had done something else? Sure. BUT...

I'm terrible at math so that eliminates a huge swath of possible majors. So knowing my aptitudes, there is no way a 19 yr old me would ever set his goals on a degree that has a large mathematics component. (I could never ever be an engineer, or accountant.)

So yes, I think I should have majored in what I did; but instead of planning on teaching & coaching I should have gone right to law school. I could have a similar job as what I have now, only I'd make double.

I don't necessarily regret graduating with a degree in English, but I regret not making a better effort to use it. I ended up being hired by local government right out of college, but I eventually left my position when it became clear that my division was a pawn in the Mayor's corrupt business dealings. I've been working in accounting ever since, my brain has turned to mush, and I spend most days wishing I had the courage to deliver myself from the hell that is Corporate America.

old and in the way wrote:

degree in mathematics, turned out to be completely useless.

had to go back to school for a comp sci postgrad degree, which is also useless after the age of 40.

now eking out a pittance in software support..

regret it, should have become a medical doctor, or actuary.

my advice - pick one of the professions, doctor, lawyer, engineer, actuary, etc. The professional societies are like unions, will protect the interests of their members. Since no-one else is allowed to have a union, that's the only way to keep a decent job in the 'sharing economy'.

No actually. Gruber doesn't fit the description at all. Nice try though.

Wow this thread went downhill quickly. Trolls please spare this thread. It has potential.

art history BA

then an MBA

now successful finance/investing

For me the liberal arts worked. I am better at my job and I am a better person because I studied the liberal arts.

Kinesiology BS. Currently unemployed.

No degree is useless if you know how to use it. I'm a college drop out who never made it out of community college. I was bored in school so I quit. I went into sales and I make about $130,000 a year. However if I had my degree I'd have been offered a management position. Quit apologizing for the type of degree you have. Don't be afraid to hustle.

1. The term is spelled/punctuated thusly: "dum-dum."

Or "dumdum."

Or even "dumb-dumb" (though that's rare).

But never "dumb dumb."

http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/dum-dum

Ignoramus.

2. Though technically I got a science degree as an undergrad, it was in linguistics, so I could rightly have been called a pre-unemployment major.

"...what do you do now and do you regret it?" I'm not sure whether you mean my regretting my choice of a "useless" major, or regretting what I'm doing now; but as it happens, I regret neither.

Language (not just individual languages, but the human faculty of language itself) was always something I found fascinating, so I'm happy to have learned more about it. Moreover, graduate study in linguistics provided me with a fellowship that funded my first three years of coaching college t&f/xc. No regrets there.

I ended up coaching for another 20+ years. Along the way I founded the women's programs at three major universities. No regrets there, either, though I wish it had paid better.

When I finished coaching I went back to school and became a lawyer so I could take care of my family better. I mostly do document review, which plays to my strengths as a proofreader, so I don't regret that; and it pays much more than coaching ever did. No regret there either.

50 year old guy wrote:

No degree is useless if you know how to use it. I'm a college drop out who never made it out of community college. I was bored in school so I quit. I went into sales and I make about $130,000 a year. However if I had my degree I'd have been offered a management position. Quit apologizing for the type of degree you have. Don't be afraid to hustle.

Wouldn't you say this is true because you're 50? Did college degrees matter as much starting out back when you began your career? I don't think not getting a degree and making a ton of money (100k+) is very realistic anymore for someone today. Unless it's an oil rig or something else terrible.