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[POLL] University Students and Professionals, what career path are you following?

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Phil-X-
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Well I always wonder with you guys, Agri/Bio Engineering here.
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Mar 23 2014 11:23PM
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eheath
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I DIDNT EVEN SEE MEDIA FUCK ME.

take one off of art and add one to media for your final poll haha SORRY fuck
Mar 26 2014 4:33AM
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Edward.
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hell yea!
Mar 26 2014 11:16AM
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Rafiki
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because if you're gonna go for your mba, being a business major will hold a lot more relevance while also giving you a real background for it. and he'd probably get laughed at for having a history degree. that's like being a women's studies or english major.
Mar 26 2014 7:35PM
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will_powder
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K I wasn't going to respond but now you've forced me.

Doing a history degree means learning how to be an effective communicator. It's about taking a mass of information, synthesizing it, and presenting it to a prospective audience. Those are very pertinent skills for the business world. The beauty of a history degree is that it can be adapted for many applications, whereas a business degree limits you significantly more.

Yes, a major in business gives you all the graphs and reasons why some product should successful, but you aren't going to sell much if you can't communicate to the consumer why they need it.

English major is similar to history, probably a bit less respected but ehh whatever floats your goat.

Not to mention that sometimes it helps to be different and stand out from the dozen other business degree wielding monkeys in oversized pinstriped suits applying for the same job.
Mar 26 2014 10:04PM
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Utard
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It's funny you say that, because the history/english/gender studies majors you're shitting on make up a quarter of the student populations at the top 20 MBA programs at the country while business majors only constitute 34% and the very top MBA programs admit Humanities/Social Science majors at rates substantially higher than those of business students. I mean, at Stanford, which is the #2 program in the country, 47% of MBA students are Humanities/Social Science while only 17% are business.

http://www.beatthegmat.com/mba/2009/11/20/which-undergrad-major-is-most-preferred-by-the-top-mba-programs

So yeah, what were you saying about history majors not having a relevant "background" for business again?
Mar 26 2014 10:09PM
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Wasatchstudent
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This year was my freshman year at Utah State and I've kinda given up. I'm thinking about living paycheck to paycheck and just bumming it.
Mar 27 2014 1:12PM
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Phil-X-
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Live in a van parked at the base of whistler
Mar 27 2014 1:53PM
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KZA
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Urban planning. I currently work as a Safe Routes to School Coordinator working to encourage kids to walk and bike to school while ensuring that it is safe for them to do so. Going for my master's this fall for Urban Planning at uMD.
Mar 27 2014 2:10PM
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snowpocalypse
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International Business - Worked my way through slinging skis and boots. Did that for a few more years after graduation. Went into the sales rep thing for a few years, now US hardgoods product manager. Still play with skis and boots all year just a little more responsibility. My mom still thinks I need to shave and put on a tie..... I say no.
Mar 27 2014 2:46PM
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integralmgmt
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For those reasons, history is one of the most common, if not the, pre-law degree.
Mar 27 2014 2:52PM
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integralmgmt
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Stick with it man, don't give up it'll affect the rest of your life. There's nothing wrong with living paycheck to paycheck but if you can make choices which avoid that, why not avoid it.
Mar 27 2014 2:54PM
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snowpocalypse
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That's because what the hell else are you going to do with a Humanity degree? The only way to get a job is to go back and get a masters.
Mar 27 2014 3:08PM
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_DUSTY_
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Majoring in physics.

Plan is to join the military when I'm finished my degree.


Mar 27 2014 3:23PM
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louie.mirags
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I have an interview for a field technician position with Cablevision tomorrow!
Mar 27 2014 8:50PM
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Phil-X-
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Let us know how it goes!



stoked this thread is actually providing some solid material/discussion
Mar 28 2014 5:22PM
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louie.mirags
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The interview went well! I should find out Monday or Tuesday who they decide to hire.. It works out perfect because training starts the week after I finish my A.A.S. in Electrical Technology.

If anybody is interested in a 2-year program that has a decent job market Telecommunications is a great route to go...
Mar 28 2014 7:06PM
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CaptainSlow
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Where are you at? I am commited for HRM at Northern Arizona next year.
Mar 28 2014 10:50PM
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Chewy.
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You're seriously the biggest tool on this site. Fuck off.
Mar 29 2014 1:21PM
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Phil-X-
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Hell yea! hope you got it
Apr 1 2014 8:49AM
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Idahoskier420
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Majoring in Hydrology, interested in computer modeling and GIS with some chemistry mixed in.

Interested in snow science (obviously) so I look forward to a promising career on ski patrol and/or avalanche forecaster.
Apr 1 2014 10:14AM
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Parrish
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Idahoskier420Majoring in Hydrology, interested in computer modeling and GIS with some chemistry mixed in.

Interested in snow science (obviously) so I look forward to a promising career on ski patrol and/or avalanche forecaster.


Where are you going to school at?
May 2 2014 9:34PM
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Parrish
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Whoops this thread is a month old.
May 2 2014 9:36PM
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Daph
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Don't have a degree but a career in chairlift mechanics is panning out nicely. Official title: aerial tramway technician. The beauty of this industry is the fact that degrees mean jack shit over experience and connections
May 2 2014 9:48PM
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Dr.Dealgood
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I picked other. Undergrad was communication, but my track was essentially philosophy/epistemology/rhetoric.

Now -- Landscape Architecture for graduate school.
May 2 2014 9:56PM
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whoa-dere
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bitches love engineers
May 3 2014 1:15AM
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NinetyFour
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I'm currently apprenticing to become an aircraft maintenance journeyperson. Having a really tough time deciding whether I will stick with it or not though.
May 3 2014 2:22AM
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Phross
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Computer engineering; hoping to land a job some place where I can make snazzy things with microcontrollers and get paid for it.
May 3 2014 2:29AM
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KravtZ
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Sup bros!

Long time poster. I graduated from a semi target with solid grades and a finance and economics background. Tried to break into wall street my first year didn't work besides operations which I did not want to do at all. Ended up taking a job doing project valuation for commercial energy projects, I covered oil and gas, metlas, and mining. Long story short...switched over to investment banking doing valuation in a pretty niche group and love it. Long hours and stress but th emoney is well worth it. Long term will pay great for a couple years of hell
May 3 2014 8:15AM
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Stose
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Majoring in human phys and then going on to PA school. Pretty simple and solid plan
May 3 2014 9:13AM
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louie.mirags
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Phil-X-Let us know how it goes!



stoked this thread is actually providing some solid material/discussion


I got the job with the cable company and told them I can start in 2 weeks. But, I need to let them know I'm not going to because Frontier Communications offered me a position as a Network Engineer! I was interning there and a position happen to open up! All three of the kids in my major (yes only 3, the school is going to redesign the program) have got offers for full time work making decent pay! If anybody is looking for a 2 year program that gets you oppurtunity for work and is hands on, go telecommunications.

louie.miragsThe interview went well! I should find out Monday or Tuesday who they decide to hire.. It works out perfect because training starts the week after I finish my A.A.S. in Electrical Technology.

If anybody is interested in a 2-year program that has a decent job market Telecommunications is a great route to go...
May 3 2014 9:22AM
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FuckAllOfYou
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Still a young boii but I'm very interested in geography/GIS. can anyone give me some info?
May 3 2014 9:27AM
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.Hugo.
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MEDSKI_Still a young boii but I'm very interested in geography/GIS. can anyone give me some info?


My current job is working with GIS pretty much exclusively. I didn't major in geography or GIS so I can't tell you much about those programs though
May 3 2014 1:00PM
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frickindarn
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Majoring in pussy at the school of hard knocks.

(Haven't started school yet. But I'm beyond excited for that opportunity to arise)
May 3 2014 1:06PM
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Toasty.
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Other is Construction Management. But might do Military as well
May 3 2014 7:46PM
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FuckAllOfYou
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A lot of calc?
May 3 2014 8:03PM
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.Capn.
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Aerospace Engineer!
May 3 2014 8:19PM
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louie.mirags
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MEDSKI_A lot of calc?


I'm not sure about that major, but pick out any college offering the program and read the course description. There will be a link listing the required courses to graduate.
May 3 2014 8:24PM
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.Hugo.
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MEDSKI_A lot of calc?


No calc, at least at my school. Not even any math classes required for the major unless you count statistics as math
May 3 2014 8:32PM
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T.O.
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Thinking of going into information systems. You guys have any experience with this major or careers it has given you?
May 3 2014 8:33PM
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Parrish
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MEDSKI_A lot of calc?


More stats if anything. It's an applied science so statistical modeling is much more important than calc like stuff imo

I'm a GIS major and its a lot of data processing. You could think of it as applied geography. It's the branch between physical systems and human systems through means of data illustrated through maps. GIS is extremely diverse and is a hugely valuable skill for many different types of career paths.
May 4 2014 12:43AM
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Parrish
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.Andrew.More stats if anything. It's an applied science so statistical modeling is much more important than calc like stuff imo

I'm a GIS major and its a lot of data processing. You could think of it as applied geography. It's the branch between physical systems and human systems through means of data illustrated through maps. GIS is extremely diverse and is a hugely valuable skill for many different types of career paths.


Also at least at Montana State GIS is in the earth sciences department as geography/GIS is Earth Science based. So at least in my case, it's been mostly a wide variety of earth science and geography classes. I've taken classes ranging from soils, to natural resource law. Only have had to take 2 semester of math which was stats, but might try to take more.
May 4 2014 12:46AM
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TACO-DOG.exe
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currently i'm working towards a welding ticket. in Alberta you can start making 80,000 a year with just a high school education, or you can spend that much on an education at a uni. and to boot my company reimburses me for my schooling so i don't even pay for it. the only down side is it might take 10 years off my life if i'm not careful.
May 4 2014 1:04AM
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Guck
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Quick question, at 17%, there is a huge amount of us under Engineering. How many of that is people working in the field as opposed to just going to college for it? I feel like the huge majority is just students.
May 4 2014 3:39AM
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no_steeze
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I have absolutely no idea what I want to do and I'm almost halfway done with college
May 4 2014 9:48AM
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twin-tip-hero
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started out going for mechanical engineering said fuck that, joined the Air Force and now am an engineer in the military....
May 4 2014 10:55AM
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louie.mirags
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GuckQuick question, at 17%, there is a huge amount of us under Engineering. How many of that is people working in the field as opposed to just going to college for it? I feel like the huge majority is just students.


I went to school for telecommunications, but just got a job as a Network Engineer with frontier communications.
May 4 2014 10:58AM
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Laurent.
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Med school here.
May 4 2014 10:58AM
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lands11
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Yo OP, why the hell is Environmental science connected with Consumer science? I have a BS in environmental science with minors in forestry and ecological design, and I am completely failing to see the connection between those and consumer science?
May 4 2014 11:28AM
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NinetyFour
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twin-tip-herostarted out going for mechanical engineering said fuck that, joined the Air Force and now am an engineer in the military....


So are you a maintenance engineer? Or what does being an engineer for the Air Force encompass?
May 4 2014 10:05PM
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CRiP
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Just started environmental science and I'm probably gonna get an econ minor
May 4 2014 10:46PM
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