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Do you wish you'd majored in something else?
Posted on 1/12/17 at 3:51 pm
Posted on 1/12/17 at 3:51 pm
For the ot posters who have graduated from college. Do you have regrets about the major or degree you chose?
If so do you wish you'd majored in something with better pay? Or vice versa do you wish you'd done less work and had more fun in college?
If so do you wish you'd majored in something with better pay? Or vice versa do you wish you'd done less work and had more fun in college?
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Posted on 1/12/17 at 3:53 pm to TomRollTideRitter
Nope. Majored in marketing at Mays Business School at A&M. Enjoyed the major a ton, and appreciate it more now that I actually work in a civilian (inside) sales job.
Posted on 1/12/17 at 3:54 pm to TomRollTideRitter
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Do you have regrets about the major or degree you chose?
Yes, but for pay purposes, but ease of finding a job. Although my degree has served me well.
Posted on 1/12/17 at 3:55 pm to TomRollTideRitter
To add context I used to be a CS and math double major, but I recently dropped out of the CS program. The thing is I was good at it: A- or above in every class. I just got sick of working most of the time (I have a job too), and I didn't enjoy the classes either.
Posted on 1/12/17 at 4:01 pm to TomRollTideRitter
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Do you have regrets about the major or degree you chose?
Yes and No, I majored in something I loved but doesn't even apply to the area of work I'm in atm. At the end of the day, I don't think it is going to effect me much so its not something I worry about.
Posted on 1/12/17 at 4:10 pm to TomRollTideRitter
Yes. I should have skipped a 4 year degree and been a welder.
If I were to go back to college, I should have majored in sales and/or marketing and gone into one of those fields. I scare myself sometimes at how well I can market and sell an issue or a solution in my current job.
If I were to go back to college, I should have majored in sales and/or marketing and gone into one of those fields. I scare myself sometimes at how well I can market and sell an issue or a solution in my current job.
Posted on 1/12/17 at 4:13 pm to DownSouthJukin
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I should have majored in sales and/or marketing and gone into one of those fields
horrible degrees for future sales reps, IMO
Posted on 1/12/17 at 4:15 pm to NYCAuburn
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horrible degrees for future sales reps, IMO
Probably true. A major in psychology and minor in acting would have been better.
Posted on 1/12/17 at 4:23 pm to NYCAuburn
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horrible degrees for future sales reps, IMO
Depends on the school and the type of sales, tbh.
Posted on 1/12/17 at 4:33 pm to TomRollTideRitter
Majored in business. No rAgrets. It has served me well.
Posted on 1/12/17 at 4:38 pm to TomRollTideRitter
i majored in mechanical engineering but if I could do it over again I think that i might look at doing a major in the agriculture school at Clemson. I could see it being more laid back but lead to a job that still pays ok.
Posted on 1/12/17 at 5:28 pm to TomRollTideRitter
Quantum mechanics. It's the future of the evolution of technology. Even quantum biology is developing as a field of science.
Posted on 1/12/17 at 6:46 pm to TomRollTideRitter
I wish I had majored in industrial engineering.
I'm a doctor. As I get older, most of my professional activities involve people, teams, processes, etc.
I still have clinical duties, but that is the easy part of my day.
I'm a doctor. As I get older, most of my professional activities involve people, teams, processes, etc.
I still have clinical duties, but that is the easy part of my day.
Posted on 1/12/17 at 6:50 pm to TomRollTideRitter
If I could do it all over again I would have majored in Botany. It's a growing field (no pun intended).
Posted on 1/12/17 at 6:51 pm to TomRollTideRitter
Puss
Posted on 1/12/17 at 6:53 pm to TomRollTideRitter
Yes. 100%.
Major is business management. Hate that I was thinking so narrowly when I was in school.
Social theory.
Or Poli-sci into law.
Or poli-sci, philosophy.
Or anthropology.
Viticulture. Biology.
Major is business management. Hate that I was thinking so narrowly when I was in school.
Social theory.
Or Poli-sci into law.
Or poli-sci, philosophy.
Or anthropology.
Viticulture. Biology.
Posted on 1/12/17 at 6:55 pm to Sleeping Tiger
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Or Poli-sci into law.
It is funny how so many people would switch with each other. I guess the grass is always greener on the other side of the fence.
Posted on 1/13/17 at 1:08 am to TomRollTideRitter
Absolutely. I learned far more in my work experience in the field than I did in the classroom, but a degree was the price I had to pay to get capital.
Looking back now, I wish I would have had the same work experiences but opted for a degree in the Classics, History, or Anthropology.
Looking back now, I wish I would have had the same work experiences but opted for a degree in the Classics, History, or Anthropology.
Posted on 1/13/17 at 7:53 am to TomRollTideRitter
Nope. I've spent over 30 years doing what I got a degree in.
Posted on 1/13/17 at 9:12 am to TomRollTideRitter
Thought about applying to Med school...decided to get married and enter the workforce instead. Wound up getting a couple of graduate degrees. My college roommate, and I were in the same Undergraduate Major and studied together all the time. He is a Thoracic Surgeon now...sometimes I wish I had chosen that path instead.
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