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My degree is in Computer Science. I was terrible at it, practically (I'm a great student but I can't pretend to keep caring about it once the testing is over unless I'm truly interested), and didn't care to keep up with ever rapid changes. I have always found my sweet spot in sales but the sweetest of them all is in industrial sales. I get the advantage, as a woman, of being a surprise. I am expected to not know much and when they often find that I do actually know what I'm talking about and ask all the right questions, it's a home run.
My degree was a complete waste. I stopped even including it on my resume because potential employers made assumptions about my career goals or would steer me towards positions I wanted to avoid entirely because of it.
Great story. Think one of my professors in an elective class gave the come to jesus speech that it didn't matter what the students majored in, 90 % of them would end up in sales.
I have not used my degree one time, after graduation I moved into a completely different direction and it has worked out better than if I had used the degree.
Same here. BS Physics and other than the methodology of how to break down complex problems, have never ever used any of the actual items learned. Decided I didn't want to spend 7 years in grad school getting a PhD, best decision I ever made.
I have an accounting degree, and worked as an accountant for some time, then transitioned into supporting and enhancing financial systems for large corporations.
I've had 5 1/2 years of college, but I had learned all the academics I needed by the 6th grade to do any job I've ever had. The other things I used on jobs were learned outside of class.
My undergrad degree, no, but I knew I was going to law school and I majored in History because I like it, not because I planned to work in that field. I use my JD, and the Masters in Public Health I got after that, every day as a lawyer in a hospital.
I use my degree every day (B.A. with English major) and am a cop. The degree wasn't required for my job but it sure has come in useful. I guess a traditional use of my degree would be to teach English at a college or High School but that wouldn't have been anywhere near as fun. I know I made the right choice and wouldn't change it for anything.
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