Alternate Careers

[sam_gordon]

As a spin off of a thread currently on the Controversial Threads board...

For those who got a post secondary degree... if you didn't get that degree, what do you now wish you would have gotten a degree in/studied?

I got my degree is Mass Communications (Broadcasting).

I would have also been interested in Aviation and possibly even looked into the Electrical Trade (based on what I'm interested in now).

 

[tvguy]

I went into College as a declared Pre-Law major and switched to Communication Arts. I guess Pre-Law would be my choice with my career path either being Law Enforcement or as an Attorney.

 

[3rd_time_the_charm]

Honestly, I got mine and was already in the workforce. It matches my career - Business Administration with a Healthcare Concentration. Almost done with my MBA if I decide to finish. It has served me well.

If I had to choose, probably Computer Science. That was my original plan in high school.

 

[NYCgrrl]

I used both my secondary degrees but for different purposes. One was to increase my earnings and the other, my knowledge and love of the arts.

 

[georgina]

My degree is in chemical engineering, I liked math and science, chose it because it would pay enough to pay off my student loans. Also had a co-op option to work and make money during my college years. I got very good grades but knew by the time I graduated that I didn't like the engineering jobs I was seeing. I went more towards the chemistry side for work, but really I would have been better off just going for a math degree instead. Two of my older sisters had been math majors. With my anxiety issues actuary would have been a better career choice.

 

[Travel60]

I'm not sure I would want another degree but, having traveled a lot Internationally in the last 12-15 years, I wish I was better versed in world history. I think we tend to be so "America centric" that we think everyone should be like us. As I learn tidbits of other countries' histories, I realize how much I don't know. Maybe I can find some classes at a community college and just audit them.

 

[leebee]

My degrees (BS and MS) are both in food science. For the majority of my career, I've been a bench scientist, save for 10 years teaching math thru special ed at a K-8 public school, and the past 6 years managing the organic chem labs at UMaine (but that's pretty sciencey, and includes teaching). However, if I had it to do all over again, knowing then what I know now, I'd have gone into either some form of health care administration/policy or some sort of theatre arts/production career. Pretty disparate, right?

 

[sam_gordon]

I'm not sure I would want another degree but, having traveled a lot Internationally in the last 12-15 years, I wish I was better versed in world history. I think we tend to be so "America centric" that we think everyone should be like us. As I learn tidbits of other countries' histories, I realize how much I don't know. Maybe I can find some classes at a community college and just audit them.

Just to clarify, it's not so much about going to get another degree now, it's what you would have/wanted to do different back "then".

 

[TippyThomas]

I dreamed of becoming a pilot but many factors made that a bit impossible. I'd never pass the physical required so I never pursued it.