Does the work you are doing right now relate with what you studied in uni/college?

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  2. Nope I studied criminal justice and now I’m working as a lab technician in a horticultural department. Do what you love 🦦

  4. Somewhat

    My background is in Comp Sci.
    My career isn’t programming, but definitely benefits from my comp sci background.

    Most office jobs these days is basically some form of data manipulation and data presentation.

  7. Nope. I was studying to be a geologist, and for some reasons I’d prefer not to get into on the internet. I was unable to finish college, and now I drive cars between branches for a rental car company.

  9. Yep. My school emphasized networking, and I ended up working with a classmate of mine. Been here for 5 years now.

  12. Undergrad – not at all. Studied international relations and game theory. Grad school – 100% because I went to law school and I’m a lawyer

  13. Loosely.. studied computer science… I work in the IT field but not specifically what I studied which was largely programming. But all that depth of background let’s me quickly understand pretty much anything that comes up.

  19. Vaguely. My major was computer engineering. Ended up in IT and then software development. I had had some CS courses, but the rest was unnecessary. Don’t regret it though. I still tinker. Much of it has translated.

  20. No. Also not what my doctorate is in. The pay and job prospects are _significantly_ better, though, so I’m not complaining. Much.

  21. Yes and no. My undergraduate degree is in computer science, but I’m not a programmer, I am 30 years into an IT career, so most of my work is managing people now. I understand the concepts, so it makes timelines and staffing decisions relatable.

  22. Majored in English Lit. Currently work as an IT infrastructure engineer.

    I wanted to get a job as an editor and bashed my head against trying to get into the publishing industry after I graduated, but eventually gave up. I was able to parlay my parttime college tech support job into getting an in at a startup that my friend worked for, working in their data center to do things like hardware repairs and building out new servers.

  23. Not at all, but that was never my plan.

    I studied English Literature and now I’m basically a marine biologist with a badge.

  24. I’ve told my kids that if they ever went to college to major in something that required a license to work in the field. RN, accountant, rph, etc…. You’ll use what you learned and society values your profession enough to not let just anyone do it.

  28. Yes. Studied marketing, worked client side for a while, and now run a small advertising agency that I started.

  29. Yes, but that is because I spent like 8 years in the field before I even went to college.

    It was kinda fun breaking down a lot of the subjects in a better way than the professors could when people had questions or struggled in the group projects.

    Its a damn shame they wouldn’t let me ‘test out’ of some of the courses.

  31. Have a computer science degree and studied a lot of different programming languages and systems in college, so it helped build a base, but what I work on in my job is pretty different. Different platforms, frameworks, languages, etc. You really have to learn to adapt in my field.

  32. Loosely. Majored in Psych and our program was about running human trials. The overall field helped, because you’re not going to work in many places with zero human interaction, and having a basic understanding of human thought and behavior is applicable across industries.

  33. No.

    Because a four-year university degree is not now, nor was it ever intended to be, “job training”.

  34. Yeah! Got a degree in Children’s Care, Learning and Developement. And I work in a primary school in Reception!

  35. Somewhat. I studied biomedical engineering but I work as a mechanical engineer in the aerospace and defense industry. So still engineering and much of the underlying science is still the same but missiles instead of medical devices. Those who don’t know engineering think its radically different and my degree is useless but thats not the case. Medical devices are made of metal, polymer, screwes, electronics, etc. and so are aerospace parts and tools. There are just different unique concerns for each. Never could get the medical device companies to give me a chance so this career path has just been the result of going with who would take me.

  39. Yes. I went to school for mechanical engineering with a focus in thermo-fluid systems, now I design hydraulic systems in aerospace. That said, the actual work I do in my career is a lot different than the work I did in school. Engineering school is very math and physics focused while actual engineering requires way more technical writing and communications.

  42. No, but got intern education to learn the job, as do all colleagues. Can’t study for my job, at a college. Studied pedagogy for youth, now I’m a border customs in port.

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