Tell us what you studied and what you do.

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  1. I have a degree in electronics, but now work in medical insurance. I simply found that I really like working from home and jobs within my degree tend to be very hands on and on location, so I switched for comfort. I make less money now but I also save money not commuting or having to worry about buying lunch or whatever, so call it a wash.

  2. I have an MPA. Politics was too corrupt so I expanded a manufacturing business I started to support myself in grad school.

    That’s the extreme TLDR.

  3. i studied economics but ended up in software product management. My first job out of college was in operations and we got folded into product management. Mostly luck really, but ive been doing it for 10 years now and no i dont like it.

  4. What if we didn’t go to/finish college?

    Construction super… And life is just dandy.

  5. Economics and corporate law, ended up in healthcare policy.

    I just got a job that would hire me and sounded interesting. I did it until I got bored, then got another one. Did that until I got bored and got another. Etc etc.

    I don’t think my job is terribly fun, but I don’t dislike it and it pays a lot, so I have the time and resources to have fun elsewhere.

  6. My degree is in physics, but I stumbled (almost literally) into a medical subspecialty where people used to get trained on the job from various backgrounds. I’ve had coworkers with degrees in math, marine biology, and computer science plus some with no degree at all — they were in a related medical subspecialty and trained to do what we do. Which is to design radiation treatment plans for cancer patients.

    I don’t know about “fun.” Some days it’s interesting, but most days it’s pretty boring — moreso the more experience I get. It’s hard to find something that’s challenging these days.

  7. I went to school on the GI bill and received a BA in History. Ten years and five jobs later I am now working for USPS doing maintenance. I originally had some vague ideas of working for some federal agency when going to college, but life events sort of got in the way for me for a while. Then the timing was right and I saw a opening in my town at the post office for a custodian and I took it and shortly after I moved to a maintenance position. It’s a good job with good pay, benefits, and job security. I enjoy it, there is a lot of independence and traveling around.

  8. I had a fun medical issue preventing me from pursuing my dream job and the job I went to school for. I bumbled around for a number of years working temp work and just scraping by until a friend asked if I knew how to do some tech work to help her company for a few months, and that became full time. I love what I do, it’s what my dad did before he retired, I have a bunch of life experience doing it, but no formal training. I studied to join the Intel community and now I do systems administration.

  9. I have a BA in English. I work in corporate security, not the IT kind. I got into this field because a friend of mine worked in the field, talked me up such that when a spot opened up on his team they gave me an interview, and they liked me enough to hire me. Now it’s been about ten years and I have moved into a leadership role. Fun stuff.

  10. I ended up here because I needed a way to pay rent after college since I couldn’t move back home. Now I’m kind of stuck in it since I don’t really have experience in anything else. It sucks and I hate it.

  11. BA in poetry. Went to law school and now I defend huge companies.

    Definitely not having fun, but the money makes it worth it.

  12. Degree in hospitality business, work in business intelligence/data analytics. So not 100% unrelated, but I did learn everything on my own when I made the massive career change to leave restaurants and go corporate.

    I am absolutely having fun. I love my job and I make way more than I ever would have on my old path. For like, half the hours.

  13. Criminal justice BS and Paralegal Post bacc

    Executive Admin for over 10 years. I’m really good at supporting people and multitasking

  14. I have a B.S in Economics, and got a job doing the real estate and regulatory compliance behind building cell towers right out of college. Then I ended up working in environmental regulatory compliance for a manufacturing plant.

    I personally love my job, but it would definitely be easier if I had some of the environmental science down from the start. I’ve had to google a LOT of information on airflow and air contaminants when I first started out.

    Thank god my bachelors required a ton of math classes, because I use those constantly

  15. I’m a project coordinator but I studied International Business / Business Law.

    Before that, I studied Biology.

    I’m trying to get an officer’s commission so I’m just praying for that. Not happy with my job at all.

  16. I guess you could say I studied being and auto tech. Am now an automation engineer. And yeah it’s okay.

  17. I studied Rhetoric and Composition (argumentative and technical writing).

    I ended up in Software Development, in Product Management. I love it. It’s so much fun. Not all day everyday. But still overall more fun than not. I love a challenge and i get to solve problems all day long

  18. I studied politics, with a focus on law and international relations.

    Through a mixture of personal weakness and lack of discipline I find myself managing a bar. I am having fun, but I know I’ll regret these years later in life.

  19. Degree is in business, but I work in libraries. I just kinda fell into it. I’m honestly burnt out on it and am looking to change careers.

  20. Got a degree in civil engineering. reached middle management in my country of origin. Immigrated to the US and had no ( zero, zilch, nada) desire to go through the ringamarole again of getting certification, license, etc. requiring more studying and taking tests.just wanted to go earn money as soon as possible.

    Now working some admin job for a Fortune 500 conglomerate but enjoying life on easy mode.

  21. I still don’t have an accounting degree, yet I’ve landed two entry-level accounting jobs pretty easily, which genuinely surprised me.

  22. I have a degree in communications and briefly worked in sports radio, but now I work as a fitness instructor and full time mom. I really only work to stay busy.

  23. I graduated in late 2008 so there was no jobs, I took the first thing i could find that paid and it grew from there.

    No, I’m not having fun. It’s a job and every second I’m there I could find about 1000 things I’d rather be doing.

    However it’s tolerable, im good at it, i like the people i work with, and the company is decent. I find that is more necessary than loving what you do.

    I studied communications (I liked to party) and work in business intelligence/consumer analytics.

  24. My degrees are in business and while I do work on the business side of things, I’d be lying if I said I was making the most of it. I ended up in one IT/Project Management job and it just kind of went from there. No, I’m not having fun.

  25. Got the quickest job I could find when I had no plans. Turns out it was answering phones for $10/hour in a small insurance office in the inner city.

    Then I just climbed the latter within that field over a few years taking advantage of employers who paid for my license and education. 10 years later I made $180K in salary and bonus.

    I get to play a good bit of golf, and have lunches and dinners in nice restaurants all for free. Is the job itself fun? Not really but the perks that have come with it surely are.

    Insurance really is an amazing field. Super easy to get into and if you find your way to the best niche within it, the perks are great.

  26. I had 3 majors in college. Economics, Finance, and International Business.

    After college, I ran some pharmacies. I did so well that I was given quite a bonus.

    I then got into a car accident and became a drug addict. I continued to work while my addiction raged, and my last job was the CFO of a tax company. Then, I got fired because of my addiction. Then I spent 2 years trying to kill myself, then another 3 getting clean.

    After getting clean, I decided to go back to my basics and try to do things that I loved when I was a kid. And I loved participating in sports. I even played 2 sports in college. So, I got involved in high school and college sports as an official.

    I have only been doing this for 3 years but have already done some D2 playoffs in baseball. And I do college wrestling and college football. Along with high school basketball and softball.

    This is the most fun I have had in my life in a long time.

  27. I have a medical doctorate, a masters degree in biology (my thesis was intestinal immunology), and a bachelors in microbiology. I currently teach English to refugees and make/sell pottery.

    Basically my mental health took a huge nosedive in med school and broke when I got pregnant and had a kid shortly after graduating. I practiced for as long as I could, but 2020 was a hell of a year and while I still maintain my license and serve on various committees in a volunteer capacity I will *never* go back into healthcare as a career. Maybe doing aid work abroad, but never in America.

    I got into teaching English because foreign policy was making me angry so I decided to contribute in a positive way by working with refugees. My therapist suggested pottery and I’m good at it so I sell it now.

    None of this would be possible without an incredibly supportive husband.

  28. BA in history. Thought I might want to be an attorney so I worked for a small firm that did Legislative related work. Realized I like public policy instead, went back for a masters in public policy. Work in government relations. It’s not not history, but it’s certainly not a direct line from history major to my current work. Love my work.

  29. I went to college for Criminal Justice. Worked in the Juvenile system for a while but it was hella depressing.

    Went back to school and got a degree in Human Resources. A tech job landed in my lap and I ran with it. Got certs in Project Management and did that for a while at a startup. Got more certs in Program Management. Then certs in the Agile world (CSM and SAFe) and now work in software development for a large company.

    Never worked in HR. Lol

  30. I did ROTC in college to come out as an Army officer and did that for 6 years. You need a degree to be an officer, so my BA in History was more a means to an end. Now that I’m out of the service, I have a corporate job that obviously is nothing to do with that degree. Which is fine lol, now that I’m sitting on the GI Bill, I can get some sort of Master’s to help my new career.

  31. Nope, I went into a trade and got laid off the week after I journeyed out. Now I work two warehouse jobs and my weekends don’t line up

  32. I have a BSW and now I am a nanny.

    I ended up as a nanny because I “took a break” from my social work job because it was truly killing my soul. $11 an hour, no overtime, no benefits and working 50-60 hours a week only to see everything we put effort into undone immediately. You are always the bad guy and I just couldn’t do it.

    Loved my nanny job and made twice as much with benefits and was genuinely so much more enjoyable. Ended up getting a secondary bachelors in child development and early childhood education and becoming a travel nanny & newborn care specialist.

    Yes I really love it. I’ve volunteered with CASA many times and there’s NO WAY I’d go back to social work. I’d need to get a Master’s anyways.

    Still feel guilty at times that I’ve devoted my life to already privileged kids and families instead of struggling ones. But try to volunteer to make up for it.

  35. I studied to be a chemical engineer for a while but eventually just got too expensive. I was driving back to Virginia from Florida after visiting my sister for Christmas with $800 left in my account and I saw a truck drive by saying they would pay for my CDL. I said why not. So now I’ve been a truck driver for 5 years and I’ve gotten to visit every single state in the country except for Alaska and Hawaii. Money is pretty good too I’m not going to lie. Although sometimes I do wish I had more time to just sit back and relax. Otherwise I’m driving 7 days a week for several months at a time.

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