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1557296 No.1557296 [Reply] [Original]

>I got my X degree in Y with the intention of getting job Z, and it turned out...

Fill this in for yourself, faggots, and let other anons learn from it.

>> No.1557320

>>1557296
>I got my degree in Communications with the intention of
>getting an easy major that had nothing to do with an entertainment career and
>it worked out great, made a bunch in business and retired, no one looked at my GPA or activities, ever.

>> No.1557380

>>1557296
>I got my Masters in Physics with the intention of getting my PhD. It turns out that I'm a hell of a business intelligence analyst.

>> No.1557618

>I got my masters in Business Administration and bachelors in Communication with the intention of starting as a salesman in a company and working my way up into am executive position. Turns out you really hit a wall going from a manager position into a corporate position.

>> No.1557620

>>1557296
Why is this a stock image?
Who needs this stock image?

>> No.1557631

>>1557620
kneepad sellers of course

>> No.1557637
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1557637

>>1557620
Why does anyone do anything?

>> No.1557639

>>1557296
I fucked around in college part time for a year and I liked learning about things I like but there was so much bullshit and an average college degree salary is easy to earn on your own.....

>> No.1557649

>>1557637
>nearly-naked pregnant woman holding her belly with one hand while using the other to slice a kiwi with a knife
Under what circumstance is this stock image useful or worth paying for?

>> No.1557904

>>1557618
this is what terrifies me.

>> No.1558170

>>1557649
because
> Capitalism *<:-D

>> No.1558186

>>1557296
I went first year of collage, found it boring as fuck. Know I'm gonna be stuck with the shitty occupation the rest of my life. Quit. Best decision of my life.

>Don't study anything you find boring.

>> No.1559672

bump, this thread may very well decide my future

>> No.1559683

>>1559672
Sage

Like your future, this thread is doomed

>> No.1559693

>>1557296
>International relations
>Getting into a big NGO cause i did my degree in Geneva
>Doing wealth management and run a factory

>> No.1559698

>>1557618
you got a masters degree to become a salesman? hell you got a bachelors degree to be a salesman? kek man you must be on name to name basis with suicide hotlines employees

>> No.1559781

I got my BSc degree in Maths with Stats with the intention of getting a comfy finance job, and it turned out I will fall into a major depression due to factors outside my control, completely fuck up my degree by not attending a whole year's exam session and having to delay it to the following year, settling for a shitty teacher's job for two years and now finally getting a Master's offer and starting the course trying to unfuck the last 5 years in 1 year, while posting on 4chan for anxiety management.

>> No.1560467

>>1557296

I got my
non degree
in nowhere
with the intention of
not been fucked over
and it turned out
GREAT

>> No.1560549

I got my finance degree with the intention of being a wall street millionaire and it turned out that I'm too autistic to deal with people. I'm a programmer now, making okay money and doing pretty well investing on my own.

>> No.1560572
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1560572

>>1557296
I got my BS in Mechanical Engineering with the intention of getting a cozy job away from the hectic aerospace industry (which I grew up with), and it turned out that aerospace is the only well-paying job in my hometown.

Currently wageslaving for Airbus while working on an MS in Aerospace Engineering. I want to kill myself every day.

>> No.1560582

Do any of you guys know what a BS in Health Information Management would entail? I looked it up but the OOH is vague as possible

http://www.bls.gov/ooh/management/medical-and-health-services-managers.htm

I have no interests and I don't know what to do. I just know I want a decent quality life. ($40k to $60k)

>> No.1560604

>I got my degree in IT with a focus in cybersecurity (also got dem certs).
>internship
>Got a job doing information security and anaylsis. (tfw college isn't a meme if you don't go into a bullshit undesirable major)
>I enjoy being a yuppie

>> No.1560632

>>1557296
>got a bsc in comp sci with the intention of not being unemployed, and it turns out it's easy as fuck to get a job with comp sci

>got a bsc in mechanical engineering with the intention of running high tech hardware startups, and it turns out it's hard as petrified shit.

>> No.1560652

>>1560604
I am just about to finish school for Computer Science and want to get into IT and cybersecurity. I'm too autistic to ask any of my professors because I don't know any that teach something other than software eng.

Where do I begin with learning about this stuff?

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1560674

>>1557296
>that fucking image

I've been hearing jokes about kneepads for a year now and never knew what it meant.

>> No.1560680

>>1560652

go to a school of applied science.

>> No.1560684

>>1560674

it's the biz equivalent of sci's engineer meme. sort of. same connotations.

>> No.1560702

>>1559781
You got this.

>> No.1560742

>>1560674
you're a dull kid, Billy.

>> No.1560749

>>1559698
Right out of high school I got my bachelors in Business Administration and Communication, because my young self thought "well if I have a full ride why not double major?" After I got the management position I went back to school to get my masters.

>> No.1560816

>>1557296
...and it turned out I did.

>> No.1562230

>>1560572

Shit, that sounds similar to what I might go through. Are you at least making good money?

>> No.1562281

>>1557296
I got my degree in Sociology with the intention of doing social work but ended up just self teaching myself and being a web developer. Life's alright.

>> No.1563434

>>1557296
Got a BA in Japanese language and culture. You now think I am retarded.

I wanted to work as an English teacher in Japan, to secure a long term visa and eventually citizenship. Needed a degree in literally anything to apply, and the Japanese degree taught me the language and culture. Cost me 17k but I got to spend enough time studying here that I didn't have to get used to a new job and new country at the same time.

I fit in well here while less prepared foreigners start twitching out one month in. Get enough to save a lot and will slowly start buying houses to rent to coworkers.

>> No.1563436

>>1558186
You have to study things you find boring. I think law is boring but I would be an idiot to get into business and pretend law doesn't exist.

Don't get a job doing something you find boring.

>> No.1563442

>>1559683
bump

unlike this fag, I care about all my anons making it.

this faggot is an outsider.

>> No.1563451

>>1557296
I got my Bachelors in Computer Science with the intention of getting a job at one of Google, Facebook, Microsoft, or Apple, and I got a job at Microsoft making ~120k a year total compensation in the great state of Washington with legal weed and no state income taxes, doing what I love.

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>>1560604

I'm returning to school to finish up a degree in exactly that field. What's your day-to-day like at the job?

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1563605

>>1557296
I got my bachelor degree in Mech. Eng. with the intention of landing a consulting job or opening my own business, and it turned out i still don't have an internship cause Brasil is shit

>> No.1563610

>>1557296

>law degree in Aus with the intention of being a lawyer
>don't get laid during uni or really have much fun at all but really love the degree, expecting a great job on the other end
>all the hot ditzes who barely scraped through got all the jobs

>> No.1563613

>>1562230
More money than I have time to spend it with desu

>> No.1563618

>>1557637
I think these kind of images just pray to become memes, so that many will buy this utterly useless picture

>> No.1564645

Anyone here go into accounting?

>> No.1564721 [DELETED] 

>>1564645
My sister did, she wasn't doing too well for a bit (moved back in with parents, spent most of her time looking for work but barely found anything), but that's most likely because she's autistic. I think she's doing alright now though.

>> No.1564732

I went into Art History to intend on working at a museum but there weren't any jobs so I took a workshop at General Assembly and now work at Facebook. You gotta believe in yourself bros.

>> No.1564761

>I got my Business admin BBA & MBA with the intention of getting job whatever, and it turned out...

I got an internship at a hedge fund because I was in the Air Force and now I'm a financial analyst for the CFO of a electronic parts distribution company

>> No.1564774

>>1557637
Fetishes

>> No.1564813

>>1557296
I got a comp Sci degree. Now making mobile apps for a buisness. 70k salary. It's alright straight outta college. Feeling like I might go back to school.

>> No.1565978

>>1563434
Sure you did buckO show some proof.

>> No.1566006

>>1557380
>>>1557296 (OP)
>>I got my Masters in Physics with the intention of getting my PhD. It turns out that I'm a hell of a business intelligence analyst.

Fellow BI here

You making good money? Considering switching to banking or something as I'm making shit money in a small tech company, but not sure if that's all BI jobs or just here

>> No.1566008

>>1557296
>I got my bachelors in physics with the intent of getting a PhD and becoming a tech entrepreneur
>started my own software company at 19 (while being a student) and currently I'm focusing on that

I might go back and do a PhD at some point, just because I love science and technology and I want to work on things other than software

>> No.1566012

>>1557296
>Got my degree in Accounting with the intent of working in tax compliance/lodging, and I ended up working in the Federal Tax authority for my country.

>> No.1566273

>>1566012

you are the biggest cuck of all time

>> No.1566367

>>1562281
just curious to see if i have the same id in the same thread two days after

>> No.1566386

>>1563605
Dont worry my friend owns a restaurant in Canada and one of the dishwashers used to be a biomedical engineer from brasil. Keep working hard and maybe one day you can be like them :^)

>> No.1566395

>>1557296
I got a BS degree in finance and ended up working as a financial analyst. Then I left and got a job doing linux tech support

>> No.1566892

>>1557296
I got my BA in business management and my MA in history with the intention of teaching but having a business degree to fall back on.

I hate everything.

>> No.1566896

>>1557296
got my fag education in biology with the intention of being a investment banker and it turned out im actually really smart and doubt my self

>> No.1566923

>>1558186
Collage is a pleb tier medium. You should have moved on to oils or at least acrylic.

>> No.1566945

I got my Bachelor degree in English literature with the intent of pursuing a doctorate but instead I now manage a bank and make more that I ever would have.

>> No.1567957

>>1557296
>Got my bachelors in Applied Science (Mining Engineering) in October, 2014
>Did this with the intention of getting a job as a mining engineer or metallurgist

>Found work as a mill operator under the impression that it would lead to a job as a metallurgist
>3 months in, the mine shut down

>Worked part-time with an acquaintance of mine doing a feasibility report on a mine in Ireland
>Low wages
>Not-fun work
>No engineer to work under
>Gaining no new skills
>Left this job 4 months in after getting an offer from a civil firm

>Worked as an EIT at a civil engineering firm
>Designed septic fields, retaining walls, sized walls and beams, did some CAD stuff
>Great engineer to work under, flexible hours, not-great pay (50k/yr)
>9 months in got an offer from a metallurgical startup

>Working as a metallurgical EIT
>Company produces hyper-pure metals for semiconductor use (ie 99.99995% pure indium, 99.99999% pure antimony)
>I help a tech run and improve one process while designing processes to purify new metals/create new products/attain greater purity levels
>54k/yr, crazy flexible hours, fun work, great work experience
>Have been here for 7 months

All in all not too bad. I've had full-time work 66% of the time since graduation, and engineering- or mining-related work for about 80% of that time. I've gotten decent work experience, made OK money, and have done relatively well in comparison to my peer group. Not terrible for 24.

>> No.1567965

>>1563434
My friend graduated in mining engineering with me and ended up working over there teaching English. Sounds like a lot of fun!

One pro of his route is he could potentially go back to being an engineer as a back-up plan.

>> No.1567967

>>1566945
Why did a bank hire an English lit grad? I would have assumed they'd be more interested in hiring somebody with a background in mathematics or economics.

>not hating, just curious

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>>1557296
I got my Bachelor's degree in Computer Science with the intention of getting a bullshit computer job, and it turned out everything went according to plan.

>> No.1568173

>>1567965
The problem with that, I hear, is that once your out of the engineering field for a couple years, recruiters won't touch you anymore, unless you go back for a Master's first. You forget all that stuff that you learned pretty quickly.

>> No.1568188

>I got my masters in criminology after a bachelors in communication
>with the intention of finding an easy masters degree to transfer into specialized writing or teaching in my general interest areas
>found out I really hate n[ot nice guys] after a barrage of statistics and research
>became one hell of a Deputy Chief of undisclosed city police department

>> No.1568193

>>1557296
I thought those kneepads were for women who give blowjobs lol

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>>1568188
You've earned those dubs, m8

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>>1564645
This. I need some advice on Accounting because I'm going to business school soon and I'm hoping to get a good career with plenty of room for promotion.

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1568509

I got an associates in science for Information Technology in Networking and work in a data center, I just started this new career path but I enjoy it a lot so far. Also I just bought my first stock yesterday :')

>> No.1568520

Got my MBA and transitioned into MBB consulting. 150k+ base and healthy bonus, with great exit opps. Feels good man.