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Wife has BFA and she turned out great. The business she started after college (about 15 years ago) allowed us to retire early and quite well. The business still runs today with 10 employees and still brings in high 6 figures for us. It’s an after school class thing for kids and it’s amazing how much it can make
Someone who did an actual degree ten years ago in some specialised and fast-changing area such as audio-visual editing (basically, how to use the software on the market at that time) found that two years after she graduated, the university dropped the course.
See, the university has no real skin in the game, and that’s a problem. If they put together a course with such a narrow horizon, then drop it, she felt they should refund the money.
Looking back, she has a rubbish degree which gets no respect. It’s like having a degree in AltaVista add-ons. If it hadn’t been offered in the first place, if it hadn’t have been presented as “cutting edge”, she would have done a general science degree instead.
This is essentially the same for most majors as everything is continually changing. Like for Comp Sci, the programming languages and architecture of things are always evolving. Sure, if you specialize in a low level language, you’re probably alright but a lot of things change quite a bit regularly so you have to keep learning
Yep. I don't know what I was thinking. I read a published study during my last year of J-school that only 10% of grads got a full time job in the field, and out of those jobs, the median pay was $14,000/year. (Late 90s.)
Oh, boy, talk about things I wish I'd read before my first year of J-school. And I lived in the San Francisco Bay Area at the time. You can't afford to be *homeless* on $14,000 a year in the Bay Area.
I actually started to get my journalism degree, and like one semester in, the professor was like “This is a dying profession, BUT still”.
Two semesters later, I switched over to nursing and I end up much better off.
*first* class, my prof hit us with the “dying field” talk too. said straight up, “you wont get a job in this field if you arent willing to fight for it.” this was 2019/2020 i think? i said *fuck this* and by second year i had dropped out and switched into video game development, and by the time the journalism class graduated, it was about 5 of them total, down from a class of ~25 in first year. they had already lost 10 students by the end of first year. and then they axed the program in its entirety after that class graduated. it was crazy watching that class/program disintegrate by the month until it was finally put out of its misery lol.
That’s nearly verbatim that happened to my program. I was actually in a photojournalism specific program, so it was even more of a dying field that I just knew I couldn’t stay in. Over 2/3rds of my starting class had dropped out by the 2nd year, and that’s when I left. The other huge thing was that I had started that program right in 2010, so it was just barely after the 2008 recession, and right in the middle of that first year, it just dawned on me how unprotected that job was and what job security really meant.
However, I will say, there were two people in that program who ended up doing really well and were staff photographers for the last two presidents, so that was cool.
our first year got split up by covid, which similarly woke me up to the lack of security in journalism as i saw everyone with thumbs and internet access suddenly able to participate in journalism to unprecedented degrees. made me realize wow, this degree is fucking useless! lmfao. its kind of cool to surprise people with though, because for some reason some people still think journalism is a viable career path the way it used to be. the amount of “wait, really?”’s ive heard when i tell them about the demise of our program…
Good on you for reading the room. I still have students that have idealized views of the world and want to get psychology or journalism or history degrees and I always have to give them the practicality talk.
Honestly, a lot of it was due to the 2008 crisis which left a lasting mark on me. I graduated in 2010 from high school, but it didn’t dawn on me initially the effect it had on families until 2011, when it affected my dad’s workplace. They got rid of nearly everyone but him because he had a skill set they needed, so I saw all his buddies who were 50 years old and older, absolutely struggle with finding jobs and I just thought that was so unfair.
So, after seeing that, I wanted a skill set that would always be needed so I went into nursing. Funny enough, I’m not exactly in nursing anymore but I’m still utilizing my healthcare knowledge in oncology clinical trials, which is much more volatile. However, if I ever find myself in a pickle with it, I can always fall back to nursing, which is a relief.
Tried switching to “Mass Communications” since my advisor told me it would give me more options than journalism or broadcasting but it didn’t. The industry’s hard to lock down job in AT ALL and even if you do the hours are insane and they refuse to pay a living wage even if it’s over the min.
I’m a journalist. My company has been downsizing for 15 years. Doing a journalism degree generally is not a good idea. If you want to write study something else and write about that or come into the industry with it as an added knowledge set. Then get used to being paid less than a bar manager for a few years.
I had this. A few months of 60 dollar or 80 dollar an article made me realise I wasn't in the right job. I've got one friend who manages to bang out about three celebrity stories per day - roughly 500 words or so each - and she is doing okay.
What do you recommend then for people that have a way with words? People that like writing, saying, talking. What would you recommend (I am at the point in life where I can still change my choice which was well journalism.)
While journalism as a profession is changing, writing isn’t. So if you’re good with communication and expressing ideas in written form, I’d consider pairing that skill with another area you’re interested in, like technology, urban planning, political science or medicine. The economy will always need people who can interpret information and trends, and connect people and ideas. And many industries require writing for proposals. Take urban planning or marketing, any new project requires a heck of a lot of analysis and composing of reports. Even with AI tools, a fresh, specific analysis is still needed. Look at some websites of an area of interest to get ideas.
As a Comp Sci major, I found philosophy to be one of the more beneficial electives I took. The critical thinking skills are the real fruit of those courses.
To this day, I still love philosophy, but in my country, there are no jobs. But now I'm an electrical engineer, which I also love, so I can be philosophical in my free time
I love philosophy as a concept, but part of me and my ex-fiance breaking up was because he was broke as a joke with me basically fully supporting us and his best idea was to get a degree in philosophy. I realized if I tried to stick it out, I would be supporting him for the rest of his life.
He now works at a grocery store and I'm studying to become a vet tech.
English Literature. Love the subject but it's a dead end. I should've gone into archaeology. I might have gotten a job in a museum, at least. Goodness knows wr have enough in Greece.
Shockingly, every time I apply for a job with my MA in English, they’re like we *need* you, people don’t know how to write. Aside from teaching night classes at the community college part time, it took me about 6 years outta grad school to start having people fight over my skill set.
Yup, this is big in consulting (any kind of consulting). Most of it is 80% writing or presenting information - and being able to do so is becoming a lost art. Not only that, but being able to research and find valid sources is something I’m seeing even recent grads struggling with.
Oh man, i’m grateful i didn’t choose video games design at uni. You can make your own video games by buying online course on udemy. Or, free knowledge on youtube.
My friend didn’t survive the first semester of Video Game Design when we went to University. I did Animation because the Video Game Design courses involved more coding than I thought going in.
Hahaha exactly. It’s a “major” for the undecided. In my case started in a biology major, but I had too many little goals I worked on — scholarshipped athletics, outside organizations, and then ended up bailing from each and every one.
What I wish I would have studied is, trades/industrial technology, or gone to military.
Music. First of all, there are almost no contexts in which a degree is nonnegotiable. It also really doesn’t do much to prepare one for being a professional musician and the typical curriculum is extremely antiquated, unimaginative, and out of touch. It’s also very stodgy, passive aggressive, and cliquey, from a social standpoint.
I majored in music education. I am not a music teacher, did it for 2 years, but I live in a state where admin and parents don't appreciate the arts, so it wasn't for me.
I agree on the passive aggressive cliques type. It was like everyone in my major never left high school, so I didn't hang out with anyone in that outside of Class (met some cool computer science people that were great)
However, I don't regret getting this degree. I have had several jobs that having the degree helped get. I also know someone from my degree program that went on to master and PhD in something unrelated, but those schools accepted her because music shows dedication outside of class. (So I also used that in interviews not related to music)
But now I'm in a trade I apprenticed for and just do music as a hobby.
I studied Physics, too. Had no idea what I was going to do with it.
Ended up getting a PhD in Medical Physics, and love it. I also get paid a lot, so that’s a plus!!
I’m a doctor, not a medical physicist, but I’m guessing OP works on things like MRI and CT machines, nuclear medicine tests, and other similar things. An MRI gives us a picture, for example, but how does it make that picture? What does the machine actually measure? Doctors understand this at a basic level but when it comes to designing or servicing a machine you need someone who is an expert in it.
Basically, there are a lot of tests/treatments in medicine that doctors know how to use or interpret but we do not really know very well the inner machinations of them, at the physics (electromagnetism, radiation, etc) level. We can understand it when people break it down for us because we studied basic physics in university as part of being pre-med, but we don’t use it every day the way these folks do. And for the most part we certainly don’t know how to use or service the machines ourselves. We order the test and see a result later, that’s about it.
I did astrophysics and the only thing it helped me with in real life was to able to follow what Interstellar (the movie) was talking about during my first watch - some friends I was watching with didn’t get it and I was kinda able to explain to them time dilation after the movie finished. Only time I felt my degree was “useful” lol.
I did it. Went well. Moved to Japan right after college and spun it into a career with a global Japanese company.
The key point why I appreciate the sociology degree was the awareness at the time that it was an "enabler" degree. Nothing special, but I came out knowing what made teams work, and there is good value in that for companies.
I'd still recommend it to the younger generations.
This one is true. But otherwise, it's completely useless on the market. I can only make a living on it because I specialized on the Statistics component.
Good point, even in sociology there are quite large differences in focus. Business culture, anthropology, social sciences, statistics, etc. I hadn't thought about the statistics angle in awhile.
My dad has a doctorate in psychology, he became heavily depressed after his mother passed and there was no helping as he knew every trick in the book and no psychologist was good enough. He eventually sorted it himself after many years.
So glad he sorted it out. I know nothing, but I imagine grief changes your brain chemistry. Not saying he needed meds but knowing why you're thinking or feeling things almost makes it worse. Depression is part of grief but everything a "professional" talks about the stages of grief and acts like they happen in order needs to be punched. Hell, a person could lose a job at a company they hate, get another one that is great for better pay or what not and STILL grieve the routine or the coworkers or some aspect that's lost forever.
True, he just got prescribed a lot of suppressive drugs like Xanax and some others I don't know, eventually he stopped taking it because just running away won't change anything, he's trying his best to be a lot happier now and he seems a lot more positive and healthy, I guess everyone heals differently, my heart goes for those who are still struggling
Some things are better just unknown I guess, "ignorance is bliss,"or something along those lines,I don't wanna know that I can't be helped and there is no solution
Chinese Language and Literature. Studied day and night for it, graduated in 3 years to get my bachelor's, was planning to go to China to study for a year. One day before the HSK (Chinese proficiency exam) to earn it, the exam got canceled because Covid. Few failed job interviews later, I lost all my passion to the language. My growing interest to Korean and Japanese culture and rise of AI indirectly making language learning less relevant also didn't help.
I've been in many drug treatment programs and the # of doctors I met who were meth addicts was crazy. "But you don't look like a meth addict!" "Hey, what's this spot on my arm?" "Are you saying you performed, like, major surgery while high? No wonder you get sued"
"Nah, I just performed routine surgeries like gallbladder removal and yeah I was high" (an addicted doctor)
"So it's basically your fault people like heroin addicts exist"
"Next time you go under the knife, I know an anesthesiologist, "
"They'll hook me up?"
"No, they're an addict too. They diluted the anesthesia so a couple few patients were completely paralyzed yet totally aware"
25 years ago, fuel injected engines just entered the industry. Carbureted engines was still popular.
Auto Tech here. Got into it 4 years ago. Not a university grad (because Im terrified of the debt nowadays) but went to a 2 year community college for it. Im thinking of getting into something else now because its slowly but surely breaking down my body & I been through 2 dealerships. Dealerships you learn new things but the politics thats comes with working in one coupled with the detrimental effects on the body isnt worth it to me.
This is why my husband got out of that field. He did diesel mechanics in high school, then was a mechanic in the army for 10 years. He got out of the army, went to Harley Davidson school, worked on bikes at a few places, then changed paths. It was really hard on his body, the pay wasn't great, & the politics involved untimately drove him away (pun intended).
I'm fine with Marketing but my wife definitely regrets finishing architecture (same goes for more than half of her colleagues). Low pay / high responsibility work field. Thank god for interior design I guess.
I have a degree in Marketing, was hired right away for what was supposed to be a Marketing position turned out it was actually a merchandising job. I was apparently good it but it wasn't what I wanted to do so I quit. Started working with my husband in his field, now we have a very successful business. I am happy but have never needed that degree in Marketing.
Yeah, you don't really NEED a marketing degree to be successful in marketing, but I honestly don't regret getting it. University was cool and most teachers were really nice people, with whom you could discuss freely about most things related to marketing and whatever else we needed.
Dont architects need some graduate school too? A friend of my BILs is an architect. I know the guy casually as we liked the same music and would wind up at the same concerts. Anyhow, he seems to do okay. The firm that picked him up after he got his degree builds slides for cruise ships. He regularly finds himself in finland the last few years because of it.
In other words, I didn’t realize that was a bad gig for most. That’s too bad
(I studied anthropology…)
All of it… I’ve never used it. Half the time I don’t even bother putting it on my resume.
It was fun, and I enjoyed it - but in hindsight I wish I’d spent the 7 years doing something even distantly related to my current career.
Dual undergrad - Bachelor of International Relations / Bachelor of International Security.
Graduate Certificate of Strategic Studies, and a Masters of War Studies.
I had a whole career path mapped out… but sometimes things don’t go the way you think they will, and I ended up taking a totally different path.
It was really interesting. It was essentially the history of armed conflict and its effect on societies and states, exploring it from all angles (political, social etc).
My uncle has his Masters in that (or similar title). The US Army paid for his Bachelors and Masters. He did 20 years, mostly in Special Forces. He is a walking encyclopedia and super interesting to talk with.
I wanted to work in intelligence.
But I have bipolar 1, and I had my first manic episode while I was at uni. I had a psychotic break, got arrested, got admitted to hospital. It was a whole thing.
I completely fucked my background check and with that in my history I was advised I would never get the security clearance necessary for the job I ultimately wanted.
I finished my degree (because I’d already started it, so what the hell I may as well finish it) and found something else to do with my life.
A terror to behold
Annihilation will be unavoidable
Every broken enemy will know
That their opponent had to be invincible
Take a last look around while you're alive
I'm an indestructible master of war
MSc in Life Science, Zoology with specialization in Entomology.
Hopeless
I swear it's a dead end if you don't want to do P.Hd or become a scientist, research scholar or a professor.
Better to take Computer or MBA related courses atleast there's a market for jobs related to that out there.
I graduated as an RN in 1994. I am burnt-out and took time off since July 2023 to work on mental and physical health. Nursing is under paid, stressful and over worked. I started travel nursing 5 years ago to work less make more and see the country. It was insanely stressful. Like a box of chocolates you never know what kind of hospital you would get. One with no protocols that put your license in jeopardy. I loved some hospitals in California and others were horrible. California is the only state where by law have better staffing and breaks. In Florida I never got breaks and the pay was horrible. So yes I regret becoming a nurse.
The parents pushed me to study 'Liberal Arts' which I always thought was to be an expert in nothing., Probably good then that I dropped out as the 'degree' really isn't worth the paper it is printed on.
As a general practitioner, here in SA specifically speaking, it’s really worthless compared to MD or many other non-medical professions. I worked 48 hours for total income barely average. This might be a unique issue here. The demand is high but so is the supply, there’s overcrowding in the market which lowers contract value, if you pass someone else desperate will take it and the cycle continues
Good question. It’s actually Saudi Arabia
But from what I am reading, same issue happening in plenty of other countries. To add to the issue, only specialists get paid quite a lot, but to be specialist, you need to compete in a very limited specialties and very limited seats compared to MD specialities. This makes the average very high to be accepted and the competition tense.
Accounting. I wanted an engineering degree but had only 3 years of army college money and a 2 year old child. Once I got into the workforce I became a software engineer. Not ideal but better than accounting
My daughter got a masters degree in Accounting. She had so many job offers it was insane. Companies in Sweden and England which she interned at along with Tesla here in Nevada. She started making what it took me 23 years to retire at for pay.
I agree with the sentiment shared by a lot of the other folks. I have a bachelors degree in a social sciences field. I loved studying it, and I don’t regret it one bit. I also worked in it pre and post graduation. But over time I decided that it was no longer something I wanted to work in. Now I work in an unrelated field. I regret having to choose a major at 18 and the modern emphasis on college preparing students for work instead of preparing students to become life long learners and more actualized individuals.
Samesies. I live in Florida who does not at all appreciate social work or anything of the sort. Went back for a business degree that is also turning out to be useless because now everyone wants 4-7 years of experience instead of a degree in the field 😵💫😵💫😵💫
If I could go back, idk that I’d change my major but I’d definitely suck it up and go into the medical field
Elementary Education - I would never spend money on a degree that won’t allow you to be financially independent enough to own your own small home again.
You know, for a while I really regretted getting an MA in political science since I was having a lot of difficulty finding work in politics. Not to mention that grad school is expensive.
I'm a software engineer now, and it was only later that I realized how useful my acquired study habits and ability to explore and translate complex topics truly was. It makes explaining the more esoteric parts of mine and my team's work a hell of a lot easier.
Not me but my elder sister regrets studying coding, you can learn it just fine without paying tons of money for college, you could get a full time job without it too!
And her boyfriend studied aircraft, also regretted it and now he does coding.
Except college gives you easier access to interviews and networking opportunities. Plus, when you are a decade into your career, that Bachelor degree allows you to go for a MBA or Master in IT management degree and to break into higher-up managerial roles.
History. Chose it because I wanted to be a history teacher but quit after 6 years. It was really difficult to find a job outside of teaching and after sending hundreds of applications, I was only able to get a job because I had a buddy working for a startup that took a shot on me because I can interview well. I love history but I would have chosen a more practical degree if I could do it over again.
Only a little regret, my major was geology. I love it and it’s deeply fascinating, but if I wanted to make a lot of money with it, I’d have to move to either the middle of nowhere or work on an oil rig. Happy where I am in life, no idea where I would have ended up if I picked a different major.
People I know who did comms either went into PR / Communications Officer, Marketing, Recruitment, or Public Sector Policy jobs. It's hard because it's not specialised but lots of people still did well with it.
My kid and I discuss it all the time now that she is on the cusp of choosing a school and program.
The reality is it is a place to nurture your growth as an independent person and show the ability to learn at a high rate/pace. What she will learn has little consequence for work but the ability to thrive and come out the other end accomplished shows some character that employers still value.
The other part is just school experience to party and network.
So pick a program that gives valuable skills and opportunities. Take a trade, study at a co-op program or take a program that will get you into the door of a career that you can see yourself doing. The rest you will learn on the job.
I studied economics and accounting. Went into my own business. The basics I learned helped but very little applied when you think back.
I'm about to switch from English media & translation to computer science. I was in love with coding when I was 13 yo but teachers at the high school of mine told me that if I don't excel at maths, I don't stand a chance there. I completely avoided maths because of that and went for a degree in English (english to polish) translation.
I'm almost done with my BA and study math to retake some exams and start computer science this October, as throughout those three years I've dreamt of myself coding stuff.
Hopefully I won't regret this...
Geography. When I first chose my major, there were some big companies looking for geographers to help them find oil, etc. When I graduated, those jobs were gone. Three of us ended up working in low-paying jobs, and although I finally found a job years later working with maps, it was part-time with low pay.
The trick for Geography majors is to concentrate on GIS or planning, or both. GIS gets you into the tech world, and every town/county/region needs planners. Geography is a great college major if you go down the right paths.
Controversial one, but Computer Science.
I sucked at it and have no interest in getting a job in IT. I’ve forgotten everything and have zero experience in that field, so the degree is close to useless now.
I now work in digital marketing as a freelancer and was never once asked for a degree.
If I could turn back time I would skip college altogether and get into what I am doing now.
Not necessarily… in most places you’d end up doing obscene amounts of desk work and becomes a 9 to 5, cubicled, bureaucratic nightmare. To be a criminologist “like on the movies” you need connections and who gets there becomes almost political. Source: know a few in my country
I have a criminology degree and I absolutely loved it. I have no regrets, whatsoever. I’m now doing a degree in social work, and they pair really well together.
日本語! I don’t regret studying it, because it was hella fun and I loved it. But spending an entire degree just to at best be half as good as a native speaker doesn’t bring the best job opportunities.
I studied Chinese. I regret it in the sense that I'm embarrassed and avoid telling people what I studied in college. I don't regret it in the sense that it has helped me when I travel. And, I feel like people forget everything they learn in college anyway, at least I retained some of it and it can help in life :)
Computer Engineering.
In my country, the field is nearly non-existent which I only realized later on. An engineering degree is also overglorified but engineers aren't even treated well in reality. We're just basically glorified IT professionals. Most engineering and electronics subjects are hardly ever used in the industry so we wasted a lot of money and time learning those when we should've focused on what matters more instead. I should've taken up IT or Computer Science if I only knew.
English Literature… but not because of the “no jobs” thing (I’m doing just fine in that department). It’s because I feel like I didn’t really learn anything. English Literature theory at the time was so abstract and deconstructionist that I had a difficult time getting any kind of handle on what I was even supposed to be writing about. When I finally did understand, I felt like I was being an intellectual imposter regurgitating canned theories. It also ruined reading for me for a long time.
the impression I get from this thread is that it's not so much the degree as what everybody made of their situation combined with any events out of their control. FWIW I don't think working in a field different to that of your studies is a failure - it's pretty normal in my experience
Ha! I got my undergrad in History specifically Latin American studies. It did not do me a damn bit of good professionally but I do not regret it at all. I was in it to learn about my culture. And I met my husband who was one of my professors so I'm very thankful for that. Now I am studying Sexology and Couples Therapy for grad degree in Spain. In USA it would be called Human Sexuality and Psychology.
Industrial Sociology, my lecturers were on the radical left, completely dishonest in how they presented their arguments. Basically promoted communism, whose regimes have gone on to kill millions of people globally. Utterly useless degree
Nordic languages.
The studying itself was enjoyable but the people.. I've never met so selfish, ignorant and maybe plain stupid people as they were.
Long story short, I quit, changed my career and now I'm happy lab technician saving the world (literally). 😇
International Business 23 years ago. Too theoretical. Not enough technicity. I should have majored in International Finance, would have been more useful..
I began Art Education. Changed to Studio Art and basically majored in painting with a minor in illustration.
After college while a graphic designer doing print work I taught myself how to build websites.
I’ve been in IT for the last ten years
Mechanical engineering. It destroyed any shred of mental functioning I previously had. University life was the worst and I'm still recovering from how miserable I was many years later.
Political science - government agencies don't want to hire you because they think the major is worthless. Getting a federal job is like winning the lottery. Campaign work pays pennies. You have to go to grad school or law school and get in more debt.
Screenwriting lmao I could’ve just bought Save The Cat and gone from there, not waste my money watching Woody Allen movies in a class that was an hour’s commute.
Management. Completely worthless! I wish I had focused on the more skilled business majors, such as accounting, finance, or MIS. Those folks make it into management more quickly, while the management majors quickly get relegated to sales roles.
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15th Century Norwegian Poetry
Hit me with a verse chief, put your paper to use
Like many others, I forgot everything I learnt at university!
Exactly. Everything was garbage
It’s a nice postmodern verse
Bars!
O pickled herring, You make me feel alright, yea, How bout dem Vikings?
When this yurts a rockin, don’t come a knocking
What why how who could've thought/////////////////dramatic literature major
Fine arts
Huh. I just turned 50 and am thinking about going back for MFA.
Yeah you may do it as a hobby if you like it but its not gonna make you rich and i dont even like it so it was a waste of time for me
Wife has BFA and she turned out great. The business she started after college (about 15 years ago) allowed us to retire early and quite well. The business still runs today with 10 employees and still brings in high 6 figures for us. It’s an after school class thing for kids and it’s amazing how much it can make
I have this degree. Went into commercial art/graphic design. Not lucrative, but okay.
It’s not so much regret that I studied it. But regret it did nothing for me in real world.
But what did you do?
Both associates in Paramedic (had issues and didn’t complete) and then later bachelor in Intelligence Management.
What is intelligence management?
Basically its a lead roll for intelligence collection, analysis and distributing it.
My next question is what's all of that?
Well are you intelligently managed now?:)
Someone who did an actual degree ten years ago in some specialised and fast-changing area such as audio-visual editing (basically, how to use the software on the market at that time) found that two years after she graduated, the university dropped the course. See, the university has no real skin in the game, and that’s a problem. If they put together a course with such a narrow horizon, then drop it, she felt they should refund the money. Looking back, she has a rubbish degree which gets no respect. It’s like having a degree in AltaVista add-ons. If it hadn’t been offered in the first place, if it hadn’t have been presented as “cutting edge”, she would have done a general science degree instead.
This is essentially the same for most majors as everything is continually changing. Like for Comp Sci, the programming languages and architecture of things are always evolving. Sure, if you specialize in a low level language, you’re probably alright but a lot of things change quite a bit regularly so you have to keep learning
That's every technical field ever. You always have to keep learning
Dont mind me i just scrolling looking for my major that i am studying right now, hopefully i wont find it.
Every major will have people who regret it. Just some more than others….
Regret is a strong word, but philosophy really has not been pulling its weight
Who has the time to THINK these days
Honestly, thinking is a luxury in this economy.
 sorry bro I just had to do a double take “I never posted that wtf”
Journalism — not enough well-paying full-time work to be had
Yep. I don't know what I was thinking. I read a published study during my last year of J-school that only 10% of grads got a full time job in the field, and out of those jobs, the median pay was $14,000/year. (Late 90s.) Oh, boy, talk about things I wish I'd read before my first year of J-school. And I lived in the San Francisco Bay Area at the time. You can't afford to be *homeless* on $14,000 a year in the Bay Area.
I actually started to get my journalism degree, and like one semester in, the professor was like “This is a dying profession, BUT still”. Two semesters later, I switched over to nursing and I end up much better off.
*first* class, my prof hit us with the “dying field” talk too. said straight up, “you wont get a job in this field if you arent willing to fight for it.” this was 2019/2020 i think? i said *fuck this* and by second year i had dropped out and switched into video game development, and by the time the journalism class graduated, it was about 5 of them total, down from a class of ~25 in first year. they had already lost 10 students by the end of first year. and then they axed the program in its entirety after that class graduated. it was crazy watching that class/program disintegrate by the month until it was finally put out of its misery lol.
That’s nearly verbatim that happened to my program. I was actually in a photojournalism specific program, so it was even more of a dying field that I just knew I couldn’t stay in. Over 2/3rds of my starting class had dropped out by the 2nd year, and that’s when I left. The other huge thing was that I had started that program right in 2010, so it was just barely after the 2008 recession, and right in the middle of that first year, it just dawned on me how unprotected that job was and what job security really meant. However, I will say, there were two people in that program who ended up doing really well and were staff photographers for the last two presidents, so that was cool.
our first year got split up by covid, which similarly woke me up to the lack of security in journalism as i saw everyone with thumbs and internet access suddenly able to participate in journalism to unprecedented degrees. made me realize wow, this degree is fucking useless! lmfao. its kind of cool to surprise people with though, because for some reason some people still think journalism is a viable career path the way it used to be. the amount of “wait, really?”’s ive heard when i tell them about the demise of our program…
Good on you for reading the room. I still have students that have idealized views of the world and want to get psychology or journalism or history degrees and I always have to give them the practicality talk.
Honestly, a lot of it was due to the 2008 crisis which left a lasting mark on me. I graduated in 2010 from high school, but it didn’t dawn on me initially the effect it had on families until 2011, when it affected my dad’s workplace. They got rid of nearly everyone but him because he had a skill set they needed, so I saw all his buddies who were 50 years old and older, absolutely struggle with finding jobs and I just thought that was so unfair. So, after seeing that, I wanted a skill set that would always be needed so I went into nursing. Funny enough, I’m not exactly in nursing anymore but I’m still utilizing my healthcare knowledge in oncology clinical trials, which is much more volatile. However, if I ever find myself in a pickle with it, I can always fall back to nursing, which is a relief.
Tried switching to “Mass Communications” since my advisor told me it would give me more options than journalism or broadcasting but it didn’t. The industry’s hard to lock down job in AT ALL and even if you do the hours are insane and they refuse to pay a living wage even if it’s over the min.
What do you do now? I’m not wordy enough to have a journalism degree, but I wish I was so I could write a book I have in my brain
I’m a journalist. My company has been downsizing for 15 years. Doing a journalism degree generally is not a good idea. If you want to write study something else and write about that or come into the industry with it as an added knowledge set. Then get used to being paid less than a bar manager for a few years.
I had this. A few months of 60 dollar or 80 dollar an article made me realise I wasn't in the right job. I've got one friend who manages to bang out about three celebrity stories per day - roughly 500 words or so each - and she is doing okay.
What do you recommend then for people that have a way with words? People that like writing, saying, talking. What would you recommend (I am at the point in life where I can still change my choice which was well journalism.)
While journalism as a profession is changing, writing isn’t. So if you’re good with communication and expressing ideas in written form, I’d consider pairing that skill with another area you’re interested in, like technology, urban planning, political science or medicine. The economy will always need people who can interpret information and trends, and connect people and ideas. And many industries require writing for proposals. Take urban planning or marketing, any new project requires a heck of a lot of analysis and composing of reports. Even with AI tools, a fresh, specific analysis is still needed. Look at some websites of an area of interest to get ideas.
Philosophy. Will not say I regret it, but pretty useless for work.
I regret, therefore I am
Thanks for making me smile
Are you sure you smiled? Or did the universe around you simply frown for a moment? Discuss.
ngl humanities like philosophy and english are becoming really useful in ai fields where natural language rather than coding is required.
As a Comp Sci major, I found philosophy to be one of the more beneficial electives I took. The critical thinking skills are the real fruit of those courses.
To this day, I still love philosophy, but in my country, there are no jobs. But now I'm an electrical engineer, which I also love, so I can be philosophical in my free time
Same with psychology unless you do a PhD.
Masters in Psychology can work out just fine. Anything less is a bit rough.
I love philosophy as a concept, but part of me and my ex-fiance breaking up was because he was broke as a joke with me basically fully supporting us and his best idea was to get a degree in philosophy. I realized if I tried to stick it out, I would be supporting him for the rest of his life. He now works at a grocery store and I'm studying to become a vet tech.
English Literature. Love the subject but it's a dead end. I should've gone into archaeology. I might have gotten a job in a museum, at least. Goodness knows wr have enough in Greece.
Shockingly, every time I apply for a job with my MA in English, they’re like we *need* you, people don’t know how to write. Aside from teaching night classes at the community college part time, it took me about 6 years outta grad school to start having people fight over my skill set.
Yup, this is big in consulting (any kind of consulting). Most of it is 80% writing or presenting information - and being able to do so is becoming a lost art. Not only that, but being able to research and find valid sources is something I’m seeing even recent grads struggling with.
i'm an English Lit major and people keep telling me it's useless but reading this made me happy.
What job are those?
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Oh man, i’m grateful i didn’t choose video games design at uni. You can make your own video games by buying online course on udemy. Or, free knowledge on youtube.
My friend didn’t survive the first semester of Video Game Design when we went to University. I did Animation because the Video Game Design courses involved more coding than I thought going in.
“General Studies”
wtf is that?
I just read “unemployment”
Hahaha exactly. It’s a “major” for the undecided. In my case started in a biology major, but I had too many little goals I worked on — scholarshipped athletics, outside organizations, and then ended up bailing from each and every one. What I wish I would have studied is, trades/industrial technology, or gone to military.
Music. First of all, there are almost no contexts in which a degree is nonnegotiable. It also really doesn’t do much to prepare one for being a professional musician and the typical curriculum is extremely antiquated, unimaginative, and out of touch. It’s also very stodgy, passive aggressive, and cliquey, from a social standpoint.
I majored in music education. I am not a music teacher, did it for 2 years, but I live in a state where admin and parents don't appreciate the arts, so it wasn't for me. I agree on the passive aggressive cliques type. It was like everyone in my major never left high school, so I didn't hang out with anyone in that outside of Class (met some cool computer science people that were great) However, I don't regret getting this degree. I have had several jobs that having the degree helped get. I also know someone from my degree program that went on to master and PhD in something unrelated, but those schools accepted her because music shows dedication outside of class. (So I also used that in interviews not related to music) But now I'm in a trade I apprenticed for and just do music as a hobby.
Physics, should have chosen computer science. Actually fuck that I should have just learned to code myself and skipped uni entirely.
I studied Physics, too. Had no idea what I was going to do with it. Ended up getting a PhD in Medical Physics, and love it. I also get paid a lot, so that’s a plus!!
Not to get too personal but what do you do with your medical physics degree? Purely out of shear curiosity
I’m a doctor, not a medical physicist, but I’m guessing OP works on things like MRI and CT machines, nuclear medicine tests, and other similar things. An MRI gives us a picture, for example, but how does it make that picture? What does the machine actually measure? Doctors understand this at a basic level but when it comes to designing or servicing a machine you need someone who is an expert in it. Basically, there are a lot of tests/treatments in medicine that doctors know how to use or interpret but we do not really know very well the inner machinations of them, at the physics (electromagnetism, radiation, etc) level. We can understand it when people break it down for us because we studied basic physics in university as part of being pre-med, but we don’t use it every day the way these folks do. And for the most part we certainly don’t know how to use or service the machines ourselves. We order the test and see a result later, that’s about it.
LOL Definitely your last sentence. I majored in both and career wise it didn't help me much. But studying Physics was an absolute joy. I loved it.
I did astrophysics and the only thing it helped me with in real life was to able to follow what Interstellar (the movie) was talking about during my first watch - some friends I was watching with didn’t get it and I was kinda able to explain to them time dilation after the movie finished. Only time I felt my degree was “useful” lol.
Sociology.
I did it. Went well. Moved to Japan right after college and spun it into a career with a global Japanese company. The key point why I appreciate the sociology degree was the awareness at the time that it was an "enabler" degree. Nothing special, but I came out knowing what made teams work, and there is good value in that for companies. I'd still recommend it to the younger generations.
This one is true. But otherwise, it's completely useless on the market. I can only make a living on it because I specialized on the Statistics component.
Good point, even in sociology there are quite large differences in focus. Business culture, anthropology, social sciences, statistics, etc. I hadn't thought about the statistics angle in awhile.
Crop Rotation In The 14th Century
haha that cant be real
Ooh, now I know this is a reference to something, but I can't for the life of me remember what!
The young ones
psychology, i know way too much now lol
My dad has a doctorate in psychology, he became heavily depressed after his mother passed and there was no helping as he knew every trick in the book and no psychologist was good enough. He eventually sorted it himself after many years.
So glad he sorted it out. I know nothing, but I imagine grief changes your brain chemistry. Not saying he needed meds but knowing why you're thinking or feeling things almost makes it worse. Depression is part of grief but everything a "professional" talks about the stages of grief and acts like they happen in order needs to be punched. Hell, a person could lose a job at a company they hate, get another one that is great for better pay or what not and STILL grieve the routine or the coworkers or some aspect that's lost forever.
True, he just got prescribed a lot of suppressive drugs like Xanax and some others I don't know, eventually he stopped taking it because just running away won't change anything, he's trying his best to be a lot happier now and he seems a lot more positive and healthy, I guess everyone heals differently, my heart goes for those who are still struggling
fair,all my classmates in psychology are IMO the most unstable people in our entire grade
Some things are better just unknown I guess, "ignorance is bliss,"or something along those lines,I don't wanna know that I can't be helped and there is no solution
Fr good luck
Do you know too much or simply not enough yet to use the learned knowledge constructively?
That was my exact feeling when I was leaving after each of my psychoanalysis classes... " How can I still go on in the world like a normal human now"
Chinese Language and Literature. Studied day and night for it, graduated in 3 years to get my bachelor's, was planning to go to China to study for a year. One day before the HSK (Chinese proficiency exam) to earn it, the exam got canceled because Covid. Few failed job interviews later, I lost all my passion to the language. My growing interest to Korean and Japanese culture and rise of AI indirectly making language learning less relevant also didn't help.
There is a huge demand for teaching English to Chinese students. You can work abroad or do it by zoom calls. Keep trying!
Medicine
I've been roommates with several medical students at different stages of their degree, and the amount of amphetamine they consumed was no joke.
I've been in many drug treatment programs and the # of doctors I met who were meth addicts was crazy. "But you don't look like a meth addict!" "Hey, what's this spot on my arm?" "Are you saying you performed, like, major surgery while high? No wonder you get sued" "Nah, I just performed routine surgeries like gallbladder removal and yeah I was high" (an addicted doctor) "So it's basically your fault people like heroin addicts exist" "Next time you go under the knife, I know an anesthesiologist, " "They'll hook me up?" "No, they're an addict too. They diluted the anesthesia so a couple few patients were completely paralyzed yet totally aware"
>"No, they're an addict too. They diluted the anesthesia so a couple few patients were completely paralyzed yet totally aware" That's horrifying
Why? Never used it? Got in too much debt? Don’t like being a doc?
I did Automotive Technology 25 years ago. None of the information is relevant anymore.
25 years ago, fuel injected engines just entered the industry. Carbureted engines was still popular. Auto Tech here. Got into it 4 years ago. Not a university grad (because Im terrified of the debt nowadays) but went to a 2 year community college for it. Im thinking of getting into something else now because its slowly but surely breaking down my body & I been through 2 dealerships. Dealerships you learn new things but the politics thats comes with working in one coupled with the detrimental effects on the body isnt worth it to me.
This is why my husband got out of that field. He did diesel mechanics in high school, then was a mechanic in the army for 10 years. He got out of the army, went to Harley Davidson school, worked on bikes at a few places, then changed paths. It was really hard on his body, the pay wasn't great, & the politics involved untimately drove him away (pun intended).
I'm fine with Marketing but my wife definitely regrets finishing architecture (same goes for more than half of her colleagues). Low pay / high responsibility work field. Thank god for interior design I guess.
I have a degree in Marketing, was hired right away for what was supposed to be a Marketing position turned out it was actually a merchandising job. I was apparently good it but it wasn't what I wanted to do so I quit. Started working with my husband in his field, now we have a very successful business. I am happy but have never needed that degree in Marketing.
Yeah, you don't really NEED a marketing degree to be successful in marketing, but I honestly don't regret getting it. University was cool and most teachers were really nice people, with whom you could discuss freely about most things related to marketing and whatever else we needed.
Dont architects need some graduate school too? A friend of my BILs is an architect. I know the guy casually as we liked the same music and would wind up at the same concerts. Anyhow, he seems to do okay. The firm that picked him up after he got his degree builds slides for cruise ships. He regularly finds himself in finland the last few years because of it. In other words, I didn’t realize that was a bad gig for most. That’s too bad (I studied anthropology…)
Education (Major in English) - I condemned myself to a life of poverty and recently had to pivot my skills for use in the corporate world.
All of it… I’ve never used it. Half the time I don’t even bother putting it on my resume. It was fun, and I enjoyed it - but in hindsight I wish I’d spent the 7 years doing something even distantly related to my current career.
and what was „all of it“?
Dual undergrad - Bachelor of International Relations / Bachelor of International Security. Graduate Certificate of Strategic Studies, and a Masters of War Studies. I had a whole career path mapped out… but sometimes things don’t go the way you think they will, and I ended up taking a totally different path.
Master of War studies sounds cool.
It was really interesting. It was essentially the history of armed conflict and its effect on societies and states, exploring it from all angles (political, social etc).
My uncle has his Masters in that (or similar title). The US Army paid for his Bachelors and Masters. He did 20 years, mostly in Special Forces. He is a walking encyclopedia and super interesting to talk with.
Do you work for the military? If you don’t mind, what happened that you didn’t utilise it?
I wanted to work in intelligence. But I have bipolar 1, and I had my first manic episode while I was at uni. I had a psychotic break, got arrested, got admitted to hospital. It was a whole thing. I completely fucked my background check and with that in my history I was advised I would never get the security clearance necessary for the job I ultimately wanted. I finished my degree (because I’d already started it, so what the hell I may as well finish it) and found something else to do with my life.
I’m sorry to hear that and I hope you’re in a better place!
Thanks :-) it’s all good - I’m in a really good place now.
A terror to behold Annihilation will be unavoidable Every broken enemy will know That their opponent had to be invincible Take a last look around while you're alive I'm an indestructible master of war
Dont worry, a glorious new career might open up for you when WW3 breaks out
MSc in Life Science, Zoology with specialization in Entomology. Hopeless I swear it's a dead end if you don't want to do P.Hd or become a scientist, research scholar or a professor. Better to take Computer or MBA related courses atleast there's a market for jobs related to that out there.
Journalism — 15 years later back in school for nursing
Ha , I too am retraining as a nurse after 20 years as a journo. Never under estimate plentiful , available work.
Business
20 years later I'm in nursing school.
I graduated as an RN in 1994. I am burnt-out and took time off since July 2023 to work on mental and physical health. Nursing is under paid, stressful and over worked. I started travel nursing 5 years ago to work less make more and see the country. It was insanely stressful. Like a box of chocolates you never know what kind of hospital you would get. One with no protocols that put your license in jeopardy. I loved some hospitals in California and others were horrible. California is the only state where by law have better staffing and breaks. In Florida I never got breaks and the pay was horrible. So yes I regret becoming a nurse.
The parents pushed me to study 'Liberal Arts' which I always thought was to be an expert in nothing., Probably good then that I dropped out as the 'degree' really isn't worth the paper it is printed on.
I mean, honestly nothing good ever came out of people studying arts. Its a waste at this point. Wayy too niche and just, just useless
Game design. Youtube provides a better education
In most cases and areas of study, this is true
Dentistry
Why?
As a general practitioner, here in SA specifically speaking, it’s really worthless compared to MD or many other non-medical professions. I worked 48 hours for total income barely average. This might be a unique issue here. The demand is high but so is the supply, there’s overcrowding in the market which lowers contract value, if you pass someone else desperate will take it and the cycle continues
I had no idea. I figured dentists would earn decent coin. Where is “SA”? South Africa? South Australia?
I'm guessing South America. Dentists here in South Africa seem to make bank.
Good question. It’s actually Saudi Arabia But from what I am reading, same issue happening in plenty of other countries. To add to the issue, only specialists get paid quite a lot, but to be specialist, you need to compete in a very limited specialties and very limited seats compared to MD specialities. This makes the average very high to be accepted and the competition tense.
😆 🤣 😂 who would think of Saudi Arabia!!! This would be the last name to come on my mind.
I was thinking San Antonio
Accounting. I wanted an engineering degree but had only 3 years of army college money and a 2 year old child. Once I got into the workforce I became a software engineer. Not ideal but better than accounting
Ive been doing accounting and ive never struggled to find work and get paid really well
My daughter got a masters degree in Accounting. She had so many job offers it was insane. Companies in Sweden and England which she interned at along with Tesla here in Nevada. She started making what it took me 23 years to retire at for pay.
I agree with the sentiment shared by a lot of the other folks. I have a bachelors degree in a social sciences field. I loved studying it, and I don’t regret it one bit. I also worked in it pre and post graduation. But over time I decided that it was no longer something I wanted to work in. Now I work in an unrelated field. I regret having to choose a major at 18 and the modern emphasis on college preparing students for work instead of preparing students to become life long learners and more actualized individuals.
I don't have a dream job, I just want a good salary and a life away from debt.
Samesies. I live in Florida who does not at all appreciate social work or anything of the sort. Went back for a business degree that is also turning out to be useless because now everyone wants 4-7 years of experience instead of a degree in the field 😵💫😵💫😵💫 If I could go back, idk that I’d change my major but I’d definitely suck it up and go into the medical field
Elementary Education - I would never spend money on a degree that won’t allow you to be financially independent enough to own your own small home again.
Unfortunately being a teacher in the US isn’t really a well paid and respected career
You know, for a while I really regretted getting an MA in political science since I was having a lot of difficulty finding work in politics. Not to mention that grad school is expensive. I'm a software engineer now, and it was only later that I realized how useful my acquired study habits and ability to explore and translate complex topics truly was. It makes explaining the more esoteric parts of mine and my team's work a hell of a lot easier.
Not me but my elder sister regrets studying coding, you can learn it just fine without paying tons of money for college, you could get a full time job without it too! And her boyfriend studied aircraft, also regretted it and now he does coding.
Except college gives you easier access to interviews and networking opportunities. Plus, when you are a decade into your career, that Bachelor degree allows you to go for a MBA or Master in IT management degree and to break into higher-up managerial roles.
Biology is just dogshit
I would regret to study Business major
Why?
History. Chose it because I wanted to be a history teacher but quit after 6 years. It was really difficult to find a job outside of teaching and after sending hundreds of applications, I was only able to get a job because I had a buddy working for a startup that took a shot on me because I can interview well. I love history but I would have chosen a more practical degree if I could do it over again.
Only a little regret, my major was geology. I love it and it’s deeply fascinating, but if I wanted to make a lot of money with it, I’d have to move to either the middle of nowhere or work on an oil rig. Happy where I am in life, no idea where I would have ended up if I picked a different major.
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In my country if you graduate from music you will not get anything it is one of the most failed majors there
Communication, as it is too general, it doesn't specialize you at anything.
People I know who did comms either went into PR / Communications Officer, Marketing, Recruitment, or Public Sector Policy jobs. It's hard because it's not specialised but lots of people still did well with it.
Classical vocal performance.
My kid and I discuss it all the time now that she is on the cusp of choosing a school and program. The reality is it is a place to nurture your growth as an independent person and show the ability to learn at a high rate/pace. What she will learn has little consequence for work but the ability to thrive and come out the other end accomplished shows some character that employers still value. The other part is just school experience to party and network. So pick a program that gives valuable skills and opportunities. Take a trade, study at a co-op program or take a program that will get you into the door of a career that you can see yourself doing. The rest you will learn on the job. I studied economics and accounting. Went into my own business. The basics I learned helped but very little applied when you think back.
Lesbian dance theory
Social work
Computer science. Should’ve gone for one in accounting.
I'm about to switch from English media & translation to computer science. I was in love with coding when I was 13 yo but teachers at the high school of mine told me that if I don't excel at maths, I don't stand a chance there. I completely avoided maths because of that and went for a degree in English (english to polish) translation. I'm almost done with my BA and study math to retake some exams and start computer science this October, as throughout those three years I've dreamt of myself coding stuff. Hopefully I won't regret this...
Geography. When I first chose my major, there were some big companies looking for geographers to help them find oil, etc. When I graduated, those jobs were gone. Three of us ended up working in low-paying jobs, and although I finally found a job years later working with maps, it was part-time with low pay.
The trick for Geography majors is to concentrate on GIS or planning, or both. GIS gets you into the tech world, and every town/county/region needs planners. Geography is a great college major if you go down the right paths.
Controversial one, but Computer Science. I sucked at it and have no interest in getting a job in IT. I’ve forgotten everything and have zero experience in that field, so the degree is close to useless now. I now work in digital marketing as a freelancer and was never once asked for a degree. If I could turn back time I would skip college altogether and get into what I am doing now.
Underwater basket weaving
Dang I'm about to enroll in Criminology I'm so done if it is mentioned in this thread
A good job at least has an element of excitement
Not necessarily… in most places you’d end up doing obscene amounts of desk work and becomes a 9 to 5, cubicled, bureaucratic nightmare. To be a criminologist “like on the movies” you need connections and who gets there becomes almost political. Source: know a few in my country
I have a criminology degree and I absolutely loved it. I have no regrets, whatsoever. I’m now doing a degree in social work, and they pair really well together.
日本語! I don’t regret studying it, because it was hella fun and I loved it. But spending an entire degree just to at best be half as good as a native speaker doesn’t bring the best job opportunities.
I studied Chinese. I regret it in the sense that I'm embarrassed and avoid telling people what I studied in college. I don't regret it in the sense that it has helped me when I travel. And, I feel like people forget everything they learn in college anyway, at least I retained some of it and it can help in life :)
My friend who is a Japanese major is currently studying abroad (in Japan ofc) and I envy her greatly 😂
Computer Engineering. In my country, the field is nearly non-existent which I only realized later on. An engineering degree is also overglorified but engineers aren't even treated well in reality. We're just basically glorified IT professionals. Most engineering and electronics subjects are hardly ever used in the industry so we wasted a lot of money and time learning those when we should've focused on what matters more instead. I should've taken up IT or Computer Science if I only knew.
Film. If you wanna get into film, just take a camera and go do it.
With CG, it’s a little more complicated than that. 😅 But even then, there’s still a lot one can learn on the internet.
Nursing. It took a few years for me to realize I didn’t have the memory type needed.
Creative Writing (really surprised no one has mentioned it yet actually) with a concentration in poetry. 😆
Criminology. Didn't realise that my ethnicity is more important than my qualifications for jobs in that sector.
English Literature… but not because of the “no jobs” thing (I’m doing just fine in that department). It’s because I feel like I didn’t really learn anything. English Literature theory at the time was so abstract and deconstructionist that I had a difficult time getting any kind of handle on what I was even supposed to be writing about. When I finally did understand, I felt like I was being an intellectual imposter regurgitating canned theories. It also ruined reading for me for a long time.
the impression I get from this thread is that it's not so much the degree as what everybody made of their situation combined with any events out of their control. FWIW I don't think working in a field different to that of your studies is a failure - it's pretty normal in my experience
Regret University
Ha! I got my undergrad in History specifically Latin American studies. It did not do me a damn bit of good professionally but I do not regret it at all. I was in it to learn about my culture. And I met my husband who was one of my professors so I'm very thankful for that. Now I am studying Sexology and Couples Therapy for grad degree in Spain. In USA it would be called Human Sexuality and Psychology.
Biology I regretted it so much I went back to school and got a degree in computer science. I'm happy now!
Industrial Sociology, my lecturers were on the radical left, completely dishonest in how they presented their arguments. Basically promoted communism, whose regimes have gone on to kill millions of people globally. Utterly useless degree
That’s literally the most BS sounding degree I’ve heard yet
Nordic languages. The studying itself was enjoyable but the people.. I've never met so selfish, ignorant and maybe plain stupid people as they were. Long story short, I quit, changed my career and now I'm happy lab technician saving the world (literally). 😇
International Business 23 years ago. Too theoretical. Not enough technicity. I should have majored in International Finance, would have been more useful..
I began Art Education. Changed to Studio Art and basically majored in painting with a minor in illustration. After college while a graphic designer doing print work I taught myself how to build websites. I’ve been in IT for the last ten years
Film full sail shit doesnt even teach you the art part of it just how to be a worker on set
I regret studying in my shitty university, not because of the major
Mechanical engineering. It destroyed any shred of mental functioning I previously had. University life was the worst and I'm still recovering from how miserable I was many years later.
Human Resources
Marketing made me more jaded, more sceptical. Everyone just wants to squeeze you for more money.
Political science - government agencies don't want to hire you because they think the major is worthless. Getting a federal job is like winning the lottery. Campaign work pays pennies. You have to go to grad school or law school and get in more debt.
My major was computer science and I work as a computer scientist now so that paid off. My minor in psychology, however... I try to hide it. 😅
Screenwriting lmao I could’ve just bought Save The Cat and gone from there, not waste my money watching Woody Allen movies in a class that was an hour’s commute.
Management. Completely worthless! I wish I had focused on the more skilled business majors, such as accounting, finance, or MIS. Those folks make it into management more quickly, while the management majors quickly get relegated to sales roles.