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Your "Education": If You Had It To Do Over...

Discussion in 'Fred's House of Pancakes' started by Jack Kelly, Feb 17, 2007.

  1. eagle33199

    eagle33199 Platinum Member

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    Being pretty fresh out of school, i have to say if i could do it over again, not too much would change. I probably wouldn't have gone for the EE minor (what a freaking PITA for no gain), and I bet i would have stuck to computer science instead of computer engineering to avoid some of the engineering req's (like Thermo - shudder). Overall it wouldn't have made a difference. I still ended up in a nice job working on software.

    Oh, and galaxee, i liked grad school too :) of course, it was only 3 semesters of management classes, and was way easier and less time consuming than undergrad.
     
  2. hyo silver

    hyo silver Awaaaaay

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    I don't hate my job - there are enough small successes and paycheques to keep me in it - but it's pretty boring. Creativity is not well appreciated in accounting, and most days I feel my intuitive, inventive mind is not being used to its potential. I love designing things, so something like architecture sounds much more interesting. I've looked into it, but can't see my way around five years of schooling with no income. And I don't want to make buildings the way they used to, I'd rather make something in harmony with the site that produces more energy than it consumes. Way back before I grew up I wanted to be a race car driver, a locomotive engineer, or Batman. At one point I told my little brother I wanted to be an inventor and make all my own toys. That still sounds like my favourite. :)
     
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    UNLV Entertainment Engineering. (Which did not exist just five years ago)
     
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    I absolutely loved my undergraduate degree in political science, although practically speaking, it was pretty useless. My Masters in Library Science put me in a career that I thoroughly enjoyed, but I am happier retired.

    I always wanted to go to law school. However, I always knew I DIDN'T want to practice law.

    Peace --
     
  5. qbee42

    qbee42 My other car is a boat

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    I'd do the same. I had wanted to be an Electrical Engineer since I was four years old. As a distant second, I might consider being a gigolo on a river boat. :D

    Tom
     
  6. efusco

    efusco Moderator Emeritus
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    <div class='quotetop'>QUOTE(qbee42 @ Feb 21 2007, 08:30 AM) [snapback]393878[/snapback]</div>
    Have you got a link where I can sign up for that?
     
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    <div class='quotetop'>QUOTE(qbee42 @ Feb 21 2007, 10:30 AM) [snapback]393878[/snapback]</div>
    I bet I could make just as good money doing that. "Ladies, take a number and step right up!"

    I'm already a corporate slut, might as well become an old-fashioned literal one too
     
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    rufaro WeePoo, Gen II

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    <div class='quotetop'>QUOTE(hyo silver @ Feb 20 2007, 07:38 PM) [snapback]393680[/snapback]</div>
    Kinda shows, hyo--because you DO do it...can you say WeePri mods? :rolleyes: