• What is your level of education? What got you interested in your field?
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How many years of your life have you sacrificed to the education system? If you are studying something specific what got you interested in your area? I'm studying Nuclear Engineering because its cool as shit and has major potential to solve climate change issues. Its also interdisciplinary with national security and political issues so you get to dab in a lot of different fields.
got a masters in memeology edit: i mean mechanical engineering
I dropped out of elementary school
I am currently working on a 2 year degree in computer forensics with the option to do 2 more years at another college after I finish.
Halfway done with my bachelor's degree in linguistics, probably going to get master's for it after that. I've always been fascinated with all the different languages and their peculiarities. Not surprising I guess, considering that me and my family are German by nationality
finished my base medical degree in May of '13. Got my first job in Aug that same year and been working there ever since to get the practice, and trying my hand at entrance exams as and when I can manage.
Bachelor of Computer Science here. Graduated recently. Got into it because it had a good job market, my hobbies and interests showed that I liked and was suited to the area, and I was able to get the degree with no debt.
Just about finishing High School, heading into college for Surgical Tech. Been interested in doing something in the medical field thanks to the medical programs provided to me by my school. Plus seeing many members of my family having medical issues that were either mistreated or not treated at all fueled me more to get into the medical field to do better. Surgical Tech would be a good start for me as I want to go into the Surgical field. I'm hoping I'll get a good amount of experience starting out in Surgical Tech over being an RN.
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Dropped out in the second year of Medical Degree and went to flight school. Not sure what you'd call that since its technically a license rather than an education certificate.
Started out in medical school, dropped out (not by choice, just boring medical reasons) and I am now studying to be a music therapist.
I got a GED to get into college a year early, never got a degree and now I work dead end jobs in factories to pay my bills while my parents suck the life out of me and kill any chance I have of having a happy future
I'm probably going to go to university next year and start working towards my Master's degree in Pharmacy. Good money and the job market for a pharmacist is very bright, pretty much guaranteed job before you leave university. Also something I'm very interested in and find fascinating, which is great! :v: Currently, high school equiv.
I did a 2 year degree It made me hate public transportation
I learned to sell weed in college. [video=youtube;6LGGs4Wje00]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6LGGs4Wje00[/video]
[QUOTE=The bird Man;50734360]I learned to sell weed in college. [video=youtube;6LGGs4Wje00]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6LGGs4Wje00[/video][/QUOTE] Master of Horviculture.
Studying a double degree in my fourth year of six, the Bachelor of Business and Commerce. I chose the Business side because I greatly enjoyed Business Studies in senior school and even graduated at the top of the class, while the Commerce side was my second preference to IT but I'm glad that I got into Commerce instead as I feel passionate for accounting. Within those two degrees I'm also studying a pathway towards being accredited as a Chartered Accountant. I'd recommend studying either or both of Business and Commerce because you get to learn about so many things, areas I've studied include: organisation management, human resources management, marketing, information technology, accounting (it's an incredibly diverse field), economics, econometrics (economics meets calculus), finance, law, politics and philosophy. And it's just an enormously practical degree as well.
finishing MChem next year, will do PhD after if I can get the funding for it
I have an A.S. and certificate in graphic design and digital media arts. But it took almost 4 years instead of 2 to complete because of money and having to take dumb prerequisites. Also I guess I chose it because I like working with art and computers although I'm not sure if I will get a bachelor's or even a good job with it. I prefer print design over web design too which is gunna suck because almost every job requires web coding. Gotta save for classes again I guess.
About to finish my BS in Electrical Engineering in the fall, so far I've got a really cool [URL="http://www.ams-corp.com/"]Nuclear Reactor Control/Instrumentation Systems[/URL] company interested in me.
[QUOTE=LoneWolf_Recon;50740654]About to finish my BS in Electrical Engineering in the fall, so far I've got a really cool [URL="http://www.ams-corp.com/"]Nuclear Reactor Control/Instrumentation Systems[/URL] company interested in me.[/QUOTE] Welcome to the Nuclear family bro, hope you're a part of the American Nuclear Society
[QUOTE=RIPBILLYMAYS;50741733]Welcome to the Nuclear family bro, hope you're a part of the American Nuclear Society[/QUOTE] I might actually join, I mean I'm already apart of IEEE so I don't know if I should join ANS until I actually have a job working in nuclear.
high school but not because I'm in high school, but because I'm poor and probably too dumb to go to college.
[QUOTE=patq911;50741892]high school but not because I'm in high school, but because I'm poor and probably too dumb to go to college.[/QUOTE] Even if your ACT/SAT scores didn't go so well (Or if they did you can still get a decent amount of money, not loans, for a combination of both acedemic achievement and financial strain) you can still apply for financial aid. Anecdotally, most of my time in college was when my dad was unemployed and my family was in a state of two mortages. I did pretty decent on the ACT with a 24 along with a strong GPA of 3.8. Both of those factors combined allowed me to sail through 3/4ths of my time in college without ever touching loans. And if college doesn't work for you, you can always do trade school or a two-year degree. Trade school will pretty much guarantee you a job depending upon which trade you want to try. (My backup plan if college didn't go well was do a 12 week welding course).
High School. Currently work in the medical field making mechanical heart valves. Soon will be starting an apprenticeship to be a more general machinist [making replacement parts for all equipment, new fixtures, etc]. After that I may go into engineering in the medical field. My boss certainly thinks I have what it takes to be one of the head engineers if I really work towards it.
Double major in History and International Affairs, or as I like to call it, unemployment. Seriously though, I've always been interesting in geopolitics and how the world interacts with each other. In order to understand the world's interactions however, you have to understand its background and the historical context that has led to the modern era, hence the history degree. Albeit, I consider myself a historian over a political scientist.
I'm about to start my second year of multimediadesign. I'm still not sure what I'll do when I'm done. I don't really like coding, but it seems I gotta learn some, if I want a job. I should probably start filling out my portfolio :v:
After high school I finished a 2 year degree for computer networking, then a 4 year degree for network administration and minored in website dev. / business administration. Computers have always been my thing, but it's really goddamn hard to find any decent tech-related jobs in this area. Everything aside from the nanotech industry is just completely saturated with job applicants at this point in time. Last year I switched it up completely and decided to go back for another 2 year degree, this time for medical billing and coding. I'll be done with that in the fall and hopefully I'll find a job without too much trouble. Financially I am in a good spot, but sometimes I really doubt myself. I'm 28 years old and I still have no idea what I want to do with my life :suicide:
Finishing up a BSc in diagnostic radiography, just need to get a couple of things in order, which is why it is at an odd time. I chose it because I am pretty good at physics, but was not sure if I wanted to go fully down the medical route, and there are a wide range of roles a radiographer can go into - from specialising in various imaging modalities (CT, MRI, RNI, DSA, US and more) to reporting plain x-rays, radiation protection work, management and more. Also means I got to explore a bit of my interest in radiation protection, we are the main filter in that we determine if the risks of a procedure are justified by the potential benefit, as most requesting doctors do not know what our procedures entail, so will often over-order imaging.
Finishing up Bachelors in Civil Engineering. Taking the FE exam in a 3 weeks, actually. I wanted to go into Architecture but realized I can't draw for shit and have the artistic creativity of a fucking donut. Civil Engineering seemed to be the next best thing, so I decided to try it. So far I love it more than my first choice, and it's really opened up a bunch of new interests for me. Structural design is great but hydrology and hydraulics are fucking awesome as well. Best of all, relatives don't ever do the awkward "So, what're you doing with your life?" routine at family gatherings anymore because nobody wants to hear about crushing concrete all day :v:
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