Is what you do for a living the same thing that you studied in school? - Toyota GR86, 86, FR-S and Subaru BRZ Forum & Owners Community

tzhu07 · 07-16-2014, 08:48 PM

Nearly 100% of the skills required for my line of work was self-taught using freely available resources from the Internet.

tahdizzle · 07-16-2014, 08:54 PM

Went to school to learn how to count beans, and Beans I r a counting.

jvincent · 07-16-2014, 08:57 PM

Electrical engineering degree and still working in that field in a management position, but still pretty technical.

That said, most of the stuff I do on a day to day basis I did not study at school since my field (semiconductors) has changed a lot since I graduated.

Gunman · 07-16-2014, 09:04 PM

I guess...got a AAS in Mechanical Technology, and now I'm a design engineer (aka CAD jockey) for a race team.

BlueDubbinTDI · 07-16-2014, 09:19 PM

Pretty much the opposite...

n2oinferno · 07-16-2014, 09:32 PM

I have a AS in computer technology, majored in Cisco networking.
Haven't touched any Cisco equipment since I graduated. Sysadmin now.

Manic · 07-16-2014, 09:43 PM

BA in English (yes, yes I know)

Currently a Marketing & Listing Specialist for a real estate team. Majority of my time is spent managing social media campaigns, CRMs, mailing lists, and lead conversion landing pages.

pche · 07-16-2014, 11:58 PM

Yes

Black Tire · 07-17-2014, 12:03 AM

Nope, and Nope.

BA in Electrical Engineering, MA in Teaching (secondary math, physics and chemistry)

Currently teaching classroom and behind-the-wheel driver's education to new teen drivers.

Cliu91 · 07-17-2014, 12:10 AM

Bachelor of Commerce and I'm in banking, so yes.

cnk · 07-17-2014, 12:17 AM

BS in Computer Science and a BS in Management. Technical team lead for a team of engineers with management exposure and potential for vertical movement. So yeah. . .doing what I studied in college, but haven't really had to apply anything I learned in college. The degrees got me in the door, everything else has been self taught.

btoast · 07-17-2014, 12:20 AM

I have an MA in Victorian literature and an MA in Education/Teaching.

I currently co-own a property management company.

f0rge · 07-17-2014, 12:15 PM

Not even close.

I went to school for "Communication Studies" (aka Bachelor of Arts degree), which is basically for PR work or journalism or social marketing.

I work at a bank as a process manager for retail lending products, basically I optimize existing processes through automation, simplification or elimination/outsourcing.

BRZZZZZZZZZZ · 07-17-2014, 01:29 PM

Sort of. I have an automotive service tech degree, but I work as a service adviser.

07-16-2014, 08:48 PM	#1
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Manic Is not fast. Join Date: Oct 2013 Drives: 2014 Whiteout M/T Location: SoCal Posts: 521 Thanks: 208 Thanked 474 Times in 199 Posts Mentioned: 9 Post(s) Tagged: 2 Thread(s)	BA in English (yes, yes I know) Currently a Marketing & Listing Specialist for a real estate team. Majority of my time is spent managing social media campaigns, CRMs, mailing lists, and lead conversion landing pages.

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