Fuck the forum's multiquoting abilities...
Graduating in May with an undergrad in Philosophy.... currently praying that my girlfriend can carry us financially because my degree is utterly useless and I have no idea how I will obtain any sort of respectable employment.
#prayfortrayvon
Do you have any connections at any companies? Usually doesn't take much to get business (marketing primarily) internships with an "in"
Also I'd strongly recommend looking into getting an MBA, cause they don't care about your undergrad, there are a ton of local schools that offer the degree with financial assistance, and you'll be able to get a job with an MBA.
Graduated a year ago from undergrad as a cs major and got a pretty good job, I already have 2 years reserve. At this rate I'm pretty sure I could've been fine not going to college and just worked at a normal job. I don't really spend the money I make so freely so it's kinda just looking pretty and that's about it.
Programming is one of the few fields where you can say that. Spend that money man...saving's accounts rates are a joke, so either spend it on yourself (trips for example) or invest it. Don't just watch it though...that's a waste.
Grad student in Neuroscience. Just started. I like scientific thinking in general, see myself being a scientist, and want to hone my skills in the art of doing science. Cheesy, I know, but true nonetheless.
Neuroscience in particular is my chosen field because the nervous system as a whole (not just the brain, although it's obviously the most complex part) is so complex and has so much that's only hazily understood about it right now, plus it only really started being a big science fairly recently compared to, like, Physics, so it's cool to jump into a field with so much potential. Oh, and nervous system disorders are, by and large, things you mitigate (if that!) rather than actually fucking fix, so it'd be cool to contribute to a field that can be drawn from to yield treatments down the line.
It's a bit premature to say what research I'm doing because I'm still rotating and am still kind of orienting myself with what I'm doing in my current lab, so yeah.
Neuroengineering is fucking cool...don't know too much about neuroscience myself though. I was a B.M.E. as an undergrad a bunch of my bioelectric friends did extremely cool stuff with measuring brain activity and the like. Keep us updated on your research options, cause like you said, it's a relatively new field and stuff is extremely cool!
Graduated with a Mathematics Degree in May and have the per-requisites for Med School.
Currently working as a Tennis Coach and a High School Mathematics Tutor while studying for the MCAT. The hope is to do decently well on it and get into some med school within the US.
No one here believes you are a math major.
JK, med school is always a fun convo with me. I think Ive spent over 6 hours advising Jimbo about med school crap.
Just curious though...how do you feel about the fact that after 4 years of harsh schooling and the 3-7 years of being treated lie trash as a resident, that your currently high salaries will be cut in half, possibly a 1/3, due to universal care?
Note, I'm not hating on public care at all (in fact, "morally" speaking, most health experts should support it), but it is just a mathematical certainty that med salaries will drop dramatically once public health kicks off.
graduating this december in Political Science, History, and International Relations. IDK what ill actually do now, hopefully government policy work or something but guess ill take whatever job I can and get some money flowing in before going on a part university funded / part own income trip to China late next year.
Congratulations in graduating with 3 useless degrees. I'm only half kidding. Not sure how it works in Aussieland but here it isn't too hard to get government internships that segue into something else.
I am a huge advocate of trips...are you think about only China or other parts of Asia as well?
Fresh out of philosophy graduate program at the Sorbonne. Apply to self: where is life headed?
From theory to practice.
ha nice
I graduated in May this year (biomedical engineering). Right now I'm applying for jobs and preparing for the GRE (which I'm going to take soon). I plan on going to grad school for molecular biology next year. I kind of wish I would've decided I wanted to go to grad school earlier and just started this year, but I had no idea what I wanted to do going into my last year of college.
Fellow BME! Are you thinking MS track or phd track? PHD in BME is known to be brutal, so I just want to make sure you are prepared :X
Graduated with a Master's in Computer Science in 2010, got a job doing software in the local government sector. It's a shitty sector. x) Mostly I took the job because I was kind of worried about job prospects given the economy in 2010. That said, it's been a good job, the people I work with are cool, and the pay+benefits are excellent. Hours are a bit long though, and my bosses are pressing me to work more :| In 5 to 10 years... I'll be somewhere between 32 and 37 ^___^
LOL ur so old.
I'm glad you seem to be happier with where you are now than what I previously remember (iirc you mentioned you didn't like where you were at all).
Misty at 37...
Welp not usually a regular on the forums but anyhow...
Graduated like 3-ish months ago. Got a job as a Graphic Designer / Digital Specialist (which really means they slap me on projects anywhere under the entire Adobe Creative Suite sun). Pretty chill, saving up money to pay off the little debt I have left. Hoping to get a Subaru WRX (hatchback awww yis 2 go do things n shiet) within the next year and probably gonna try and pursue making music and playing some live shows in my spare time and on weekends. Fairly steady going over the next year or two, hoping to move to Austin or New York eventually.
This sounds great! I think maniaclyrasist is another member of the forums who graduated recently as a graphic designer as well, and I think he might be living in NYC as well (though he went to school in florida so he might be closer to there).
Working for adobe will be a great experience / resume booster for you...are you thinking of sticking with a big corporation or maybe trying a start up out next?
Graduated in July in Mechanical Engineering. Was debating whether to follow a research route (PHD) or just get an engineering graduate job and get some experience under my belt as I lack any. I don't want to do a Masters degree simply because I want to end up with a PHD at the end of the day and a masters is just a waste of a year if I already know exactly what I want to be researching. Still haven't got an engineering job and waiting for replies to my research applications. Currently working as Mathematics & physics tutor. What frustrates me is that i never done an internship during my bachelors degree (due to circumstances then preventing me to do so) meaning that it will be pretty damn hard to get a job as a) most graduate jobs require a year or two of experience in the industry which is pretty stupid 2)many other vacancies are for graduates..BUT..BUT, with a masters degree (Msc, MEng)
By the looks of things, I am hoping to hopefully get accepted by one of the universities I applied to, finish my researching then get few years experience in the gas & oil industry.
It seems like you know you want a PHD...so I'd really recommend just going all in with that ASAP. No point wasting time...just get it done.
Yes please.
Working with my uncle as a general contractor. Mainly administrative support functions, but also as assistant manager of his company. We do exterior work on homes and businesses. It's an interesting gig so far but I hope to do something different two years from now. At this time it is an important step for me as this kind of experience is good on my resume.
Are you thinking about staying in that space or going into another business? The assistant manager experience will be good experience / resume booster for mba.
Graduated 2009, finally got motivated enough to start grad school back in 2012. Business Admin for me with a track to becoming a CPA. Currently working for the state government (so we get paid right now unlike those feds).
Ah, the CPA. Guaranteed money....the worst job ever. Be ready to be bored. A lot.
Good on you for being one of the few people to actually get the motivation to continue school. Most people are just talk.
I really do not know what to say.
I graduated with a BS in Cell and Molecular Biology. I can understand papers pertaining to those subjects in scientific journals as I have a firm grasp of the terminology and laboratory techniques involved in those fields. I retained much of my scientific knowledge and am quite familiar with many biochemical pathways, but I am lummox in the laboratory (and elsewhere in life) so I cannot reliably perform even the simplest laboratory procedures. I became "bored" with science as an undergrad since I perceived it to primarily investigate the behavior of particular objects (such as a cell line with the expression of some oncogenic genes knocked down through RNAi) and would be difficult to draw any broad and interesting conclusions from those studies that pertain to other phenomenon that do not involve that particular object or the specific circumstances that the object experienced, although I do maintain my appreciation of its accomplishments in elucidating fundamental relationships of the natural world (such as kinetic theory, the inverse square law of gravitation, and Darwinian evolution). In other words, I thought science had too many specific and irrelevant details.
I am still an errant young woman without much motivation.
LOL, I really should respond seriously first but "I am still an errant young woman without much motivation." is such a great way to end a long post...
OK. Have you thought about getting a Masters in a related science's engineering field? You seem to be discouraged with the specificity of the pure science's details...but the engineering side of the coin should have more practical / more generalized uses for you.
I'd strongly look into like a biomechanics masters program or something.
Hi, nowhere near graduating but a freshman doing undergrad in English. What kind of fields and options are open after doing such a degree beyond the patent, Masters+PhD, Law, etc etc etc?
Well...basically teaching and tutoring. I know tech companies are starting to hire English majors (who can prove some technical proficiency) for jobs like documentation experts, but that's really boring work :X
There is also always the stock "be a struggling writer" option :P
I'm currently an accountant; I've been working at a school for children and adults with developmental disorders for 5 years now. I like what I do and where I work, but am debating going to get my masters or looking elsewhere for other opportunities.
This is a pretty common theme...but I always recommend getting the Masters, and asap at that. a.) you'll hopefully be somewhat self motivated enough to use the academic tools available to you to learn more about your field b.) you'll meet a lot of people at similar points in their lives c.) dat resume boostere
Finished my 2-year Computer Engineering degree earlier this year and got a job at a server hosting company. It's a pretty solid job and I like my co-workers and I'm learning a ton, the more I learn, the more I realize I don't know.
I have some concerns about it long-term due to recurring wrist problems (evidently spending virtually all of both your work and leisure time in front of a computer isn't the best idea) but w/e.
Easy option...get a physical hobby. Join a yoga class, a boxing class, an mma class, etc.
2 years is associates right? Are you considering going back to school to finish a bachelor's, or are you good where you are at atm?
Finishing Bachelors in April and this kinda applies to me. I really want to go away for graduate school but don't really have a project or program (or school) in mind. There seem to be so many options when it comes to grad school that it seems near impossible to narrow down alongside a full undergraduate course load.
Canada or USA as well? I forgot what you were doing btw :X so can't comment too much until I know that.
As for the too many options...you're just making excuses :P Just take some time out to talk to a graduate school advisor and get a list to focus on, and do that asap. No point missing deadlines and being forced to wait a full year / semester to enroll.
Started in 2004 for pharmacy. Got screwed over by my advisor being bad and a professor with an unprovoked grudge against me, ultimately carried on and graduated in May 2011 with a B.S. Biochemistry. Had part-time work in an environmental lab for almost exactly six months before being fired over "trust issues" (i.e. a co-worker was badmouthing me to management, then they fired me despite no actual evidence and without allowing me to rebuff the allegations), spent over a year unemployed and only recently picked up full-time work in a crummy factory doing shitty manual labor for menial pay and requiring none of the skills I went to school for (or much of any other skills, for that matter).
Life's great sometimes.
Should've been leaving school as a doctor already in a job making six figs, instead graduate with a bachelor's, about four times as much debt (because I lost my scholarship after leaving the pharmacy program) and I can't even find a god damn job let alone one that pays something more than I can make with a high school degree.
My mom is an accountant for the local government, so I'm hoping my life turns out like hers. She worked "crummy factory job" for 18 years before going back to school for a degree and now has a respectable career. I hope it doesn't take me that long to get somewhere decent in life, considering I went to college right out of high school and not in my mid-30's, but you know what I mean. I really liked my lab job, so I'm trying to get certified as a wastewater operator and maybe next time a position opens up at the local wastewater treatment plant, I won't be their
second best candidate.
Looks like you're hit some unfortunate circumstances in your academic career...but that happens. It's good to see you're looking to get certified though...but are you just looking or actually trying :P (as in studying / doing the necessary required hours etc.)
I hope actually actively trying cause the worst thing I see people our age doing is just wasting their time by making lofty goals / plans but never actually implementing the course of action to achieve them...
Ph.d or it isn't worth it imo. At my uni, philosophy undergrads might take a maximum of 4 classes in logic and none of them require programming. To acquire the programming skills necessary and then get an MA probably wouldn't be more than a year or two quicker than a ph.d
phds are usually 5-7 years full time, and the normal course for a master's is 1-3 (1 for full time ambitious students, 2 for normal full time students, 3 for part time and lazy bum full time students).
The core for most programs can be done in 1 year, so I guess you're looking at 2-4 years, meaning it could be as you say...if you're lazy, don't do it, but if you're motivated and can dedicate full time then it'll be much faster (also without the research stress).