Graduates of University - Do you work in your study field?

Having a chat with some friends the other day and we realised almost none of us work in any field directly related to our degrees.

And for me I’d love to, but probably as it’s over 10 years later, impossible to break in I imagine.

So I ask Grcade graduates..

Once you graduated however long ago, do you now work in a job that’s in anyway related to your field?

I guess in a more a general sense, after University what did you do and how did you end up there?

My tale:

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Over to you…

I did an Open University degree while working. Mostly just to learn things that interested me, very little of it was relevant to my job. As I didn't do it for work, I did an Open degree and just picked modules that sounded interesting, everything from astronomy to creative writing to IT and even a module on religions.

It took 6 years and I was lucky that I started before the Tories destroyed the opportunity for cheap degrees. Each module was quite cheap (few hundred quid) and I managed to finish it before the fees shot up into the thousands of pounds.

I studied physics, which included a module on programming in python, and now I work as a python (mostly) programmer (but not in a science related field). I voted "sort of" based on that.

Yes, did an HND at a polytechnic in software engineering then did my 'computation' degree at UMIST.

And here I am thirty years later, coding away all the day long. It's not a bad way to earn a living.

Studied Accounting and Finance then went on to qualify as an accountant and am now a Financial Controller.

So yep.

Yes because my employer at the time paid for the degree.

Yes - law degree and work in that field.

I studied Economics, and I now work in international shipping for a retail supply chain, and previously worked for a drinks retailer. So not really, no.

To be fair, I barely graduated, so I don't think many places would have taken me on for anything degree specific as it was.

I did English and use it everyday, exclusively.

Yes. Three history degrees, all of which get regular use.

RetroCora wrote:Yes. Three history degrees, all of which get regular use.

Three degrees? Your family must have been asking when will they see you again.

Had to google, 1/10

Why am I not surprised that a history graduate had to use Google?

I don't get that one either.

RetroCora wrote:I don't get that one either.

Bing it.

I'm actually not joking, I don't get what the joke is meant to be!

RetroCora wrote:I'm actually not joking, I don't get what the joke is meant to be!

It's just a silly joke that you have three history degrees but no knowledge of a very famous band/song.

Moggy wrote:
RetroCora wrote:I'm actually not joking, I don't get what the joke is meant to be!

It's just a silly joke that you have three history degrees but no knowledge of a very famous band/song.

You've no idea how genuinely anger-inducing it is and how many times I've heard "BuT yOu HaVe A hIsToRy DeGrEe YoU ShOuLd KnOw ThAt" about random facts and figures. :dread:

RetroCora wrote:
Moggy wrote:
RetroCora wrote:I'm actually not joking, I don't get what the joke is meant to be!

It's just a silly joke that you have three history degrees but no knowledge of a very famous band/song.

You've no idea how genuinely anger-inducing it is and how many times I've heard "BuT yOu HaVe A hIsToRy DeGrEe YoU ShOuLd KnOw ThAt" about random facts and figures.

I know. That's another part of the joke.

Graduates of University - Do you work in your study field?

I work in the field of my degree

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