Some ways attending college impacted your life? Degree attained?

[Anonymous]

I got my BS in engineering 30 years ago. Never really liked it but it offered the best job prospect... 30 years later, in govt gs15/10. so no regrets

[Anonymous]

Life would be boring if your first course out of high school strictly dictated the next 70 years. There are many paths to a decent future.

[Anonymous]

Two big takeaways: Great spouse and exposure to so many interesting things that I know I’ll never be bored. (Also significant geographical and economic mobility (eastward and upward) but those seem much less important). PhD

[Anonymous]

Undergraduate at a SLAC BA got me direct admission into the top PhD program in my field fully funded plus significant stipend. PhD is required in my work, which I love and am reasonably well-compensated, so I'm grateful. SLAC undergrad gave me a broad base which informs many aspects of my life--personal and professional.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Wow, so only the medical Dr and the school teacher report requiring their degree for work yet college was a worthwhile experience nonetheless for others. Sorta what I expected. Thank you! OP here.

The plural of anecdote is not data.

[Anonymous]

JD, well compensated.

Beyond that, I learned the most important lesson of my life, which is that people don't really change their opinions. I consider that liberating, because it allows me to focus on what I believe to be right and less about worrying about what others think.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:JD, well compensated.

Beyond that, I learned the most important lesson of my life, which is that people don't really change their opinions. I consider that liberating, because it allows me to focus on what I believe to be right and less about worrying about what others think.

If you don’t care what others think what are you doing here?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:JD, well compensated.

Beyond that, I learned the most important lesson of my life, which is that people don't really change their opinions. I consider that liberating, because it allows me to focus on what I believe to be right and less about worrying about what others think.

If you don’t care what others think what are you doing here?

caring =/=curiosity....people post here, and read here for a variety of reasons

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:JD, well compensated.

Beyond that, I learned the most important lesson of my life, which is that people don't really change their opinions. I consider that liberating, because it allows me to focus on what I believe to be right and less about worrying about what others think.

If you don’t care what others think what are you doing here?

caring =/=curiosity....people post here, and read here for a variety of reasons

Just comes off as close-minded. I agree with a tiny fraction of what I read here, but sometimes my views do evolve based on what I read. Honestly, if you aren’t interested in what people are saying there doesn’t seem to be a point, unless merely to broadcast your own.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:My college degree was in philosophy. No job ever requires a philosophy degree, but I have never held a job where writing well wasn't a major portion of the job and I learned to do that in college.

I write well too. I learned to write well by reading a lot and blogging.

[Anonymous]

My degrees specifically? Nope, not really. Could I have gotten the jobs I've had without them? No way!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:JD, well compensated.

Beyond that, I learned the most important lesson of my life, which is that people don't really change their opinions. I consider that liberating, because it allows me to focus on what I believe to be right and less about worrying about what others think.

If you don’t care what others think what are you doing here?

S/he is a badass attorney. What s/he thinks is the law.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:My college degree was in philosophy. No job ever requires a philosophy degree, but I have never held a job where writing well wasn't a major portion of the job and I learned to do that in college.

My degrees, too, were in philosophy. They were for personal reasons, not for money. If it were for the money, I'd have studied religion/theology. I could have started a church - and the money would have rolled in.

[Anonymous]

I have a degree in journalism and i am a journalist. Yes, I use my degree.

[Anonymous]

Fairly well know university and got my BA in Humanities. The most impactful thing in college was the year abroad I did - nothing has impacted my life more than that year living and going to school in France.

I am a typical liberal arts thinker so my degree paid off big time in business. I am creative but not enough to go into the arts, a good writer but not a storyteller and can write a great report but not a novel. And I say the NYT crossword puzzle.