Accounting. I did like it. I didn't like working in the Big 5, but I liked corporate accounting. I like tax too. I'm a CPA, but I SAH now. I'd like to go back when my kids are in school all day.

Poli Sci.

Yes, my life's work.

Anonymous wrote:BS in Engineering. Now a GS-15 fed. Not doing engineering work... Just pushing papers around. Sigh... But pay is good.

Same here. What we do for love and money.

Accounting undergrad. Finance MBA. Finance Phd.

After graduation I worked for the Big 10. After my MBA, I went to the consulting side of the now Big 8. Now I work for a Fortune 500 supporting the finance systems and I teach on the side. I work from home full time and have super flexibility and am paid pretty well for sitting at home in my shorts and t shirt.

Anonymous wrote:Art History.
Not in the Slightest, but it helps me make small talk at parties.

I know two people who majored in art history back in the day. They both (male and female) are doing quite well in their major and are the lucky ones.

BS in Engineering. Now a GS-15 fed. Not doing engineering work... Just pushing papers around. Sigh... But pay is good.

Art History.
Not in the Slightest, but it helps me make small talk at parties.

Criminal Justice major. Now, a surgical Physician Assistant. First love history. Some day.......

BA english. Have used my degree in my career since before graduating and ever after (25 yrs)

I was an Environmental Studies and Geography major. I did enjoy it. But I was lost after graduation. I eventually became a social studies teacher. I found a position in a TERRIBLE school district.

Now I'm a SAHD.

Anonymous wrote:Eons ago, I graduated with Business Administration - Marketing and Management degree. Hated it. All of it. So dull. Accounting and Finance classes - pffft. Not for me at all. I wasn't sure what to major in and just knew I needed a job after college, so I gravitated to our top-ranked business program.

There were so many interesting things to study in my Big Ten University.. English, History, Speech Pathology, and more. I am going to encourage my daughter to study something that interests her and maybe combine it with a useful minor. I'm sure grad school will be in her future.

I'm a librarian now!

Just curious what others have to say.

My sentiments (bolded) exactly.

computer science and math (two degrees)

I've always loved STEM, though, so not a hard choice for me. I am lucky that I preferred something (relatively) practical to say, art history, so this wasn't due to foresight on my part per se at all.

I enjoyed them and do use them now although not directly -- I am an academic in an unrelated field. math I don't use most of but it teaches you to think logically in the most clear way possible and that skill I use all the time -- a fantastic thing.

My BA is in social work (with a slant towards international issues - I had to petition for access to the graduate level courses in order to get to the SW issues I was actually interested in) with a minor in African studies. I went on to get a masters in econ. I know work in int'l development, mostly on economic growth in Africa.

So, yes I greatly enjoyed it and it relates to what I do now.

History and psychology. Total waste of time. my children are both going into computer science and technology majors.

Eons ago, I graduated with Business Administration - Marketing and Management degree. Hated it. All of it. So dull. Accounting and Finance classes - pffft. Not for me at all. I wasn't sure what to major in and just knew I needed a job after college, so I gravitated to our top-ranked business program.

There were so many interesting things to study in my Big Ten University.. English, History, Speech Pathology, and more. I am going to encourage my daughter to study something that interests her and maybe combine it with a useful minor. I'm sure grad school will be in her future.

I'm a librarian now!

Just curious what others have to say.