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.

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

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 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.

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

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 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 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 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?

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 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.

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.

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

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.

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