Biology. Loved it. Have worked in the life sciences my entire career (medicine, pharmaceuticals, healthcare) and I use my biology background regularly - plus the chem, bio, biochem, genetics, organic chem, neuro, etc., classes I took along the way.

Sociology. Loved it! Kind of used it for first career, not at all in second one.

Anonymous wrote:International relations and public policy. Then MBA. Major is unrelated to my job but I enjoyed it and having a liberal arts background has definitely been useful since I can write, think analytically, and understand connections between various topics (politics, economics, business and human behavior for example).

Same experience with a double major in poly sci and English. Not directly related to my career, but extremely useful for the skills I learned--writing and critical thinking. Great fun to study, too.

I'm happy with whatever my kids decide to study in college. They'll make their own paths, just like I made mine.

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

Yes to the small talk! I'm excellent at most high SES social functions because of art school.

Literature and history, with a minor in women's studies. I manage databases now!

Loved my majors. If I had the funds/time I would get an mfa in literature, but everyone I know who did that has a lot of debt and hasn't been able to break into academia for work. Several bag groceries for a living.

My career has been winding through roles in the nonprofit field, and I seem to have settled on grant/data management. I definitely used my degrees more in the jobs prior to the one I have now, which is straight up data/quality assurance. But I find my work interesting.

Anonymous wrote: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.

What are the Big 10 (other than an athletic conference of course)? I worked at a big 8/big 4 accounting firm. Does Big 10/big 8 refer to consulting firms?

International relations and public policy. Then MBA. Major is unrelated to my job but I enjoyed it and having a liberal arts background has definitely been useful since I can write, think analytically, and understand connections between various topics (politics, economics, business and human behavior for example).

Classics. I loved it. I'm pastor now, and love that I can read every word in my tri-split Greek/Latin/English Bible.

Business with a marketing concentration and statistics minor. I loved the research and consumer behavior aspects of the marketing classes and have worked in marketing research ever since I graduated (23 years).

But, if I had it to do over again, I might have studied anthropology or sociology, which could have led to the same career but a broader education in human/social behavior.

Nursing major BS, MS and PhD all in nursing and now I'm the Chief Nursing Officer for a healthcare system. So still in nursing 25 years later.

Psychology. Now I am a psychologist!

Government major. It came in handy when I went to law school, however I no longer practice law. I'm now a psychologist, and wish I'd taken more psychology in college undergrad. Maybe I would have reconsidered law school? I love psychology. Politics, law and government -- I'm "meh" about.

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

Boy, I sure hope they like computer science and technology. Going into an area just because there are jobs is a recipe for serious unhappiness

--former accounting major who wishes she had majored in English, Languages and History.

Actually they do. Both computer geeks.

Journalism BS. I loved it and was the only person I knew who never changed my major. Now I'm one of the only people I know from J-school still working in journalism. And I do not love it...I consider myself to be an aspiring recovering journalist.

Anonymous wrote:Philosophy. Loved it. Still use it today in thinking through problems in my practice of law. (I'm a lawyer.)

My philosopher dh says that philosophy majors do very well on the LSATs! Makes sense to me.