Anonymous
10/28/2020 15:19
Subject: Re:English majors what do you do now?
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Librarian. I'll never be rich but I have good job stability, reasonable workload, and have a sense of accomplishment for helping people each day. Requires a Master's degree but it's not as onerous or expensive as many graduate degrees.
This is so important and nourishing.
--Fellow librarian
+1 from another librarian, who was a business major of all things!
Anonymous
10/28/2020 14:11
Subject: English majors what do you do now?
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:English BA from a big state school. First: technical writer. Then later: a great job as a software tester and software support rep. Much later: law school and became an attorney. I have relied on my English degree in every position as a result of the critical thinking skills, analysis and writing abilities, and language knowledge that the degree provided.
OH dear Lord. All of the English major attorneys I know are the worst. None of them have a sense for business or practicalities of the real world. If you want to be a con law professor, cool, but stay away from counseling clients.
No one cares about your useless anecdotes.
Anonymous
10/28/2020 02:18
Subject: Re:English majors what do you do now?
Anonymous wrote:Librarian. I'll never be rich but I have good job stability, reasonable workload, and have a sense of accomplishment for helping people each day. Requires a Master's degree but it's not as onerous or expensive as many graduate degrees.
This is so important and nourishing.
--Fellow librarian
Anonymous
10/28/2020 01:43
Subject: Re:English majors what do you do now?
Anonymous wrote:Has anyone taught English classes as an adjunct? I have a master's in English but a different career and think I would enjoy teaching like 1 class a semester.
Yes. I did that 15 years ago. Pay is beyond awful. You would make more as a waitress.
Anonymous
10/27/2020 21:12
Subject: English majors what do you do now?
Anonymous wrote:English BA from a big state school. First: technical writer. Then later: a great job as a software tester and software support rep. Much later: law school and became an attorney. I have relied on my English degree in every position as a result of the critical thinking skills, analysis and writing abilities, and language knowledge that the degree provided.
OH dear Lord. All of the English major attorneys I know are the worst. None of them have a sense for business or practicalities of the real world. If you want to be a con law professor, cool, but stay away from counseling clients.
Anonymous
10/27/2020 19:39
Subject: Re:English majors what do you do now?
Double major - English and political science - I do policy analysis as a Fed.
Anonymous
10/27/2020 13:50
Subject: Re:English majors what do you do now?
Hedge fund.
Anonymous
10/27/2020 13:43
Subject: English majors what do you do now?
Lawyer
Anonymous
10/27/2020 13:41
Subject: English majors what do you do now?
Photography
Anonymous
10/27/2020 13:38
Subject: English majors what do you do now?
Run a property management firm.
Anonymous
10/27/2020 12:24
Subject: English majors what do you do now?
Husband is a high school English teacher in DC; best friend is a librarian.
Anonymous
10/27/2020 12:21
Subject: English majors what do you do now?
Unnecessarily gotchu p.p.
Anonymous
10/27/2020 11:45
Subject: English majors what do you do now?
Anonymous wrote:I'm a communications director at a large university.
I didn't expect a degree to get me a job. I hustled and was the managing editor of my student paper and wrote freelance articles for magazines, wire services and newspapers while in college. I got a newspaper fellowship and apent a summer working for a major paper.
When I got to DC, I got a job as the assistant editor of an alumni magazine based on the quality of my writing clips. I continued to freelance and to tutor in English to save money. Working at a university, I got tuition benefit for my master's degree. I stayed in universities, but did not stagnate in one job; I moved through units and changed institutions when I needed to.
I never thought for one minute that degree = job. I have always made it about gaining experience after experience and making connections.
What an unimaginative and self-congratulatory approach to career path with an English degree.
Anonymous
10/27/2020 11:35
Subject: Re:English majors what do you do now?
Has anyone taught English classes as an adjunct? I have a master's in English but a different career and think I would enjoy teaching like 1 class a semester.
Anonymous
10/27/2020 11:31
Subject: English majors what do you do now?
Communications director at a nonprofit. I love my job, and I truly believe in our mission. Pay is $125,000 with good benefits.