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Posted: 8/17/2023 1:32:55 PM EDT

[#1]

I have 2 associates. That's basically a bachelor's right?

Posted: 8/17/2023 1:39:28 PM EDT

[#2]

I reject your "of course" poll choice.

Posted: 8/17/2023 1:42:20 PM EDT

[#3]

Nope. Don't need one either. Going back now would be a pointless waste of money.

Posted: 8/17/2023 1:46:46 PM EDT

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Nope, just learned from a lot of old guys when I was younger, picked up a lot of stuff they don't commonly teach at college

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I did that too. Still do.

I was not a fan of school at any level, yet I find myself to be addicted to learning now that I'm done with formal education. Worked in my degree field and then taught myself an entire other profession, multiple actually.

Posted: 8/17/2023 1:52:32 PM EDT

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I did that too. Still do.

I was not a fan of school at any level, yet I find myself to be addicted to learning now that I'm done with formal education. Worked in my degree field and then taught myself an entire other profession, multiple actually.

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‘You never stop learning”

Posted: 8/17/2023 1:54:26 PM EDT

[#6]

Nope. I find it amusing how many folks with law degrees and scads of alphabet soup after their names (besides AVP, which takes no degree nor implies one) come to me near every day to fix their screw ups. It’s no wonder bankers get a bad name, sadly.

Posted: 8/17/2023 1:56:40 PM EDT

[#7]

Yep, BSAE.

Posted: 8/17/2023 1:58:54 PM EDT

[#8]

98.6 - the only degree that counts.

Posted: 8/17/2023 2:00:40 PM EDT

[#9]

No, I have an A.S I shouldn’t have bothered with and gotten certs instead.

At this point the ROI wouldn’t justify any more formal education. I’m ready to pivot out of tech though. Maybe open a pizza shop.

Posted: 8/17/2023 2:00:52 PM EDT

[#10]

Yes, and somewhat applicable to what I do now. Great overall experience despite wading thru liberal propaganda!

Posted: 8/17/2023 2:03:26 PM EDT

[#11]

BSME.

Posted: 8/17/2023 2:03:47 PM EDT

[#12]

College dropout, so no.

I do have a masters in the electrical trade, and made bank with it in the oilfield.

Posted: 8/17/2023 2:07:40 PM EDT

[#13]

Does a GED count? Not sure what it stands for. Help a brother out.

Posted: 8/17/2023 2:09:17 PM EDT

[#14]

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Does a GED count? Not sure what it stands for. Help a brother out.

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It ain’t the paper, it’s the mind and the drive in many cases

Posted: 8/17/2023 2:12:50 PM EDT

[#15]

I do not.

Posted: 8/17/2023 2:14:06 PM EDT

[#16]

Yep. I have an AA, BS, MBA, and JD.

Posted: 8/17/2023 2:14:56 PM EDT

[#17]

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98.6 - the only degree that counts.

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Posted: 8/17/2023 2:27:28 PM EDT

[#18]

Failed college multiple times due to partying and generally not a good student. Got my AAS in computer programming that I never use.

Barely passed tech college.

I will make over 250k this year.
You don't have to have college, but it opens doors.

Posted: 8/17/2023 2:55:19 PM EDT

[#19]

Yep... But I have never needed it.

Posted: 8/17/2023 3:04:10 PM EDT

[#20]

I will say this, a college degree today is not what it was 40 years ago in terms of making a living. I retired a very wealthy man with my BSME, retired major oil company. But I will add this, I worked with a lot of refinery operators and craftspersons that made a shit pile of money. They worked a lot of overtime to make that money but the opportunity was there.

If I were start over again today, I would advise to go into some kind of speciality trade, AC, electrical, welding or something like that. The young kids today cant even put a garbage can out on the road correctly. I have never seen so many sissy men in my life.

The utility trailer shop not far from me charges $140 an hour for trailer work, changing bearings, misc welding, fixing stuff....$140/hour and they have a 4 week back log year round.

Posted: 8/17/2023 3:06:58 PM EDT

[#21]

A BSBA from the illustrious UCF (aka U Can't Finish).

Looking back, you could pare it down to maybe a dozen or so really worthwhile courses.

Accounting and tax (No Quickbooks/Turbo Tax way back then).
Finance
Statistics
Business Policy (by far the most fun).

God only knows what kinds of ridiculous slop has also been made a "requirement" today.

Posted: 8/17/2023 3:18:48 PM EDT

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Heh, mine’s bigger than yours

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Posted: 8/17/2023 3:19:53 PM EDT

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Yes, and a Masters.

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Posted: 8/17/2023 3:21:55 PM EDT

[#24]

I spent 29 years at USC and all I got was a pension.

Posted: 8/17/2023 3:24:09 PM EDT

[#25]

I attended half of one semester at college

Posted: 8/17/2023 3:29:34 PM EDT

[#26]

BSME with PE.

Wife is a PharmD.

Posted: 8/17/2023 3:31:14 PM EDT

[#27]

Nope. Sure don’t.

Dropped out my senior year to start my first tech job and never looked back.

Posted: 8/17/2023 3:32:40 PM EDT

[#28]

Nope.

Posted: 8/17/2023 3:34:34 PM EDT

[#29]

I was an apprentice for 4 years and became a machine repairman at Ford Motor foundry.

Posted: 8/17/2023 3:41:11 PM EDT

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The follow up question is; are you working in your major?

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I have 2, and a masters, and don't work in the fields of study.

Posted: 8/17/2023 3:45:28 PM EDT

[#31]

Yes.

BS Applied Math

Posted: 8/17/2023 3:46:11 PM EDT

[#32]

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You old.

Posted: 8/17/2023 3:53:35 PM EDT

[#33]

BS Construction Technology .

Posted: 8/17/2023 3:54:47 PM EDT

[#34]

I studied bull shit, more shit, and then piled higher and deeper.

I am an expert in topics that normal people don't care about.

Posted: 8/17/2023 4:03:37 PM EDT

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Do you have a bachelor’s degree from an accredited American university?

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Yes I do and a Grad degree. How about you???

Posted: 8/17/2023 4:04:51 PM EDT

[#36]

BS, because even though one can run the equivalent of a mid-size corporation with 900+ folks none of that means shit unless you have a piece of paper that says "degree" on it. Otherwise I wouldn't have gone through the asspain of earning one before I retired.

Too many of my peers remain vastly underemployed because they don't have that bullshit credential.

Posted: 8/17/2023 4:05:34 PM EDT

[#37]

lol, data mining thread...

Posted: 8/17/2023 4:07:07 PM EDT

[#38]

I can't read two good

Posted: 8/17/2023 4:14:32 PM EDT

[#39]

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Yes. From a well respected business school that kicks the Texas schools asses every year in the stock challenge.

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A B Freeman school of Business???

Posted: 8/17/2023 4:19:07 PM EDT

[#40]

Associates degree and 28 years experience in IT. Also spent a bunch of time in Engineering School but never finished.

Posted: 8/17/2023 4:20:18 PM EDT

[#41]

Nope. Was in college working toward a compsci degree. Was about halfway and got offered a job in IT with a good company. Figured that’s what I was going to college for, so why not just take the job and see how it goes? Could always go back to school if needed. That was almost 25 years ago.

In all my time in college, I took two classes that provided useful skills and knowledge: Intro to Programming I and Intro to Programming II. Everything else was a complete waste of time, money, and effort.

Posted: 8/17/2023 4:20:50 PM EDT

[#42]

I do, yes.

Posted: 8/17/2023 4:21:58 PM EDT

[#43]

Wboarder is either an extremely nosey person or a data miner. What is it OP.

Posted: 8/17/2023 4:22:14 PM EDT

[#44]

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Do you have a bachelor’s degree from an accredited American university?

Yes, BSEET from WVIT.

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The follow up question is; are you working in your major?

Yes, then No. For the first 15 years of my career I did work mostly in Power and Lighting. For the last 23 years it has been composites.

Posted: 8/17/2023 4:24:58 PM EDT

[#45]

Yes.

I went back and finished in my 30s after 15 years in corporate IT (a field I HATED).

Finished with a 3.9

Went onto graduate school w/ a scholarship in Europe. Came home, couldn't find not one job, not even at the local grocery store.

Went back, got a second Masters, somewhat related to the first with more of an emphasis on math and business.

Now I am a PhD student.

Posted: 8/17/2023 6:34:11 PM EDT

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You old.

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What do you think?

https://i.imgur.com/nPsCXM5.jpg

https://i.imgur.com/oRjBVb3.jpg

This much nerdiness took years to cultivate

You old.

Well, perhaps in many places, but not so sure about GD.

That said, I never had to use a slide rule in school, but my dad used them on the shop floor for many years before pocket calculators were around and affordable, and showed me the magic when I was young.