B.S. in Journalism, minors in English and Psychology (Which I use EVERY stinkin’ day).
My Job: Communications Manager = in house desktop publishing boss for third party benefits broker.
Last job: Tech writing, documented processes for BMW. Before that: Two different stints as a magazine editor. Started out as a Customer Service Rep. for a car rental company. Hey, it still applies! My degree is in Journalism, but my major was Public Relations. I have used my training/education/degree in every position since I was graduated.
I’m in grad school working on a Ph.D in bioinformatics (and loving it!). I’m pretty sure that I’ll be able to work in the field after I finish up school, given the rate at which sequencing technology is growing.
BA in economics. Work as a manager in new product development for a standards certification company. I use my education in my job quite a bit, although it’s just one of a dozen things I do.
I am not sure there is any particular education that would prepare you for my job.
BS in Mechanical Engineering with minor in Math followed by a JD. I’m now working as in intellectual property attorney. My math background is good enough to allow me to show conclusively that for at least 5 years after law school, your student loans will actually grow, rather than go down.
B.S. and Ph.D. in Physics, M.S. in Optics. Working as Director of Tech. Ops at an optics company, and a Visiting Professor at a Spectroscopy Lab. So it worked out OK.
brachyrhynchos:
? I’m only a poor dumb physicist, but I thought entomology was the study of insects. How’s that fit in with birds or viruses?
BS Computer Science, currently employed as a temp in the file room, putting papers in alphabetical order all day. I call it extremely low-tech Database Management. (Think they’d buy that on my resume?)
Bachelor of Aerospace Engineering specializing in structural analysis, including a class in finite element analysis. Currently have a job where I: 1) Do engineering analysis consulting mostly in structural analysis and some heat transfer and 2) Support finite element analysis software (training and tech support, mostly). I do homework for a living.
Bachelor’s, Master’s degrees in Chemical Engineering. Doing industrial research for Big Nameless Chemical Company, end use development for certain classes of engineering plastics. Master’s Feces, er, Thesis was in plastics processing so it’s a reasonable match.
Actually it’s working out pretty well. For the five years prior to that I did production support engineering and it was pretty well destroying my health by the time I transferred. Between the night calls and the general lack of accountability…ack.
B.A.s in Anthropology and Linguistics
M.A. in Linguistics (Phonology)
Now I’m an archaeologist. Don’t use the Linguistics too much but you never know when it might come in handy. I’m waiting for the day when I see an article entitled “An OT Account of Post-Processualism.”
I make paintings and stuff. People sometimes give me money for this. I spent several years after graduating working as a draftsman/scientific illustrator.
I’m back in school now, heading towards a degree in medical illustration, which I hope will lead to something resembling regular employment.
The Department of Entomology (or the Department of Bird Food, as I fondly call it ) was formerly called the Department of Entomology and Economic Zoology, with Economic Zoology meaning Wildlife Management. I was hired as a hard money post doc to study both crow movements and bird-strike hazards at airports. After my boss (another ornithologist) left, I remained to work with the mosquito biologist on viral diseases that are carried by avian hosts and transmitted by arthropod vectors. It was actually a great piece of luck to be a corvid specialist working with a mosquito research group in the area where West Nile broke out.
Did have a few jobs directly related (worked with developmentally-delayed children and was a mental health worker at state mental hospital), but currently graphic/production artist for medical education company, for which I have no formal training.
BA in biology. Minored in European history, which I never intended to be relevant career-wise.
I’m in a PhD program in cell & molecular bio.
So yeah, quite relevent. I plan on staying in the general field of bio after I graduate (a semi-eternity from now), although I’m not sure whether I’ll be doing research.
) was formerly called the Department of Entomology and Economic Zoology, with Economic Zoology meaning Wildlife Management. I was hired as a hard money post doc to study both crow movements and bird-strike hazards at airports. After my boss (another ornithologist) left, I remained to work with the mosquito biologist on viral diseases that are carried by avian hosts and transmitted by arthropod vectors. It was actually a great piece of luck to be a corvid specialist working with a mosquito research group in the area where West Nile broke out.