Fries With That: It's Getting Old

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I can't go back and correct my posts since I'm still being moderated. It's supposed to be this.

 

That should end soon.

 

YMMV - I finished up my B.S through Embry-Riddle back in 2003 and learned a lot of info from the classes that has been directly applicable to my job as I have moved around since graduation. I doubt anybody considers my choice of schools to be snobbery considering that the decision to get a degree from there was entirely dictated by the fact that that it was the only bachelor's degree granting institution at the local base education center when I made the decision to go back to school.

 

I don't think anybody really cares.

 

I just fixed it for you.

 

And I don't think the members over there care about what the people on this forum think of them.

 

My point exactly. There was another forum that used to have a section dedicated solely to denigrating Degree Info. I'm not sure if it still does because I don't care enough to even look. No one is shocked or dismayed by this kind of thing, it is a non-issue. Not even worth talking about. So let's not waste any more thought or electrons on it.


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My undergrad degree is a general liberal arts degree with a major in Japanese. I work in the business world (no where related to my major) and made close to 6 figures this year. My first job out of college was 30k and I've been moving up ever since. My secret to success is work hard at whatever job I can get. Use temp agencies to place you if you can't find a full time gig on your own. Most importantly, do the work that other people aren't willing to do, and do it with high quality!

 

I think, at the end of the day, it really doesn't matter what you major in as long as you can sell yourself and your degree. Of course, medical, law, or MBA degrees when required are different. But beyond that, I think most degrees out there offer the skills needed to be able to do most jobs. And this economy dictates that, even with a MBA or medical degree, you still need to sell yourself and show why you should be chosen over the 9874875641610 others equally qualified that want the same job. That's why I subscribe to the theory that you should do what you love and make it work for you. Personally, I cannot make a philosophy degree work for me, so I don't bother. Likewise, I would never be able to make liberal arts/liberal studies work for me as a stand alone degree. So I chose degrees I love that I CAN make work as either stand alone degrees or as stepping stones to masters degrees.

 

About the other site, I was a member of that site for a solid year before finding this one. That site is very focused on helping people to obtain a degree through testing out. I continually tell people to slow down a bit and learn as much as possible from the experience, especially in their major area. However there are people who want to do the minimum to pass a test and that is their choice.
I do think a degree should require an investment in time but that investment can include 16 hours of work every weekend and 3 hours per weekday, ending in a degree in less than a year. A bachelors degree does not have to take 4 years to complete to be considered "real".

The two sites are very different. This one is more theoretical while the other is more applied. Threads like this one go in the off topic section over there and they are much more rare and are out of the mainstream. Most threads are questions concerning transcript evaluations and study materials for tests.