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In reply to the discussion: 3.8 GPA, high SATs, 4 year degree and living with Mom at age 25... [View all]Adsos Letter
(19,459 posts)130. I earned both BA and MA in History, but worked 32 years as a painter.
Did very well in school, too (3.97 GPA in my undergrad work, 4.0 in my grad work); however, I have always really enjoyed working with my hands.
Pick a good shop that does a broad array of work, pay attention and apply yourself, and in a few years you'll develop a skill set that can lead to a very lucrative career.
I've never really regretted the time and energy I put into the History degrees because they fed my desire to understand something about how this world came to be the way it is.
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Your right. I guess I grew up in a different time. My sister and I moved out around 19.
southernyankeebelle
Jan 2013
#30
So... every area needs every industry and profession? No mismatch between need and supply?
dmallind
Jan 2013
#35
Yes, Korea is "hot" right now, sort of like Japan was thirty and forty years ago
Lydia Leftcoast
Jan 2013
#112
I know a mother with 2 "kids" who finished grad school - big debt and neither work
Liberal_in_LA
Jan 2013
#3
Depending on where the grad lives, today grads find themselves having to relocate to where the jobs
JaneyVee
Jan 2013
#4
The problem tends to come up when students pursue degrees without any analysis of job opportunities.
Xithras
Jan 2013
#41
Guess I and my husband and all my friends and co workers are just very lucky then
abelenkpe
Jan 2013
#84
Thanks for that - I'm getting a Master's in social work. I also live in an area where there are many
Michigan Alum
Jan 2013
#118
Choice of a Major may also indicate whether a person is a risk taker / Life-liver
KurtNYC
Jan 2013
#68
I know he was a psych major at one point but not sure if he finished in Psych or something else.
KurtNYC
Jan 2013
#15
Psychology isn't a great choice according to this list. 5 of the jobs with
sinkingfeeling
Jan 2013
#26
Interesting! "4. Library science 15.0% " IME, it's been hard to get a job in that field for about
raccoon
Jan 2013
#48
And we wonder why this country experiences massacres like Newtown. - n/t
coalition_unwilling
Jan 2013
#61
There's a shortage of psychiatrists (who are M.D.'s and can prescribe meds) but not psychologists.
Michigan Alum
Jan 2013
#121
I am frustrated with the whole thing but he has continued to make progress
liberal_at_heart
Jan 2013
#124
restaurant workers suffer under the stereotype that their job isn't "real".
Liberal_in_LA
Jan 2013
#17
My oldest is back. I had to tell him straight to his face this is NOT his fault.
Viva_La_Revolution
Jan 2013
#13
You can forget electrician. Sonny Nay is a 5-yr union electrician, and has been out of that work
Nay
Jan 2013
#136
Meh. Write a book and learn to play music...most "real jobs" these days treat you like shit.
RadiationTherapy
Jan 2013
#24
Welcome to the global economy eh? It was always a race to the bottom for the world..
workinclasszero
Jan 2013
#92
The next time you or any one reading this OP or responding to it buy something, think
bluestate10
Jan 2013
#40
It is that easy. The problem is just what you have shown, excuse making and a lack of will. nt
bluestate10
Jan 2013
#59
That is a minor part of the problem. The larger problem is a lack of imagination.
bluestate10
Jan 2013
#58
Yep. Most students need a strong foundation in math / science well before college for engineering
Liberal_in_LA
Jan 2013
#89
No, it's that companies that used to hire liberal arts majors (until the early 1980s)
Lydia Leftcoast
Jan 2013
#72
I know people in their 60s and older who keep working because their 401ks took a hit
Liberal_in_LA
Jan 2013
#55
When one of them dies. Responsibility gets redefined at each age, circumstance and passage of life.
libdem4life
Jan 2013
#67
It's actually stretching into the 30s now...and it's delaying marriage and family
davidn3600
Jan 2013
#62
+1 Good and (mostly) honest professions that got eclipsed years ago by high tech buzz
KurtNYC
Jan 2013
#82
I come from a culture where living in an extended family isn't a bad thing--in fact, it's pretty
MADem
Jan 2013
#81
Ha! I know people in their 50s who are living with their kids because the parents got laid off.
yardwork
Jan 2013
#83
If you were really a hiring manager, you wouldn't be making your post in teenage texting lingo.
backscatter712
Jan 2013
#110
Ah, yes. Here we have a 'manager' who can't spell and uses textspeak, complaining about
Nay
Jan 2013
#137
It sucks walking out of your commencement ceremony into a bad recession. That happened to me.
slackmaster
Jan 2013
#97
my daughter is about to enter college and I wouldn't have it any other way
liberal_at_heart
Jan 2013
#98
Businesses are low balling the starting salaries and increasing the minimum work experience.
peace13
Jan 2013
#128
Sorry. I graduated during the Reality Bites era and with far less supportive parents.
Iris
Jan 2013
#133