Bachelors in Mechanical Engineering from Gonzaga University Dec. 2003. Commissioned as second Lieutenant in the Army at the same time. Presently looking for an engineering job. Plan to pick up a masters in business at a later time.

 

Now, I may work on the technical side of things now, but I have been a Graphic Designer for 13 years. Love the work. But I know what you're saying and it's for the most part true. Artsy people are usually the vw/porsche über sports car variety. Among the men in the industry especially you see more of them flossing euro-trash sports cars than good ole American made muscle trucks.

For me, it's never been about fashion. I want function. I expect my software not to let me down and I want a vehicle that won't either. Thus, full size Ford trucks. I can play with em, fix em, beat them to sh1+ and I don't have to worry about them crapping out on me.

 

BS in EET, 6 hours towards a Master's

10 years experience in electronics
10 years experience in higher education
20 years experience on the farm (beef and hay producer)

 

Well shoot here i go,
Went to votech for building construction as a junior @ senior
jet engine mechanic, flight and fuel, and cdi inspector NAVY.
Have a cdl. and now im a airplane inspector QA with a large
commercial airplane builder. And school is still in, when do we
get to graduate?

 

I got my Sales "BS" degree from the School of Hard Knocks, and went to get my Masters from the Star Fleet Academy.....

 

MAS. 32 years in utility business.

 

This is the best participation I've ever had in a poll, wow.

I have a sales BS degree too...

 

Currently have asscociates in computers & networks with the electronics option. Going back to get my associates in engineering, and hopefully i'll be able get a entry-level position at a firm and finish up my bachelors, maybe masters. I'm going to take business/management classes along with the engineering classes, hopefully it will help in hire-ability.

 

What's up with this...18 votes for High School, but only 2 responded!? Guess you don't have to understand... .

 

They can click but they can't type...

 

Bachelor of Science in Information Technology Management here. You dont want to know how much money I spent on it. $$$$$ <-- 5 of 'em there for a reason, and the first number is not a 0 or 1...

Anyway, that and $1.50 will get you a beer down at the local tavern.

Graduated in December. So far, no job offers yet, and only 2 interviews. "You need X years management experience and _______ certification."

College is a crock.

Edit: My sole-proprietorship business is picking up steam. Yay.

 

I already voted and posted but I never said what my degrees were in. My AS is in heating and air conditioning technology. I worked in it for three years and though I was good and enjoyed it I decided I didn't want to be doing it when I was 30. The ups and downs of business depending on the seasons didn't appeal to me. So I went on to get my BA in Administration of Justice, I wanted to be a Police Officer or a Conservation Police Officer. I worked at a student work position on campus that was tied to my AS degree in Het/AC tech and when it opened full time I tested, scored high and i'm still here. Pay is great, benfits are great and I already knew everyone I would be working with before I stepped into a full time position here.

I might go on to work on a MPA maybe an MBA in the near future.

 

I guess I'm one of those artsy types, my BS and MA are in fine arts and art education. I teach art (photography, ceramics, and sculpture) I see the art and machine/old vehicle and truck thing as being very compatible. My art has usually involved metal, and now I spend what little creative time I can find working on mechanical stuff; my 56 F-100, an old harley, stationary engines, and tinker with old guns and antiques in general.

 

A B.A. in International Security and Conflict Resolution (ISCOR,) and a M.A. in Political Science with a focus on Middle East affairs. My professional life has nothing to do with these fields.

 

Rusty, apply for a lower level IT job - with your degree you will get something better. You will just have to work up to it. I agree that college is a crock. To me, it really doesn't prove anything. I have taken jobs from college grads and actually known what I was doing compared to them. There is no substitute for OJT. Only in a production environment do you get trained for what you need to survive said production environment.

You take kids who have degrees in design for example. Yeah, they can produce a work of art if they have the required 6 weeks to do it. You put them in a newspaper ad design environment and expect them to produce 60 ads a night and you can smell the smoke while they burn out! Same with IT departments. You take the college guys and they think it should for the most part work if it is set up the way they would set it up. But... You take their inexperience and combine it with a cross platform network with machines up to 20 years old and they have NO IDEA WHATSOEVER what the hell they are doing.

College just shows you either a) had enough to go to school to pursue your studies or b) daddy had enough cash to torture you with 4 more years of school.

Works for some, but really shouldn't be considered as important as human resources departments like to make it.