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Has the material you learned in college (or grad/phd) been useful in your career? (self.asklemmy)

submitted 2 years ago by BobbyBandwidth to c/[email protected]

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[–] sylver_dragon 2 points 2 years ago

Not really. I only went as far as an Associate's Degree in Math/Science. Super general and barely worth the fancy paper it was printed on. Because I grew up around computers, I ended up in IT, for which I had zero formal training. A couple decades later, I'm a cybersecurity analyst and the only thing I really use from college are my writing skills.

Given the job landscape these days, I strongly encourage people to go to college while they are young. But, also realize that the main skill one gets out of it is learning to shovel a massive pile of bullshit. Learn that, learn to communicate well, and you've got about 90% of what you're going to need.