Kregisen
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Wow...I never knew this and I'm double majoring. I feel stupid.
Do you have a degree?
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Wow...I never knew this and I'm double majoring. I feel stupid.
thehungarian
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I've tried twice to get a degree after highschool, but it was just unbearable. I am now an unemployed 26 year old with no money.
CaliforniaMom
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I have a bachelor's degree and I'm about halfway done with getting my Master's degree.
Don't... a double (or more) major is just as good. Most of the additional credits needed for two degrees v. double major are useless. Why have two undergrad degrees when a double major will work just as well. Likewise, why wouldn't you get a graduate degree instead of another undergrad?
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Well I'm on track to finish with 2 majors, a minor and a certificate in the normal 4 years...I was able to get a little bit of stuff transferred and I've double and triple dipped classes. I've thought about grad school but I don't think I'm gonna need it.
Many people don't know. I bet even TCE, who I was replying to, is only going double-major not two degrees. At my school two degrees (150 credits) is called "dual-degree."
All of this talk we're having is just further proof of the education bubble. Because everyone and their brother has an undergrad degree, and cum laude are a dime a dozen, people are going to greater lengths to set themselves apart from the pack. That is why everyone double-majors (I've even met triple-majors), a few get dual-degrees, and many more are going on to get a masters which is basically becoming the new bachelors.
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You are, of course, correct. It is not two physical degrees, but two majors in the same amount of time as a normal, one major, degree. I actually had that confused myself. As you stated, there is really no point in spending an extra year to get the second sheet of paper, rather, it essentially acts as two degrees when applying to Grad school, getting a job, etc. I can't think of any employer who is going to reject someone because they have two majors instead of two degrees. For all intents and purposes, a Master's is essentially a Bachelor's now.
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Have you looked into underwater welding ... big $$$, but scary as hell from what I have heard.
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B.S. Comp Sci...
State Univ ... inexpensive, well worth it (fixed most deficiencies from public hs) , but I this was due to the electives I chose.
How was it like transitioning? What set you going? and how, if not univ training in Cinema...? Yes tech is dying like engineering.
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This guy has a degree in communication (believe it or not):
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lol how ironic, I conversed with another girl in my communications class used this guy for a critique and I replied with some Alica Healey. Well if anything with going to school online I try to bring the liberty movement into the conversations just like this week we are talking the SOX act, lots of believers in it, sad.
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Skipped most high school classes to hit the library as I knew most of the work the teachers taught. I read very single Readers Digest between 47 and 72, the entire science section and then dropped out in grade 11 (Canadian) due to idiotic home life, lived with a bike gang for a while and then joined the CAF. I had at that time the highest ever score on the non-com aptitude tests. I chose Medical Assistant from 97 trades because I wouldn't have to kill anybody and they promised me I would be in a lab in a few years. The army was not my cup of tea. I did not like morons yelling at me. I went into civilian medicine for a while till I was told to not talk to a patient and she died two days later. I quit and went into art and entertainment. I have accomplished quite a bit in these two fields and covered most bases. I am specialized in 3D, game engines and cinematic composition, which covers all the art bases. There is no point in anybody going to University for this. The best thing to do is get the latest software, make yourself a hard project that utilizes all your skills and lear the ins and outs of the app that way. Your learning project becomes a portfolio piece.
Most professions can be learned on the fly and by immersion in the materials. The engineering, hard sciences and medical/dental fields are really the only ones requiring a degree. The rest can be learned from books, tutorials and hands on work.
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Most professions can be learned on the fly and by immersion in the materials. The engineering, hard sciences and medical/dental fields are really the only ones requiring a degree. The rest can be learned from books, tutorials and hands on work.
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I actually think the transition has been a breathe of fresh air. Its like the jobs become stagnant, and dont always lead to better things. Sometimes they do. Like going from Broadcast into an Internet Service Provider, the Broadcast job had this really shitty schedule so I ended up spending a lot of time at home on my computer, started playing with servers enough that it got me the job in the Internet Service. Of course the Military taught me certain things about electronics that I was able to transition from Radar based technology to Broadcast. Cant say I miss either the Military or Broadcast, I do miss the Internet Service. Cinema is definitely a change of pace. Every single day is totally different, unlike the repititon of the previous three. Previous film had some A Name actors (yeah, big whoop /sigh) like Dakota Fanning (I didnt even know who the hell she was until a month into filming) and Emile Hirsch. No trailers for that flick are out yet, its still in post production.
The sad thing is that not a single one of those jobs produced anything that was actually useful. Broadcasting was the worst of it tho, and I tried my damnedest to influence the MSM from the inside, but what I ended up with was being locked inside a cage for 60+ hours a week on a schedule that I couldnt see anyone either at work or off work. Avionic Repair ended up being useless also because most electronic parts are just replaced, not repaired. Computer technology like from the ISP is turning into a handful of super companies that do everything overseas.
What got me going? Military: They stab you in the back every chance they get. Broadcast: No opportunity for advancement / total isolation. ISP: Went out of business. The thing is, not one of those jobs actually taught me anything useful. I cant fix a car, I cant fix a TV (components too complex and parts way way way way way too small), I can fix most computers, but there are so many people that just buy new computers when their old computers get infected with viruses. Electronics training taught me how to design only very basic level stuff, mostly it was to repair and replace chips that go bad, but again, its virtually useless now.
But people pay good money for the knowledge I've acquired, and the knowledge everyone else here has acquired as well. The worst thing is that I am seriously thinking that Schooling gets in the way of Education, for sake of the profit of the Educational Facility.
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