Poll O-F members education poll

[Bj]

Just wondering what O-F members college degree levels are.


You can vote for what you are currently are working for, or have already.

 

[Ark]

Done with my Associate's at the end of this semester.

Automotive technology, what a bloody mistake that was. $15k+ in tuition and expenses associated with attending a school 60 miles away because they don't offer the program anywhere else. What did I get for it? 3 jobs that didn't pay more than $8, despite requiring knowledge of how to repair a $30,000 piece of technology, and that all ended in disaster one way or another. :beathead:

My advice: Don't ever take something you love to do and turn it into a career. Work is miserable no matter how you spin it, so pick something that will reward you with the most money for your misery.

[/cynicism]

 

[Enjo]

Coding always pays off whether it's work or hobby although I must admit that if I code for 8 hours daily, then I'm not inclined to do it at home anymore, but if I do something else on my job, then I can't just go back home and NOT code

I graduated bachelor of control engineering but I resigned from continuing this course because it was really bugging me during studying, and still buggs me at work some times. I changed my profile into computer science which I really like, and I have to deal with less (international<istic>) fools thanks to this, unlike my control engineering colleagues.

 

[Hielor]

B.S. Computer Science. I have to agree with Enjo -- taking a programming job really killed my desire to program outside of work, but I also must disagree with Ark. I love programming and have turned it into a rather well-paying job.

The trick is to find someone to pay you to do something that you enjoy doing enough that you'd do it for free.

 

[jedidia]

We don't have colledge over in switzerland, but I never went to the equivalent either. Heck, I didn't even go to an equivalent of high school. On the other hand, we have professional school, which is (depending on profession) 3 to 4 years practical training in a company with one or at best two days of school per week, for which oddly there doesn't seem to be an equivalent in most countries in this world (odd because a good 50%+ of the swiss population gets educated this way). I'd guess the level would be somewhere around an associate (it was called "journeyman" once upon a time...)

 

[insanity]

B.S. in political science. Hopefully I'll be in grad school next year.

 

[Notebook]

The UK education system is usually in a state of examination. At least it seems that way to me. No college( US University?) education, left school at 15 and did an apprenticeship.
Day-release and night-classes, got to ONC/HNC level, not sure what they are equivalent to today, or if they even exist.
The UK had a fairly decent vocational system then, called Technical Colleges and Polytechnics. Seemed to work, at least for industry.
Did a lot of manufacturers courses, they were a bit variable. A couple of Open University ones, when I thought my maths was getting weak. Employer paid for that, those were the days...

Thinking about doing an OU Physics module, but a bit skint at the moment.

N.

 

[Linguofreak]

Hope to be done with my Bachelors by the end of this calendar year. It may take longer, considering that I'm not doing well with my classes over here in Germany (not that I'd have not done this trip just to get out early...).

As for Ark's comment: One of the kids who went to my church went to school for Automotive Engineering, and, according to his mother, is the only one of her five kids that's yet living his dream. And the one time I took a job because it payed well, I ended up the richest and most miserable I'd ever been in my life (though not entirely because of that job).

 

[Pablo49]

Not in College yet. Graduated from high school last year, but didn't go to college due to a few things getting screwed up. I will be going to school for Mechanical or Aerospace Engineering.

 

[eveningsky339]

No college yet, way too poor to go, especially with a new baby on the way.

I plan on either going for nursing or EMT/Paramedic.

 

[insanity]

No college yet, way too poor to go, especially with a new baby on the way.
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Congratulations on the baby.

 

[Ark]

As for Ark's comment: One of the kids who went to my church went to school for Automotive Engineering, and, according to his mother, is the only one of her five kids that's yet living his dream. And the one time I took a job because it payed well, I ended up the richest and most miserable I'd ever been in my life (though not entirely because of that job).

Not automotive engineering, automotive service. Two years of school to learn how to be a $10/hr dealership rat. :beathead:

 

[insanity]

Not automotive engineering, automotive service. Two years of school to learn how to be a $10/hr dealership rat. :beathead:

I have a friend who've spent $80 grand to get a degree in English only to wind up working at Applebees until he can find an actual job. Elsewise he is going back to school to drop more money on an education masters to wind up working for maybe 30,000 a year.

 

[Tex]

We're missing no college or just high school diploma from the poll?

 

[Arrowstar]

I selected "Master's" as I will be starting my graduate coursework this coming fall. For now, however, I'm cleaning up a mechanical engineering degree.

 

[adamb193]

Working on my Bachelors of Arts from Kent State University, Theatre Studies, Tech and Design.

 

[Juanelm]

Pumped because I just got accepted to grad school last week. Finishing Mechanical Engineering Bachelors, going for Doctorate on Aerospace Engineering.

 

[replicant]

B.S. in Aeronautical Science 1994

 

[Unstung]

I don't have any degree/diploma... yet. Though, I'd probably go for a BS.

 

[Bj]

We're missing no college or just high school diploma from the poll?

Good point, can you edit a poll once in place?


I'm going for a BS in CIS now, but I hope to end up getting a masters in computer engineering later on.