I was checking on my degree and lost the thermometer... could someone help me out? :D

Hey there is something about humility...

Exactly.

That's why I think if 26% of the total US population has a 4 year degree, that's about where it should be.

My sense is there probably could be some reallocation, though, of those degrees from the anthropology types to the hard sciences.

The best developmental chemist I ever knew only had his BS. He had the same probs as you. He had more patents and more papers cited than the whole R&D team combined yet only had a technician level pay grade.

He figuered out how to beat the system. He applied for MS/PhD work, did his course work at night - one at a time and did his thesis research in the lab. Great work and applicable. It was easy to get grant money because he wrote it with industry advancement in mind and used a bunch of work form the technical marketing guys to help him write it. Everything he did that was novel had a patent disclosure written around it so he could publish and still have protection.

I also knew a Women at Poloroid that got her PhD from work her technicians did for her. Pretty slick!

There really aren't too many degrees that provide U with any kind of skill or trade.

The only thing a regular a$$ degree learns U is how to present ideas in an acceptabe or coherent fashion. Whether it be written or verblah....

I don't know, my older Brother just retired at 52 - he was a history / poly sci major. He was invloved with weapons software for Subs - helped start up a company. He now lives in FL for 7 months and CT for 5. His Wife is retired as well (50). They have well over 4 mil in stable investments and another mil in low risk bonds. Not bad for a history / poly sci major...

I am not so sure it is what you major in but how well you get along with people, your desire to learn and your ambition. If you have those three things going for you and your a little lucky I am pretty sure you will do well. people make fortunes recycling chicken blood.

That may be true for those seeking degrees in one of the professions, but I'd like the number to be closer to 40%, with the increase being in Economics and the Liberal Arts, instead of being merely a vocational schooling. What I'm saying here is we need more people that know how the things work, and how to find out how they work. People educated the way Thomas Jefferson, Washington, and others were would be an improvement.

MATH or ENGLISH LIT (a double major in both would be the best!)

English Lit and Economics would be a great combination.

phD. is that like


Pliers,hammers,drills......

Naw, Piled Higher and Deeper

Do I hear an echo or is that just the sound of Pats voice echoing in his skull.

Tabs, ole boy, when you hold the seashell up to your ear, just do one ear, not both ears. If you'll do that the effect will go away.http://www.pelicanparts.com/support/...ool_shades.gif

Orginality is not one of your strong points is it Pat? U should stick with what they taught U in remedial school and thats the Paste, bet they had a hard time teaching U how to put it on the paper instead of eating it.

Weak comeback, Tabs, you can do better.

I consider the level of competition, and weak is all I need with U.

Ok, this is getting good! Now somebody trashtalk Chicago and islam so CC can get into the mix with some dirty talk!

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I doubled in Computer Science and English, with a minor in Econ. I'm not proud. Or tired.

Ask me how much of my hard earned degree I put to use every GD day? Or if it helped me get a job? Or if I'm even in a field where my degree holds water?

Given the fact that education has gotten astronomically expensive, university's are clueless for the most part on the needs of the average student, I'd be surprised if that statistic goes up rather than down.

Unless you're foreign student over here on a full ride engineering scholarship taking a programming class as an elective that others had to petition into because it's mandatory and only offered once per year...or an athlete...you know, something of value...what's the point?