A question for those who have completed college.?

Question

What is your major, and profession? I ask this, because I want to get an idea of what jobs/careers are out there. By the way I'm 17 and undecided about what I would want to major in (I'd like a career that helps people), and a career that is authentic rather than an alienated one. I'm open to any suggestions on careers and majors.

Answer 1

I have no idea what an "authentic" career is or why any career would be considered to be "alienated".  Every career I have ever heard of is authentic.  I would recommend you speak to a school counselor and take some interest inventories and aptitude tests to point you in the right direction.  Almost every career helps people in one way or another, from being a farmer to being a doctor of medicine.  My major was Math, with minors in Physics and Psych.  I have Master's degrees in Education and Psychology.  My main "career" was as a military officer and I pursued college teaching, Network Administration and Hypnosis as other occupations.    

Answer 2

try anything on sustainable environments or renewable energies. With that you will help all the world. If you are looking for something more face to face, try social work or become a teacher

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Answer 3

My major was geology.  My profession is web developer (I'm actually company web master in charge of a total of 11 sites, and web adviser to our hoards of student employees).  How's that for an unrelated field?  I actually have two degrees (a bachelor's and an associate's)... but geology is the field I spent four years in at a state university.  My degree in web development, which I'm actually getting some use out of, is from a two year community college.  The funny part is that I work on the campus I graduated with the geology degree from.  Just something to think about.

Major in what you're interested in.  Unless you're in a field like law or medicine, it's more important that you just HAVE a degree.  I was hired over three other candidates largely because I had a bachelor's.  It didn't matter that it was in a completely unrelated field.

Answer 4

My Bachelor of Science degree is in Sociology. In the long run, my major wasn't as important as the fact that I had a degree. I do not work in the social services field at all. Many people who do happen to work in the social field do not have a degree in the social sciences.

A relative of mine, the infamous "D.B. Cooper" on Y!A, has a degree in Criminal Justice, but no longer works in that field.

Conclusion: major in whatever interests you. Don't change majors if it means another year of school. You're better off getting that diploma first.

Answer 5

My major was education and my minor was journalism. But it wasn't easy. By the time I was 36 years old, I had 60 credits from five different schools, including some work done by correspondence. If you don't know what you want to do, get started anyway, take the basic courses that everyone has to take, basic English, basic math, history, civics. Along the line, something will fire your passion.