Hope I didn’t offend. I’m just one that thinks having practical skills is far more useful than those other types of degrees. I have a business degree, but what has always gotten me in the door is my military experience. Once an employer knows you have organizational skills and are a super-duper multi-tasker and can see The Big Picture and not get bogged down in the trenches (so to speak!) you’re golden.
It’s really true that some of us DO get more done before 8am than most get done all day. *GRIN*
And that ‘dumbing down’ is probably the best thing you can do for yourself. Just get yourself in the door, don’t intimidate the person hiring you (so VERY easy to do!) and then shine, shine, SHINE! :)
Lunch break’s over - back to work!
Nope, not at all. Knew what you meant. :-)
I’m just one that thinks having practical skills is far more useful than those other types of degrees.
Agree with a minor qualification: Degrees that have practical application and those who hold them that also have experience are still in demand, at least somewhat.
It's the idiots that go out and get their BA or Masters in "english literature" or "lipstick lesbian leather studies and feminism" who complain they spent all their money on a college degree that are completely worthless.
If I had to do it over again, I'd have stopped at my BA because there's been no financial benefit that I've reaped as a result. So that's $37,000 spent over 13 months out of pocket that I'll likely never get back at this point. It used to not be that way. It used to be that increasing your education also increased your market value - not that way anymore either and from what I'm seeing it can be a detriment.
Hope you're well up there in Cheeseland. How much snow did you get from the last snowstorm? We got 5" of much needed snow down here S.W. of Chicago.
Regards,
USC