[Joycer]

I was an elementary teacher for 8 years (before children). I then retired and my husband had to support us. Husband had business degree and then a law degree (this usually brings up a lot of bad comments, so he usually tells people he was a drug dealer instead)

[chuckinca]

Accounting - BORING

Worked for construction companies and became Estimator/Project Manger on heavy industrial projects (Wastewater and Water treatment plants, Livermore Lab Starwars Lazer, 115 KV Substation, 49 MW Power Plant, Bay Bridge West Sesimic Retrofit, New Kaiser Hospital, etc

[F16 1UB]

Originally Posted by Joycer

I was an elementary teacher for 8 years (before children). I then retired and my husband had to support us. Husband had business degree and then a law degree (this usually brings up a lot of bad comments, so he usually tells people he was a drug dealer instead)

I used to say the same thing about my wife being a drug dealer but at the time she did work in a pharmacy.

[jtdraig]

BA Political Science and Economics....graduate level coursework in business, accounting, forensic accounting, law, and history

37 years in a large multinational corp with the last 25 as a Sr Mgr in charge of fixing troubled organizations who had failed audits or were underperforming. 15 of those were global jobs designing internal controls into new processes such as integrated procurement and business partner management.

Also spent 37 years in the Reserves of the US Marine Corps retiriing as a LtCol.
I spent most of the my commissioned service (25 years) in Intelligence/Counterterrorism.

[SUNNYMARYANN]

In High School I majored in Boys.

After marriage and several children I returned to school at two technical schools in Panama City, Florida and Milwaukee, Wisconsin to learn data processing. While working for the Federal Government I took advantage of the many educational opportunities available and went from being a Command Secretary in the Dept. of Defense to twenty years of clerical work at a VA Hospital. Started as an Eligibility Clerk went on to become certified as a Medical Record Coding Technician and after even more courses ended up in the Surgical unit as the Extracorporeal Shockwave Lithotripsy Program Coordinator. I was the first ESWL program coordinator in the VA system in the US and helped develop the forms and criteria interviewing to establish the base for qualifying patient candidates.

[Whalen]

Originally Posted by chuckinca

Accounting - BORING

Worked for construction companies and became Estimator/Project Manger on heavy industrial projects (Wastewater and Water treatment plants, Livermore Lab Starwars Lazer, 115 KV Substation, 49 MW Power Plant, Bay Bridge West Sesimic Retrofit, New Kaiser Hospital, etc

Chuck, fellow accountant, we're not boring!
Didn't you see my post?
Numbers are our friends... you can always count on them
Let's get together and party on
Gail,
Fiduciary Accountant, Extrordinaire

[Muncle]

Well, I majored in Animal Husbandry until I got caught at it.

Then I switched to a History major with Poly Sci and Philosophy minors. Good decision, in retrospect.


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[Fourpar]

Majored in wine, women & sports, but still got BS in Business (American International College). Spent 6 years in Army National Guard, then spent 20 active duty in USAF. Along the way I got MA in Business (Central Michigan University). After USAF, 18 years as real estate broker/instructor Now a happy, golfin frog!

Then, a MA in Librarianship and Information Management and a Law Degree.

Have not used these 4 degrees all that much though.

[novelchick]

Law enforcement

[tony]

Are we being overrun here with accountants and English majors?

Wonder what they would talk about in their conversations?

[graciegirl]

Accountants and engineers usually stare at your shoes while English majors and journalists wax on.

[njgranny]

I went to a secretarial school in Wilmington, DE, and then worked for DuPont, and Mobil until I had our second child. I was a stay-at-home mom for 8 years, during which time I had our third child. Then I returned to work at our local college where I stayed for 25 years.

Am enjoying retirement very much.

Hubby worked for the Federal Government for 25 years in a number of capacities. He has a BA from our local college in Administration. He ended up his years in the Federal Government in personnel and EEO.

This is a man who never cursed until he worked in an office staffed primarily with women. I should clarify - he didn't curse because he worked with the women - he cursed because he picked it up from them.

[KathieI]

Originally Posted by tony

Are we being overrun here with accountants and English majors?

Wonder what they would talk about in their conversations?

Tony, they don't have to worry about conversation when they're around me, I do all the talking!! yak, yak, yak, yak

[Muncle]

Originally Posted by tony

Are we being overrun here with accountants and English majors?

Wonder what they would talk about in their conversations?

Normally, the only words one hears from an English major are "Do you want fries with that?". An English Major or, god forbid, an English Sergeant Major, would likely have more to say.