If you did undergrad over again

[thenatural]

what school did u go to? why would you change from electrical engineering??

I went to Morgan State in Baltimore. EE can be kind of underwhelming when it comes to seeing your design in action on the mass market. That's the main reason. I like the material, but it can be extremely theoretical without any practical use. You read these IEEE papers and see that some of these experiments/designs are essentially useless in an industry setting. A bunch of complex derivations and verbose vocabulary, but it might not mean anything. shyt, Robert Gallager (a professor at MIT) did his dissertation about a new coding scheme in 1960. His work wasn't discovered until 1993.

Lol, but I don't know. IEs and MEs probably have the same problem but I'm looking at them from the outside.

 

[eXodus]

yea fukk it men. i have a masters degree in art history what you got on that. I love art tho what can I say. Worked in they city doing advertising making mad loot at one of the largest AD CORPORATIONS in the US. These soft skilled fukkers are...well...soft.

I am back in school now trying to achieve a BS in Civil Engineering. Got two years done so far and some credits roll over from my other degrees. Hopefully just another 2 years. Should be worth it.

how much u were making?

 

[eXodus]

I went to Morgan State in Baltimore. EE can be kind of underwhelming when it comes to seeing your design in action on the mass market. That's the main reason. I like the material, but it can be extremely theoretical without any practical use. You read these IEEE papers and see that some of these experiments/designs are essentially useless in an industry setting. A bunch of complex derivations and verbose vocabulary, but it might not mean anything. shyt, Robert Gallager (a professor at MIT) did his dissertation about a new coding scheme in 1960. His work wasn't discovered until 1993.

Lol, but I don't know. IEs and MEs probably have the same problem but I'm looking at them from the outside.

word!
I went to Morgan State too, Philosophy major though. I definitely would change that if I could go back.

 

[thenatural]

word!
I went to Morgan State too, Philosophy major though. I definitely would change that if I could go back.

LOL! Good to see another Morgan grad. I took Pettit my last semester for Ethics and Values. I thought it was going to be some cake, but he wasn't bullshytting. I had to work my ass off to get that B.

 

[eXodus]

LOL! Good to see another Morgan grad. I took Pettit my last semester for Ethics and Values. I thought it was going to be some cake, but he wasn't bullshytting. I had to work my ass off to get that B.

Haha yeaa Pettit that was my guy!

 

[YvrzTrvly]

how much u were making?

well coli cash i was easily in the billions. real world paper at age 22 I was 92k. Just basically flying to Cali smoking bud and hookin up with my client can you fukkin believe that? It was pharmaceutical ad sales so there is obviously tons of LOOT there.

My point was that even with an art history degree, you can get anywhere with a decent work ethic. Most people are just fukking trash (I am misanthropic when it comes to people in public). I was managing the developers and doing client side work at the startup digital group RIGHT when pharma realized that they needed to get into the digital ad space.

The amount of fukking politics and rumors and shyt that happen in the workplace is embarrassing. Its like some shytty subculture to our shytty culture.

I quit that shyt in 2013, traveled this floating rock we chillsies on, and started at NJIT in 2k14.

My fundage was stocked at the time but man fukking these classes be expensive. At least this time I feel like I am getting some value from them.

 

[eXodus]

well coli cash i was easily in the billions. real world paper at age 22 I was 92k. Just basically flying to Cali smoking bud and hookin up with my client can you fukkin believe that? It was pharmaceutical ad sales so there is obviously tons of LOOT there.

My point was that even with an art history degree, you can get anywhere with a decent work ethic. Most people are just fukking trash (I am misanthropic when it comes to people in public). I was managing the developers and doing client side work at the startup digital group RIGHT when pharma realized that they needed to get into the digital ad space.

The amount of fukking politics and rumors and shyt that happen in the workplace is embarrassing. Its like some shytty subculture to our shytty culture.

I quit that shyt in 2013, traveled this floating rock we chillsies on, and started at NJIT in 2k14.

My fundage was stocked at the time but man fukking these classes be expensive. At least this time I feel like I am getting some value from them.

Maaannn 92k at 22 thats love

I totally agree with your point on work ethic. Theres money to be made

"Most of the things created or performed around the world — both on a personal or business level — are made inefficiently, which means there’s always room for improvement"

 

[YvrzTrvly]

Maaannn 92k at 22 thats love

I totally agree with your point on work ethic. Theres money to be made

"Most of the things created or performed around the world — both on a personal or business level — are made inefficiently, which means there’s always room for improvement"

yea its true tho that money buys "COMFORT" not "HAPPINESS"...people just dont seem to realize shyt like this. While I was stacking guap I was seriously unhappy with my apathetic worldview due to becoming jaded by all the "averageness" of that corporate lifestyle. People seem to dig it though so more power to them I guess.

 

[newworldafro]

I'd do information systems or geographic information systems

You still can ... ... .... http://www.gisci.org/ ... I'm trying to get certified in this my damn self

Anybody up here that is acting like they can't get into a new field with an existing college degree is tripping........there are 70 year olds getting master degrees .....ain't nobody on this board 60 years old ....so you have plenty of time to make adjustments/diversify your skill sets if you so choose ......

Ole I wish up on a star azz dudes .. ...

No seriously its not to late ..

 

[southpawstyle]

Im studying history so I can become the next successful dictator.

 

[Skooby]

You still can ... ... .... http://www.gisci.org/ ... I'm trying to get certified in this my damn self

Anybody up here that is acting like they can't get into a new field with an existing college degree is tripping........there are 70 year olds getting master degrees .....ain't nobody on this board 60 years old ....so you have plenty of time to make adjustments/diversify your skill sets if you so choose ......

Ole I wish up on a star azz dudes .. ...

No seriously its not to late ..

What keeps most people from going back is student loans. No one wants to pay student loans at 40/45+ years old.

 

[newworldafro]

What keeps most people from going back is student loans. No one wants to pay student loans at 40/45+ years old.

Great point. I got a full ride for undegrad but everything else has to be paid back .
There are plenty of cheap community college inroads too to get certs in different fields. . If you want to be a teacher in TX and already have a degree all you have to do is take a a couple of weekend and after 5 pm classes over 2 months, pass the specific test for your area and you can teach without going to a 4-year school program.

My continuing education will be stuff I can pay out of pocket from here on out

 

[Meadow]

I'm pleased with my undergrad for research purposes and further education: majored in African Studies, minor in Political Science & Philosophy

At times I do wish I had swapped poli sci for diaspora and transnational studies.

 

[TheDarceKnight]

I'm a philosophy and religion major (after already leaving 2 other majors) so I was the whole time about my future.

But a few weeks after graduating, I landed a job for a web design company that does marketing, SEO, AdWords, and some other stuff besides just design and development, so now I'm that I have some job experience to put down and not just that major on a resume. I got the job based on previous job experience though. My boss didn't even ask if I went to college. He dropped out.

Smileys aside, I actually think philosophy is a great major, and very useful. I was prepared to spin it, and I can honestly say that it's been incredibly beneficial to my life in general. I don't always remember who had which ideas, and there were definitely a few know-it-all motherfukkers in some classes, not as many ladies.

But the good part is that it forced me to look at every single thing differently. Just taking logic alone lets me see through so much bullshyt out there, including my own. It's helped me learn how to teach myself new skill sets quickly, understand other people's points of view, different markets, sales techniques, when I'm being told the truth or bullshytted, and just a good framework of how to come up with solutions for various life/work problems and dilemmas.

It's definitely a risky major in today's world where you have to apply online for most jobs, but if you have some decent people skills, and you can talk with a potential employer face to face, I think philosophy is a pretty decent major. Definitely not as bad as it's made to seem. If you want to go to law school it also helps a lot with the LSAT, with all the logic and all.

I might be singing a different song though, if I didn't luck out and get a good job early in a relevant field.

 

[eXodus]

I'm a philosophy and religion major (after already leaving 2 other majors) so I was the whole time about my future.

But a few weeks after graduating, I landed a job for a web design company that does marketing, SEO, AdWords, and some other stuff besides just design and development, so now I'm that I have some job experience to put down and not just that major on a resume. I got the job based on previous job experience though. My boss didn't even ask if I went to college. He dropped out.

Smileys aside, I actually think philosophy is a great major, and very useful. I was prepared to spin it, and I can honestly say that it's been incredibly beneficial to my life in general. I don't always remember who had which ideas, and there were definitely a few know-it-all motherfukkers in some classes, not as many ladies.

But the good part is that it forced me to look at every single thing differently. Just taking logic alone lets me see through so much bullshyt out there, including my own. It's helped me learn how to teach myself new skill sets quickly, understand other people's points of view, different markets, sales techniques, when I'm being told the truth or bullshytted, and just a good framework of how to come up with solutions for various life/work problems and dilemmas.

It's definitely a risky major in today's world where you have to apply online for most jobs, but if you have some decent people skills, and you can talk with a potential employer face to face, I think philosophy is a pretty decent major. Definitely not as bad as it's made to seem. If you want to go to law school it also helps a lot with the LSAT, with all the logic and all.

I might be singing a different song though, if I didn't luck out and get a good job early in a relevant field.

I agree with all this! I lucked out and got a job in financial services so that was a blessing. How much are you making with the web design company if you don't mind me asking breh?