What did you study in university and where did you end up?

history
unemployed, living with my parents

econ
risk analyst, currently stationed in greece

That sounds comfy. What languages do you speak?

Did you like your undergrad? Do most linguistic majors learn other languages?

kek, pretty much the same, user. Now working minimum wage at a grocery store at 23.
Could be a lot worse, honestly.

Is anybody a patent agent? I feel like if you could pass the patent BAR it'd be pretty easy going from then on.

Denmark. The students are around 17-20 years old. It's where you go after the Danish equivalent of (junior?) high school.

I studied architecture undergrad and graduate. I currently work in a research position at a NYC firm and teach at several schools in the area.

BA in Philosophy. Doing a PhD in Philosophy.

Economics

Took the LSAT on a whim and got a full ride to law school. Currently my fourth in a biglaw firm in Miami. I have a lot of money. Would recommend.

Want fries with that?

What school? I'm considering doing this, talk me out of it

Starting Comparative Literature studies this fall.
Experiences, anyone? What am i in for?

BA/MA, doing PhD at UChicago in September

Continental philosophy / history / comp lit

I hate eople that are like I accidentaly got a biochem degree I don't even like it lol
fuck off

What are you gonna focus on?

Im "studying" journalism
Thinking a lot about sudoku lately

MA in English, I work grading standardized tests. Pays as much as teaching with the bonus that I don't actually have to talk to people.

hnnng nice
How was your application process to chicago? what was your shit like as an undergrad?

no idea. toying with the idea of becoming a novelist or a screenwriter but maybe i'll just keep them as a hobby.

Engineer/lawyer

Working as lawyer making a salary in the low $200s. It is demanding work though so I don't have as much time for books as I'd like.

I study economics, which seemed appealing at the first blush but turned out to be a boring mixture of maths and a bunch of inapplicable subjects. I wish I could switch to linguistics, but it's too late.

Funny, I'm thinking of studying literature in southern California as well. Damn I don't want to end up in cloudy Washington though. Court translator doesn't sound bad.

>mine tidligere gymnasielærere hænger ud på Veeky Forums

For helvede altså.

I'm considering a similar path. Did you major in english or philosophy?

Got a biology degree. Thought a research career might give me time to write.
Envisioned myself to be non-autistic-asimov. They kicked me out after the first year of a graduate degree because I kept writing instead of working on my research.
Now doing another degree in mechanical engineering because I'm afraid of life and being an undergrad student means not having to take any risks.
I feel like a total parasite to my parents (even though they are rich enough that paying my shitty apartment's rent doesn't even affect their balance at all) and am really anxious to actually doing work in the real world.
>i kinda wish they would die so I would be rich enough to write all day without any guilt

Harvard. Do you like academic analytic philosophy? Personally, I hate it, but there's enough "history of philosophy" to keep me going. It grates, though. If you don't get into a top-10 PhD program (using the Leiter Report that progressives in philosophy universally deride for some (no) reason), it's likely not worth doing, since it'll be practically impossible to get a tenure-track position afterwards, even with the standard one-year CV-padding position somewhere. If you don't get a full-ride plus stipend, definitely don't do it.

Lot of other Econ people in here. Anyone else find it far too easy? I thought I was doing something wrong because I never studied and went to class but have a 4.0 while engineering majors or comp Sci major's put all their time and effort into class but struggle but with Bs and Cs. Am I just a natural or is economics really just the secret best major for combination of easiness and payoff?

i didn't last long enough to pick a major. i was put on academic probation my first semester and then disqualified / asked not to return after failing two classes in my second semester.

i told my parents i am taking a break to figure out what i want to do but i know that i'm never going back. i just have to work up the courage to tell them.

Probably depends where you go to school. I did an econ minor and some classes were easy but others got fairly complex either with research or with the math involved. Many people find econ math easy because they go to an easy university. Mine required all the formulas to be derived on the tests, you couldn't just memorize the easy final product.

Which university? I grew up in SoCal, so I was tired of the weather. I'd rather be chilly and wet than hot and tan.

loool i dont know what to do with my life

dropped out after three weeks. I've been a forex trader for the last two years now.

You mean you don't enjoy it being 85ºF at 9 AM?

How much have you made?

Thanks man. It was pretty harrowing, but actually one of the least painful compared to the extra hoops of some other schools I applied to. I think the most important components were my research sample and my letters of recommendation, because my writing sample kind of blew, in retrospect.

Undergrad was OK. I had good GPA and GREs, but I have no way of knowing how much of an impact that had.

It was by no means an accident but it was a choice made with a lack of forethought. It was interesting enough to keep me there for 4 years but I never had any passion or desire to learn much beyond being able to pass the tests.

About 18k€ in the first six months I've worked for a small trading company, then I got fired because I couldn't keep working under the strict rules my boss gave me. Then I invested all the money I earned (mind you, the 18k were actually six wages, I actually handled way more money for the company) and gained 6k in the last 6 months of 2015, plus 11k since 2016 started. I haven't done any operation in a few weeks tho because of Brexit.

whats the difference between a research sample and a writing sample? what does "research" mean before getting to phd level?

Same, but I work part time as a cashier

Danish teachers at gymnasiums are fucking hacks lmfao, even at private schools.

I suppose I do go to a university one would deem easier than some others but it's still insane how little effort I've put forth into it. Then again, the average final grade in my business statistics class was an 82 and I had a 100 so maybe I am just a natural. Not trying to humble brag here, though it seems so.

>no math students
Good bye.

Majored in both Actuarial Science and Economics. Been out of college and unemployed for about six months now.

I thought math was my passion...now I don't want to start my career, though I know I'll have to eventually.

Phd in combinatorics and theoretical cs at one of stanford, berkeley or mit (you pick). It's everything i ever wanted it to be boys. Stipend is beefy enough to support my book buying and i do nothing but read math and lit all day long.

I'm majoring in philosophy and took english as a minor. I can see myself teaching at some point, what would you say are the most annoying parts of your job?

Environmental Science
I work in water treatment making 70k at 26 years old. Pretty content at the moment.

I'm about to start my junior year as a math major, but I didn't post ITT because I'm still in school

I'm 19 years old.

I am handsome, smart, athletic and virile.

I have a novel that is in it's final editing stage, and a creative writing professor at my college has read the first draft and thinks it's saleable.

I have a girlfriend who is confident, articulate, playful and spontaneous.

I have a small group of interesting friends from different social and academic backgrounds, and I also have many other acquaintances who see me as a reliable source of humour and good company.

Both my parents are alive and in good health.

I have no regrets.

I have already experienced three existential crises, the latter of which was described as having the depth and profundity of a man twice my age.

I am a passionate lover, a sharp thinker, and a trader of witty repartee.

I am not self-pitying, meek or needlessly humble.

I will live a good life at your expense.

>tfw no artfags

BA in Literature
I write content (read: titles and descriptions) for one of the major 5 porn websites

Never understood how people get mad at this pasta. Why not go do it yourself? Is this proof of how lefties see a rich man and want to make him poor, while righties see a rich man and want to be like him? Are YOU mad, user?

Petroleum engineer
Easiest engineering degree with the highest pay. Work in an office 37 hours/week making good easy money. Read and write poetry on spare time.
Recent drop in oil price was rough, but I made it through.

triggered tbqh

I have a biochem undergrad degree from notre dame from 2000 ... only used it one year to teach high school biology ... masters in english lit. Worked in banking, gyms, handstand act and pulling permits for a family circus, community college teacher for 3.5 years before being stalked by an underage girl - when I turned in a report, pulled into an interrogation that lasted like 5 hours, heard all I had did wrong and knew they were going to fire me (right to work state: they can fire you for no reason at all here, no unions. Shitty). so I quit before they could fire me for bullshit. Back to gyms. I write literary criticism in my spare time but hope to be a college English teacher again someday. If I were less attractive I would still be doing what I loved. Don't trust girls who always come to your office hours with any personal information in conversation.

When's the last time a petroleum engineer ever published a book worth reading?

There's a reason STEM majors don't write novels. Studying stuff like that literally and unironically rewires your brain in such a way that prevents you from being empathetic, sensitive and artistically creative. I would rather continue being a suicidal unemployed friendless virgin with the potential to write a masterpiece than be a financially wealthy and popular STEM-graduate who can't write two lines that anybody would care to read.

A career path with even shittier return to cost than the other humanities. I wonder why.

How old are you? I didn't really understand your word salad of a post but I gather you spent your 20s working various jobs and having sexual intercourse? How?

You sound mad. I wasn't even into the arts until I graduated. I was one of those typical STEM guys who thought arts degrees were useless.
I know I won't publish anything, and it doesn't really bother me. I write poetry beacause I like it and literally no one knows I do it. I love reading though.

I really need to lose my virginity dude.

Good post

Is pretty much to start net-working i guess

Did anyone else here feel an intense pressure to start working as soon as they graduated?

I was 21 and felt so guilty every day for not having a job after getting out of college. Eventually I found a stressful and unfulfilling office job and have been there ever since. Looking back it seems stupid to have pressured myself so much, but the idea of "enjoying" myself never really came to mind. I really don't comprehend how people can do that.

If I get a double degree in Math and Business Management, where would it lead me?

Also, how does it compare to ChemE in terms of pay and contribution to the betterment of society?

That is what capitalism does to the human mind.

the answer is yes, there is risk.

I would argue this is more the fault of money mill art schools and disinterested students than anything else. There are a select few institutions that seem to consistently produce quality work and students successful in the profession/institution

Is there a lot of work in that field?

Yes. I was filled with guilt and shame being unemployed for the first 8 months

You can't live the Veeky Forums life if you have a PhD in physics or whatever aspergic subject you go on to talk about in your post. Studying STEM to that level literally rewires your brain in a way that precludes any creative prowess. You are literally no more than a robot at this point. I bet you drink alcohol, watch sports and have "friends" too. It's really sad.

Just handed in my PhD thesis in physics. Theory. I'm 29.

I work 20 hours Python programming for a research group engineering quantum computation devices and 10 hours doing stochastic for the traffic analysis center of my city (Vienna).

I think I want to keep on working only 20h throughout 2017 and live the Veeky Forums and Veeky Forums life.
Pic semi-related?
I also try to do some relevant (award worthy) math in my free time. Of course, easier said than done.

your life lacks teleology.
read kierkegaard.

being uncertain will never be endearing.
comp lit major speaking here.

Degree in Applied English and German languages. Worked at burger king and now a bakery

music
call centre

Wtf, are you me? This is literally me down to the PE degree, the private poetry, and the late blooming love of literature (mine started in my last year and a half of undergrad). Where did you go to school?

(sorry for the deletion and reposting)

I don't know if you want to engage in a proper conversation with this, but I agree that there is a wiring (or maybe re-wiring) if you spend years doing STEM.
Probably everybody interprets "Veeky Forums life" differently, I mostly just mean I read existentialist philosophy and try to get into other peoples minds (be open for the worldviews of girls and cool guys that I meet, as well as good authors)

I feel there is also a substantial part of life that people don't happen to experience when they don't study math and science. E.g. putting myself in the position of someone who doesn't know what the Church-Turing thesis tries to say about the world feels odd. Looking at people who don't know what a Turing machine is a bit like looking at people who never have to eat and who have never eaten. Those people might not have to do it to survive, and so they might never get into it, but then it's like missing out on something natural and an essential experience.

1. this is cheap bait.
2. clockwork can be beautiful
3. this is cheap bait.

kekd

Oil! by PTA

I'm turning 23 too. Just quit my job to go study radiology.

Gonna let it stick this time though, I just want a job at the end

University of Alberta, you?

Graphic designer graduated in 2012 and from 2013 until, well, now I'm a dairy farmer, have goats. Live in though so I guess I have no future anyway. I'm trying to write my book and comic

Damn, I was hoping we went to the same place. Mines for me.

>I have already experienced three existential crises, the latter of which was described as having the depth and profundity of a man twice my age.

never fails

I'm 22, pretty much the rising star of my University's English department, which isn't saying all that much because most of the theses of my fellows are on Hip Hop or YA lit. I feel like I'm the big fish in a small pond.

I'm currently using a paid research stipend (only time a hum. Major has ever one the award at this institution) studying lit theory and plain to write on the topic for my thesis. after that I'll continue here to do my MA, which will take me a year. in the intervening summer I'm going to try and go to France to learn French so that I can do a Fulbright there to study Lacan or some shit in French after I graduate.

I really, really want to go to Duke for my PhD, and be taught by Fredric Jameson. I don't care if the rest of my life falls apart after that.

TL;DR I'm Intelligent, Nihilistic and with a Wicked Sense of Humor

I typed this in my phone and I just got my wisdom teeth pulled so forgive my typos. I've probably already identified myself to anyone I know who goes on here

Archaeology and Anthropology
I teach at a university and work at the university in the off season, dig in the summers.
It's pretty nice, I own my own home and can afford the things I want.

Sorry, work at the university's museum in the off season.

I've seen you post about your being paid to do lit theory. Are you cute?

Texas A&M, Louisiana or Colorado probably

Pride comes before the fall.

Dostoevsky was an engineer

He studied engineering against his will and had no real formal qualifications in it as he didn't specialize and spent most of his time translating novels from French.