What type of job did you get with your degree?

[Shadowless]

I was wondering, what type of job have the people who earned a degree from one of the big three schools received? What type of money are you making?

Have you found it hard to find a job using one of these three schools?

[larry7crys]

I'll just be happy by getting the degree. LOL. Well, I hope to get a job in teaching science one day (assuming I get my teaching credentials). I know it doesn't pay much but I feel that it is my calling in life. On the other hand, working at a civilian nuclear power plant as an operator or supervisor wouldn't be that bad either.

[ShotoJuku]

[COLOR="Navy"]HA HA!! hilarious

Same job that I've had for the last 27-years!! [/COLOR]

[crshore]

No new job for me! I've had the same job for eight years (intakes and research for a work/life company) and I'm not planning on leaving any time soon. While I finished my degree for personal satisfaction, I also want to make sure:

1. If my company closes or I get laid off, I have options available to me that I wouldn't have had without a degree (I really don't want to have to work in retail again..it's not for me).
2. I can go to graduate school.
3. I can get promoted within my company. Without a degree, that's not a possibility.

Good question!

[originalbigjim]

I got in to grad school with my big 3 degree, I hope to get a awesome job with that degree.

[Greggy_D]

I'm in the same boat as ShotoJuko. I've been in IT since 1991, all self-taught. I failed miserably out of the University of Michigan back in the late '80s and went to a couple of Community Colleges after that. School wasn't for me whatsoever. Back in 1990, I was working as a teller at a bank for $6.83/hour and talked my way on to the Help Desk a year later for $18,600/year.

17 years later, after working my way up the food chain, I'm Vice President of Engineering and make 6 figures (this is not to brag, but to add perspective and to also answer the OP's questions). All without a college degree. Hard work (and a little luck) got me to where I am now.

A college degree at this point will not net me a new position or more pay. It is now a personal quest to finish something I started 20 years ago.

[Lydia]

I'm in the same boat as ShotoJuko. I've been in IT since 1991, all self-taught. I failed miserably out of the University of Michigan back in the late '80s and went to a couple of Community Colleges after that. School wasn't for me whatsoever. Back in 1990, I was working as a teller at a bank for $6.83/hour and talked my way on to the Help Desk a year later for $18,600/year.

17 years later, after working my way up the food chain, I'm Vice President of Engineering and make 6 figures (this is not to brag, but to add perspective and to also answer the OP's questions). All without a college degree. Hard work (and a little luck) got me to where I am now.

Just goes to show you that dertermination can get you so much farther than a sheet of paper (diploma). There are people who got their degree the first time around, and were not nearly as driven and successful as yo were without yours.

Anyhow, I think it's that same determination that has you back today, working towards completion. Now that's something to be proud of!

[SimonTam]

My story is similar to Greggy's and crshore's. When I was younger, I dropped out of University of Florida because I did not apply myself to classwork. I spent a few years in the military and taught myself about computers, networking and programming. After the military, I got a good job as IT Manager for a small company. I chose to finish a degree in another field for many reasons. A few of them are:

1. Options - a second career field leaves open possibilities and accounting is one of the top growing fields.
2. Accounting is a field where it doesn't matter where in the country you go, there are usually jobs.
3. Accounting is a field where it is extremely easy to get part-time work so I can supplement my existing income or retirement income later on.
4. IT jobs have slowed down in the past few years, especially for those who don't have a degree. At my company, there is a MCSE who is currently working as a purchasing agent.
5. Got me into grad school.

While I currently have a good job, without a degree and in the IT field, I was worried that I might have to basically start over if the company was sold or closed. At 42, I figure I can start over only one more time and I wanted to make sure I could have the opportunity for a career that would take me through to retirement.

While I haven't really used my degree yet, I believe once I finish grad school and pass the CPA exam, I won't have any problems.

[crshore]

[QUOTE=SimonTam]While I currently have a good job, without a degree and in the IT field, I was worried that I might have to basically start over if the company was sold or closed. At 42, I figure I can start over only one more time and I wanted to make sure I could have the opportunity for a career that would take me through to retirement.[QUOTE]

I'm in the same position. I work for an EAP, and there is no way in heck I could ever get another job without a minimum of a bachelor's degree. If my company closed down and I didn't have a degree, I honestly don't know what kind of a position I'd be in to make a decent living in my area (the VERY expensive Northeast!).