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46 People With ‘Useless Degrees’ Reveal What They Do Now

  1. Bachelor’s degree in animation. I deliver mail now.
  2. Philosophy degree. I think about life a lot.
  3. BA in sociology. Got accepted to law school but opted out because I was burned out and hated everything. I went to work at a hotel and randomly fell into accounting. It worked for me and now I have a CPA.

  4. Psychology degree -> bartending
  5. Got a psych degree, now im an electrician
  6. What do you do / With a BA in English? Cloud application manager.
  7. I have an art degree, in glass art. Have been a professional glass artist since 2000, just started on the 2nd largest commission of my career for a $60,000 suspended sculpture.
  8. BA in Classical Studies. Senior Financial Analyst.
  9. BS Kinesiology. MS exercise physiology. Software engineer now
  10. Human Development. I’m a military officer (MajorDick now)
  11. Film degree. Work in film production. Be careful what you wish for.
  12. Independent Researcher* (AKA, unemployed, or at least seriously under-employed, but I spend a few nights a week at the library pretending to be a post-doc, trying to write research papers on my degree subject because I miss doing my PhD).
  13. Psychology: operations/HR Manager
  14. Did get the typically “useless” psychology B.A. but did go on to get my masters in marriage and family therapy, currently work as a therapist. So it has gotten its use!
  15. Fine arts degree. Worked my butt off for years. Now in sales which comes so easy to me and I make so much more money. Wish I studied business or marketing and figured this out many years ago
  16. BA in Theatre Arts BFA in Stage Performance. Now I’m a Systems Administrator at a world-class art museum.
  17. Fly planes. Creative writing degree.
  18. BA in medieval studies from an Ivy. I work in VFX.
  19. Recreation therapy degree and now I grow weed for a living
  20. Sociology- I’m retired but worked for Child welfare
  21. I have a degree in accounting, that I used for six months 30 year ago. My roomate was a flight attendant and was having a blast, I decided to apply got accepted and spent 10 years traveling the world, until I had kids. Once they were older, I got into property management.
  22. Interdisciplinary Liberal Arts -> E-Commerce Manager
  23. Bachelor’s: English/Creative Writing. Master’s: Liberal Studies/Peace Education/Educational Theory. Job: Kindergarten teacher
  24. History degree. Went to law school and got my JD. Went to work for a private developer doing government and public relations stuff. Now working for a nonprofit as an advocate for indigenous peoples working on social and political issues like human trafficking and climate change policy.
  25. Psychology degree -> real estate appraisal -> startup founder in gaming industry -> product manager at fintech company. It’s been a weird 20 years since college.
  26. Sociology. I mostly tell people how to communicate now to not be an asshole. I work for child protective services to help kids get back to home, or keep them there if it’s a good idea.
  27. I got a bachelor degree in tourism management. I’ve been unemployed for 6 months
  28. Sales. I do brewery tours for fun and often make fun of my German degree, and then teach them related words.
  29. BA in English, thought I was going to be a librarian. Logistics management for a high tech manufacturer.
  30. Bachelor in cultural anthropology > CPA
  31. I got a degree in Communication with focuses in Journalism and English. I am now a senior video producer at a large nonprofit.
  32. I got a degree in Geography in 1969. I thought getting a government job would be good. Since I had good grades the recruiter had me take a logic test. When I passed he offered a job as a programmer trainee. I retired as an IT person from the government in 2004 and as a contractor ID person at the same agency in 2016.
  33. BFA in studio arts. I am a tattoo artist, co-own a studio, and intend to go back for my masters to teach when my body doesn’t want to tattoo anymore.
  34. Sociology degree. Software Product Manager.
  35. Left school with 90% of a music degree. Became a controls technician for the automation field.
  36. BA in Theatre/Directing. I now joust for renn faires
  37. Advertising. I work in pharmaceutical advertising.
  38. In the CEO of a mid-sized credit union. Majored in philosophy.
  39. Psychology: Data Analyst.
  40. BA in history. Currently am a cardiothoracic surgeon.
  41. BA in business admin and i do warehouse work.
  42. Psychology degree > Sales
  43. Philosophy major here. Didn’t go to law school. I’ve had a very diverse career ranging from sales, non-profit, corporate finance, corporate people management, CX, and training. I’m now in grad school, self employed and have two successful businesses.
  44. Sociology degree…web developer
  45. Religious Traditions of the West, which taught me how to do random research and write papers while also fulfilling my need for very very random trivia. I was mostly at college to play on computers on a sweet T1 ethernet connection, which is how I ended up in web dev, and then my ability to write led to me being in marketing for tech.
  46. Anthropology -> production designer.

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