[AT] OT two university STEM majors to avoid

Stephen Offiler soffiler at gmail.com
Sat Aug 24 07:58:11 PDT 2019


A music major working in a music store seems like a wise career move to
me.  Who does he meet all day every day?  Musicians.  Talk about networking.

SO


On Sat, Aug 24, 2019 at 9:58 AM James Peck <jamesgpeck at hotmail.com> wrote:

> I had an occasion to return a rented musical instrument to a music store
> several years ago which included an inspection of the instrument. Based on
> the twentyish appearance of the store manager, I asked him if he were a
> Music major. He said yes.  That is apparently another academic field where
> supply and demand are out of balance. Yet, I would bet the university from
> which the music major graduated counts him as having a job in the field of
> music.
>
> [John Hall] Those are 2 fields he should be able to get a job in. The only
> problem I see is he will have to go where the jobs are. Every town has an
> accountant, not many have an astronomer.
>
> ] James Peck] I encountered a fiftyish man in a McDonalds wearing a full
> antique McDonalds uniform. Turned out he had worked for McDonalds right out
> of High School, went to college, and having graduated with a couple of dud
> (my assessment, not his) majors, eventually came back to them. He had
> graduated with BS degrees in Astronomy and Geology.
>
> We had a short conversation about the telescope on top of Mt. Haleakala,
> Hawaii, which we both knew something about.
>
> An Associate Degree in Tractor Mechanics would be of far more help to
> people who work on tractors of any age.
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