(Pls repost) Re-upping this for a new batch of students and a new batch of #bluesky folks. What was your “useless” degree, your first job out of school, and what are you doing now? 🗃️🗺️
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Amy J. Rutenberg
(Pls repost) Folks who majored in history, english, or something else “useless,”what was your first job out of school? What are you doing now? I know there are plenty of online resources about jobs but I’m trying to show my students that careers are often not straight lines.Thank you!!!!
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Ultimately, what I ended up doing was what I was doing as a job in college: administrating LMS and other educational technology systems.
While seemingly unrelated, that college job came from knowing someone in the history dept., actually!
I temped a lot, including some longer-term gigs
Professor of Medieval History
Restaurant Host => Hotel Manager => Hotel Director of Operations => non-profit fundraising office support person => Prospect Researcher => Executive Director of Fundraising at a small college => Prospect Researcher => Free Lance + Community Organizer => Data Strategist