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What was your degree in and what is your job now?

158 replies

Purplturpl · 12/01/2025 16:17

I am looking for inspiration as my ds has very different interests to me and dh. We are both engineers and not really sure what other career paths there are. Degrees such as marketing or politics and economics for instance. What career paths do they lead to.

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PurpleStripedCat · 12/01/2025 16:44

OperaDSM · 12/01/2025 16:35

Degree : Information and Library Studies

Retraining: Stage Management and Technical Theatre Foundation Degree

Now: Theatre/Opera Stage Manager

(Outs self to anyone that knows me - I'm pretty sure I'm the only person with this combination of degree/job)

Interesting! My degree is in acting and I’m now a librarian 📚

Cherrysoup · 12/01/2025 16:50

MFL, Head of French in a secondary.

LandSharksAnonymous · 12/01/2025 16:51

Law, LLB.

Civil servant, Small Business Owner & Dog Breeder 😁

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Notmycircusnotmyotter · 12/01/2025 16:52

PPE

Strategic communications at a multinational.

FurForksSake · 12/01/2025 16:52

Business with economics. Now work in mental health (children's).

lavenderbluesleep · 12/01/2025 16:55

Psychology and Educational Development. Children's sleep therapist

25GB · 12/01/2025 16:55

French and I am a secondary school teacher in a different subject.

Copernicus321 · 12/01/2025 16:57

BSC Computer Science

Started my career as an application developer.

Ended my career as a programme director in business change.

AllProperTeaIsTheft · 12/01/2025 16:57

Language degree. I'm a secondary school languages teacher. Decided on my job when I was 12!

fannieadams · 12/01/2025 16:58

Business.

Product and project manager.

BornSandyDevotional · 12/01/2025 16:59

Me: English Lit. Work in Comms
DH: PPE. Works in Comms

Purplturpl · 12/01/2025 17:00

BornSandyDevotional · 12/01/2025 16:59

Me: English Lit. Work in Comms
DH: PPE. Works in Comms

What is ppe? And what is comms?

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ColourfulCircles · 12/01/2025 17:01

Theology.
Taught RE for 12 years and now a Probation Officer.

YourNimbleOchrePoster · 12/01/2025 17:01

BA Sociology

Care assistant in the community, in a home and self employed in the community, I’m now retired. When I started I thought I’d do it for a few years to fit around my DC but I ended up doing it for years as I love helping old people.

Whoarethoseguys · 12/01/2025 17:02

An arts degree can lead to a variety of different jobs u know people who did BAs in history, drama, politics, sociology, psychology, modern foreign languages Law, English and are now

Civil servant
Teacher
Therapist
Business analyst
University lecturer
Recruitment consultant
Public Administration
Arts administration
Police officer

TotallyKerplunked · 12/01/2025 17:05

BSc in biochemistry and worked in pharmaceutical industry for >10 years. I'm currently a school science technician and debating teacher training.

DaftyLass · 12/01/2025 17:07

Went to school for geography, work as a manager in a cannabis dispensary

Changingplace · 12/01/2025 17:10

Degree in English Studies (combined Language & Literature)

Now work in events & external affairs within a communications department.

Seeline · 12/01/2025 17:10

BSc in geography.
Did a post grad in Town Planning and became a planner

NeverAloneNeverAgain · 12/01/2025 17:14

Under grad in English studies - worked in mental health.
MA in Social Worker and still a Social Worker. Planned to do frontline for a few years and go in to lecturing but actually I love my job so no plans to move just yet.

RustyBear · 12/01/2025 17:17

Me: History, Post grad Librarianship, first a librarian, later an IT tech in a primary school
DH: Statistics - BSc, MSc & Phd, statistical consultant
DS: History & Politics, Digital Marketing at a major publisher
DD: Psychology, Implementation Consultant, Solution Sales at a big recruitment company

CenotaphCorner · 12/01/2025 17:29

Archaeology; archaeologist.

UrsulaBelle · 12/01/2025 17:29

Degree in physics

Was a quality engineer BC, now a school physics technician.

BornSandyDevotional · 12/01/2025 17:30

Purplturpl · 12/01/2025 17:00

What is ppe? And what is comms?

In lowercase, just random letters and words. Not unlike Communications. Or Philosophy, Politics and Economics. A degree in personal protective equipment may have proved more lucrative!

Passthecake30 · 12/01/2025 17:33

Maths, I’m an accountant