What did you/dh study at Uni and what did you do afterwards...

[CountessDracula]

Following on from comment on last thread someone made about not wanting their kids to get into debt to the tune of £15k studying English, just to end up doing someone's admin for the next 30 years.

DH studied History and is a Lawyer

I studied Law and I am in IT

Go figure!

forgot to say that dh did corporate/enterprise law and works as a solicitor in that field. I think he missed his calling and should have done classics and become a professor for Roman history since he lectures on it endlessly at home.

DH - Computer Science and Economics -> Now a Director for a major Insurance software house. Not related at all ! Although he does have a long post-grad history of programming and IT Project Management, so he did use his degree.

sorry about the rogue caps

sssandy where did you study? mediaeval history buffs are thin on the the ground (i did wimmin and medicine... pass me that leech, I'm coming to cure you!)

fashion design bdes and then show design at cordwainers.
worked in fashion then opened my own shop
then had my babes.

do interior stuff now.

show !!! SHOE

Me geography then PGCS geog teach for 10 years now sahm
DH medicine now peadiatrician

NdeP I work for an Insurance Software house wonder if it is the same one!

I did Theatre Studies and went on to work in the theatre/film/tv world for a while, now a writer having moved sideways to write about film/tv. Most others on my course are still involved in performing arts/entertainment in some way. Even if I hadn't, uni was such a brilliant thing, wonderful time, wonderful friends, well worth the debt.

Dh read Psychology and now works in retail (using his knowledge of the human psyche to make us buy more frocks...)

Marina - where did you do French and drama?

I doubt it, not based in London. Clue - they do software for Brokers and have recently been sold

errr

so do we

so have we

But I know who you mean!

me - economics (yawn) then investment banking (triple-yawn) then music now probably going into teaching

dh - classics & italian, then investment banking

lol. It was an MBO sort of thing (with a bit of help from a VC)

I studied English and Social Studies Im going back to finish it when DD is in school

Me: English Language/Linguistics, plus DipTEFLA
Was a TEFL teacher for some years. Totally linear path for me, really. Now a SAHM. Am planning to become a doula.

DH: zoology, PhD in molecular biology, now a research biologist. Totally linear path for him.

Technically I shouldn't fraternising with the enemy

I did biochemistry, worked in research in neurosciences for 9 year. Worked in medical information and drug safety monitoring in the pharmaceutical industry. Trained as a teacher and now teach sciece, specialising in Biology.

Dh did engineering (in reality he did drinking, women and flying). Joined the RAF while a student and is still flying with them.

Agree with Mrs Badger, there is something about the life sciences that keeps you hooked!

I studied Physical Geography (mainly soils), completly useless really - I only went for the social life I work for the British Embassy in Brazil now and previous to that various United Nations agencies (WHO, UNDP & UNESCO). See I told you Geography is useless.

French/Linguistics degree then PG training as a speech and lang. therapist.
Am about to embark on an MSc after a few years loafing at home in stained tracksuit,arsing about on MN and lentil weaving and trailing abroad after dh.

Dh did Agriculture and Ecomonics and has just got his MSc in...er..something to do with sustainable wotsits.
Works in all sorts of odd places in agricultural business development.

MrsBadger- dear god no, the thought of even being in the same department as dh brings me out in a cold sweat, let alone him being my boss :o Luckily we are in different faculties (well, more design than luck) and based on different campuses several miles apart. He's not really strictly a geneticist either, it's just his title! Just read that back and it sounds like I'm trying to avoid him- I'm not, just like to be independent :)

lol @ tamum .

I agree, this thread is really rivetting. We've done jobs before, but I think this is the first time we've seen how people got there!

I want to read meouw's paper on terrorism....

DH - psychology, is in finance.
Me - law, tried accountancy and hated it so transferred to investment management. Now SAHM, will most probably go back to do a bit of light securities admin when DD's are all at school.