# Useful college degrees vs. following your dreams

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**Created:** [January 15, 2010, 12:27pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/useful-college-degrees-vs-following-your-dreams/249761 "2010-01-15T12:27:22Z")
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### Author: ![99FRC](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/99frc/32/6335_2.png) [@99FRC](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/99FRC)
#### Post date: [January 16, 2010, 9:36am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/useful-college-degrees-vs-following-your-dreams/249761/11 "2010-01-16T09:36:30Z")

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> [@wow](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/wow/28402/6):
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> :lmao
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> I think over half of graduates end up working in fields unrelated to their major. That would kinda bother me. Four years is a long time to pour effort into something to just blow it off afterwards.
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> I earned my B.S. in Comp Engineering, which I guess is an IT degree on the whole but I work in telecom now as a Network Tech doing data/telephony systems. Not quite IT, but not far off. My first job out of school was in IT and only now do I realize how badly I was treated. Telecom folks are happy to have you whereas IT people think they’re doing you a favor in keeping you around.
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> Stay the fuck away from IT.

You have 75% of people in IT with only basic IT knowledge. If you want to get ahead of that you need to have a bigger better resume. A 4 year degree in IT with experience will get you a decent IT job. A 2 year degree and a year exp working at best buy won’t get you shit.

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