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Pretorian
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Pretorian
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How did you end up in your field?
paulb
1/16/20 10:21am
RE: How did you end up in your field?
Pete
1/16/20 10:22am
Humanities degree. Can’t do anything with that, but go to law school.
Jay Rick
1/16/20 10:22am
Me too.
RalphWiggam
1/16/20 10:28am
My wife has an English degree from BYU and earns 200K in tech.
ReyOso
1/16/20 10:30am
RE: My wife has an English degree from BYU and earns 200K in tech.
byuguns55
1/16/20 11:16am
I'm a U grad. I only pump up her BYU degree under duress. 😉
ReyOso
1/16/20 1:28pm
200k? Is she single?
Santos L. Halper
1/16/20 11:22am
I don’t know anything about tech! Or about the humanities! And just barely law.
Jay Rick
1/16/20 12:05pm
Does she want to adopt an adult son?
Archaea
1/16/20 1:42pm
I made a decision, pursued it, and acheived it.
SJS
1/16/20 10:22am
Nice. I never studied hard enough to do that.
paulb
1/16/20 10:24am
I didn’t listed to stupid college guidance counselors
Pretorian
1/16/20 10:47am
I thought I would drive trains. I was wrong. Too much work to switch at that point.
Ragnar Danneskjold
1/16/20 10:23am
Not sure. I just woke up naked in the field that day. I'm pretty sure it was aliens, but I have no memory of it.
Byron McNertney
1/16/20 10:23am
😂😂😂 Good one
ByuImaginesDragons
1/16/20 11:37pm
Highly calculated based on my strengths and the job market at the time
deejo
1/16/20 10:23am
I did this too and only last 3 years after graduation before I left the field.
ReyOso
1/16/20 10:30am
That’s what I did,
Pretorian
1/16/20 10:49am
I walked into it. I was chasing rabbits in my yard.
TerribleOpinionsGuy
1/16/20 10:23am
ROTC scholarship out of high school...was only going to stay in for 4 years
byuguns55
1/16/20 10:23am
Chosen field was dead in the water, fell back to the industry I worked in while
SandYFan
1/16/20 10:24am
Picked a major that made decent money, stuck with it, took the best
JuicyJam
1/16/20 10:25am
Moved to a small town without a lot of jobs that I liked. So I found something I
crack
1/16/20 10:25am
What do you do?
Santos L. Halper
1/16/20 10:26am
Day Trading
crack
1/16/20 10:26am
You moved without a job? That's interesting
TNT
1/16/20 10:26am
I was digging holes, welding, mixing cement, not making livable money. Mid 20's.
Backcountry
1/16/20 10:26am
Good on you man...early congrats!
byuguns55
1/16/20 10:26am
Thank you!
Backcountry
1/16/20 10:27am
I was a multimedia developer, graduated with my degree in CS. One day Macromedia
MacroCougar
1/17/20 7:07am
I thought pharmacy was a good field before my mission. Told people for 2 years
WhirleyPop
1/16/20 10:26am
RC Airplanes. Got one when I was 12. Developed a passion for aviation.
Busting Coveys
1/16/20 10:27am
Failed at what I planned to do, ended up where I am.
Santos L. Halper
1/16/20 10:27am
The most beautiful girl in high school.
bluecheese
1/16/20 10:30am
And Brenda P.? How did that pan out?
fldnstrm
1/16/20 10:42am
Ha! Barely had the guts to even talk to her. But man, she was great to look at.
bluecheese
1/16/20 10:47am
That is funny, I can relate! I love that you shared that 😁
Pretorian
1/17/20 11:27am
Well, when I failed to win the Heisman or the Wooden award I figured the
RalphWiggam
1/16/20 10:30am
I needed health insurance
byujag
1/16/20 10:31am
Recruited while at college and took it to avoid student debt, then realized I
vagabonder
1/16/20 10:35am
God, seriously. A colleague pointed out the degree to me, but it just felt right
runnincoug
1/16/20 10:41am
It's amazing how differently life turns out than what we expected in our youth
Backcountry
1/16/20 10:43am
As a 16 year old kid, I needed a hot girl to lead me to my life's calling.
bluecheese
1/16/20 11:21am
Dad was an accounting professor, I planned on being an accounting professor, but
Fdnman
1/16/20 10:42am
Pete. Most days I’m not sure if I appreciate or hate him.
Cougar Jazz Fan
1/16/20 10:46am
Hated what I was doing. Decided to make a change. Massive amounts of luck...
Homercles
1/16/20 11:04am
I knew from the time I about 13 or 14 that I wanted to be a Civil Engineer. After 1 1/2 years of college I went on a
Real G Man
1/16/20 11:41am
I was working for the Navy and really wanted to look at the reactors on a sub or
Chadillac
1/16/20 12:20pm
My son got a job at a naval base as a mechanical engineer and works on the
Fdnman
1/16/20 12:29pm
I was turned down for the job of trust fund beneficiary
Archaea
1/16/20 1:44pm
Planning to be a doctor
sanitarium
1/16/20 2:03pm
*No ragrets
WDaddy
1/17/20 4:28am
I had a family friend with a dog who was taking it to a groomer, and they saw
ByuImaginesDragons
1/16/20 11:35pm
Swore I would only be an exotic dancer until I graduated but the money
Kama'aina
1/17/20 9:55am
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