Did your degree lead you to work in that field?

Blondie86Star · 28-05-2007 03:14PM #1

Hi i'm just wondering how many people have a degree(particulary a BA) and have gone into work in that field after they've finished, or have you done something completely unrelated to your qualification?

Sleepy · 28-05-2007 03:21PM

B.Comm (MIS), H. Dip Systems Analysis and I work as an IT consultant so yes, I'm mainly doing what I studied for in college. That said, I don't know how much the degree or diploma have benefitted me in my work. A couple of MS exams would have probably given me more functional skills and a lot of the rest I wouldn've probably picked up on the job.

That said, employers do tend to like degrees so my qualifications probably opened the door for me.

BoozyBabe · 28-05-2007 03:23PM

BSc. IT Mgt.
Work as a Network Administrator, so yes, related to job

thebman · 28-05-2007 03:47PM

Bsc. Computer Science & Software Engineering working in Tech Support ATM so yeah, I'll be moving into programming from here within the company and its IEEE compliant which we did as part of the course so it fits exactly with what I'm doing and I like doing it.

robinph · 28-05-2007 03:52PM

I have obtained different qualifications relavent to the field I was working in at the time after already having managed to blag the job. So no, working in a particular field led to me getting a degree in the same area.

Marksie · 28-05-2007 04:00PM

yep got a degree in microbiology and a separate one in molecular biology.

i currently work in both fields

digitally-yours · 28-05-2007 04:02PM

B.com + MCSE

working in technical support in IT

so yes i am working in that field

But my main area of studies is business and accounting.Looking for job in that sector.

watna · 28-05-2007 05:10PM

Nope... i have a degree in Chemistry from Trinity and now work in recruitment. Apparently (and I've actually seen this in interviews) a degree like that shows you are analytical and can work in a team. I just nod and smile in case they find out I don't know anything about chemistry!

NutJob · 28-05-2007 05:12PM

BSC in Software developement.

Gone from developement to test to developement and back again.

Still want to be a fireman when i grow up though

ixoy · 28-05-2007 05:14PM

B.A. (Mod) in Comp. Sci and working in IT so yes, relevant.

I asked the head of Comp. Sci in Trinity, why their main IT degree of the time was a B.A. and the evening course was the B. Sc. He didn't know. Odd...

Vegeta · 28-05-2007 05:15PM

B.Eng and yes working in the field but hate it

calsatron · 28-05-2007 05:25PM

B.A. Accounting and I'm a financial analyst so yes.

Pherekydes · 28-05-2007 05:50PM

B.A. in Maths Studies and Stats. Now keeping house, so very relevant.

rain on · 28-05-2007 05:51PM

BA in English and Linguistics, MA in English, work in a library, so.. kinda, I guess.
Going back to do an MBS in the autumn though. Upon completion of which the answer will hopefully be a resounding Yes.

Wacker · 28-05-2007 05:56PM

watna wrote:

Nope... i have a degree in Chemistry from Trinity and now work in recruitment. Apparently (and I've actually seen this in interviews) a degree like that shows you are analytical and can work in a team. I just nod and smile in case they find out I don't know anything about chemistry!

Good lord, replace the word 'chemistry' there with 'philosophy and politics' and 'Trinity' with 'UCD' and you and I have the same life.

Knowing how pathetic my life is makes me pity you!

chump · 28-05-2007 06:00PM

except philosophy and politics in UCD is a walk in the park compared to chemistry in TCD - where completion of which would indicate some level of intelligence

ps. i'm just getting a rise out of u

Wacker · 28-05-2007 07:37PM

chump wrote:

except philosophy and politics in UCD is a walk in the park compared to chemistry in TCD - where completion of which would indicate some level of intelligence

ps. i'm just getting a rise out of u

Don't worry about it. I'm pretty philosophical about such things!

In my opinion, a certain degree of intelligence is required to get my degree. What is not required is any work.

28-05-2007 07:41PM

ixoy wrote:

I asked the head of Comp. Sci in Trinity, why their main IT degree of the time was a B.A. and the evening course was the B. Sc. He didn't know. Odd...

It's weird. A lot of the courses are B.A. - for example, if you complete a 4 year degree in Theoretical Physics, you receive a B.A. I think there's an official reason for it (I remember being told back in the day) but I can't remember why there are a lot of B.A. courses there.

It could simply be to do with the timing of the evening course - it may be more modern than the day time course, thus a decision was made to stop doing something just for the sake of doing it. But I'm just guessing.

DublinWriter · 28-05-2007 07:42PM

I was already working in I.T. during the twelvty-million years it took me to do my BSc and MSc programmes part-time at TCD.

I found the courses to have almost no pratical use in my day-to-day. The only reason for them is a) looks good on the CV and b) gives me the option to 'retire' into academia if I want.

watna · 28-05-2007 08:34PM

I think the reason they give a BA is because Oxford and Cambridge do too. I think there is some actual reason for it but it's illogical and poncy. Having a BA after my name when i have a degree in chemistry is more than a wee bit annoying. I can't help comparing my college days to my brothers. He's just finished Arts in UCD and bummed around for three years drinking whereas I spent my college days locked in a lab or doing lab reports... bad bad times!

Time Magazine · 28-05-2007 08:42PM

ixoy wrote:

B.A. (Mod) in Comp. Sci and working in IT so yes, relevant.

I asked the head of Comp. Sci in Trinity, why their main IT degree of the time was a B.A. and the evening course was the B. Sc. He didn't know. Odd...

Professional degrees are non-B.A. B.Th for the Proddy priests, B.A. for the rest of us. Except for Myth, the bloody professional.

patrickolee · 28-05-2007 08:47PM

Degree in electronics working in S/W dev, so kinda... but very little of what I learned in college helped in work, apart from my least favourite subject ... 'interface' when condemed to writing scsi drivers!

Nehpets · 28-05-2007 08:49PM

I don't go to TCD but I have a leaflet about the CS course. It says that BA < BSc. < BA (Mod). It's for historical reasons and as mentioned only three colleges in the world offer it. (Cambridge, Oxford and Trinity). In other words, it is insignificant!

DublinWriter · 28-05-2007 08:59PM

watna wrote:

I think the reason they give a BA is because Oxford and Cambridge do too. I think there is some actual reason for it but it's illogical and poncy. Having a BA after my name when i have a degree in chemistry is more than a wee bit annoying.

No, it's actually an MA. You can claim it three years after completeing any degree course from TCD. My undergrad in TCD was a BSc but I went for the MA a couple of years ago when doing my 'real' MSc. All you need to do is pay the 80 Euro and turn-up suitably frocked on the day of commencements.

JackKelly · 28-05-2007 10:43PM

The Comp Sci in TCD is a BA (mod) degree, apparently a step above a normal BA degree.

https://www.cs.tcd.ie/courses/ba/FAQs.php

Third_Echelon · 28-05-2007 10:51PM

B.Sc. in IT Management -> work as I.T. consultant. So yeah!!!

dermot_sheehan · 28-05-2007 10:53PM

LL.B -> LL.M. -> and soon BL

hope to work in the area after six years in college.

Red Hand · 29-05-2007 12:24AM

Blondie86Star wrote:

Hi i'm just wondering how many people have a degree(particulary a BA) and have gone into work in that field after they've finished, or have you done something completely unrelated to your qualification?

From the title, I thought this was going to be about some guy with an ox and plough in a field...and a degree in Astrophysics.

Time Magazine · 29-05-2007 12:36AM

DublinWriter wrote:

No, it's actually an MA. You can claim it three years after completeing any degree course from TCD. My undergrad in TCD was a BSc but I went for the MA a couple of years ago when doing my 'real' MSc. All you need to do is pay the 80 Euro and turn-up suitably frocked on the day of commencements.

Incorrect my good man! You enroll in a BA and if you fail your fourth year exams you are given a BA with no chance of MA. Thus the distinction of BA (Hons.) and BA.

Also the price has increased substantially since your day. It's about €450 now I believe.

Hail 2 Da Chimp · 29-05-2007 10:29AM

Yes it did...

thelordofcheese · 29-05-2007 01:43PM

I have a BSc in Computer Systems, and i was working in IT as a developer/3rd line support, then decided to do an MSc in Computer Games technology and i am currently in the middle of that so.... kinda, i suppose is the answer.

Did your degree lead you to work in that field?

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