<div dir="ltr">I started out as a nursing major. Lost count of how many times I changed my major afterwards. The list of majors that I fancied but eventually transferred out of includes pre-med, physics, electrical engineering, and journalism.<div><br></div><div>I was beginning to look like I was majoring in "student" which was ok by me. I love learning things. Alas, nothing lasts forever.</div><div><br></div><div>Eventually the money was running out so I had to pick something and graduate. Ended up with a degree in respiratory therapy with a minor in environmental science so that I could go on to be a tech journalist because why the heck not? </div><div><br></div><div>(And I'm still learning stuff everyday. It's just that people pay me now for that edumacation instead of the other way around. I do so love that) </div></div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Thu, Jul 25, 2019 at 3:53 PM Christine Hall via Ipg-smz <<a href="mailto:ipg-smz@netpress.org">ipg-smz@netpress.org</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex">I started as an English major, but switched to theater after getting <br>
bitten by the bug after taking an Acting 101 class. Ended up being the <br>
second string theater critic for the Monterey Herald at that time. Never <br>
completed college. Had to drop out after two years due to finances, even <br>
though my accumulated GPA was 4.0.<br>
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Christine Hall<br>
Publisher & Editor<br>
FOSS Force: Keeping tech free<br>
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On 7/25/19 3:38 PM, Steven J. Vaughan-Nichols via Ipg-smz wrote:<br>
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> Quoting Phil Shapiro via Ipg-smz <<a href="mailto:ipg-smz@netpress.org" target="_blank">ipg-smz@netpress.org</a>>:<br>
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>> Just curious, what class or major did you transfer out of?<br>
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> I started out in physics, but at my tiny little rural school--Glenville <br>
> State College--the professors were awful. At the same time, I had great <br>
> English and history professors So, it was, I left the hard sciences <br>
> behind and dove into the liberal arts.<br>
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> Later I discovered I was one of those people with a gift for <br>
> technology--I have no CS classwork to speak of--and I could combine that <br>
> knack with the skills I learned in the liberal arts. And, here I am <br>
> today instead of working at say SpaceX.<br>
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> Steven<br>
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