[Ipg-smz] What college class or major did you transfer out of?

[Brian Chee]

I started in high energy physics and found I couldn't hack the math...then
tried Management Information Systems and couldn't stay awake in accounting
(world's worst instructor) and finally ended up in Computer Science.

brian chee


On Thu, Jul 25, 2019 at 10:06 AM Pam Baker via Ipg-smz <ipg-smz at netpress.org>
wrote:

> 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.
>
> I was beginning to look like I was majoring in "student" which was ok by
> me. I love learning things. Alas, nothing lasts forever.
>
> 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?
>
> (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)
>
> On Thu, Jul 25, 2019 at 3:53 PM Christine Hall via Ipg-smz <
> ipg-smz at netpress.org> wrote:
>
>> I started as an English major, but switched to theater after getting
>> bitten by the bug after taking an Acting 101 class. Ended up being the
>> second string theater critic for the Monterey Herald at that time. Never
>> completed college. Had to drop out after two years due to finances, even
>> though my accumulated GPA was 4.0.
>>
>> Christine Hall
>> Publisher & Editor
>> FOSS Force: Keeping tech free
>> http://fossforce.com
>>
>> On 7/25/19 3:38 PM, Steven J. Vaughan-Nichols via Ipg-smz wrote:
>> >
>> > Quoting Phil Shapiro via Ipg-smz <ipg-smz at netpress.org>:
>> >
>> >
>> >>
>> >> Just curious, what class or major did you transfer out of?
>> >>
>> >
>> > I started out in physics, but at my tiny little rural school--Glenville
>> > State College--the professors were awful. At the same time, I had great
>> > English and history professors So, it was, I left the hard sciences
>> > behind and dove into the liberal arts.
>> >
>> > Later I discovered I was one of those people with a gift for
>> > technology--I have no CS classwork to speak of--and I could combine
>> that
>> > knack with the skills I learned in the liberal arts. And, here I am
>> > today instead of working at say SpaceX.
>> >
>> > Steven
>> >
>> >
>>
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