I got a degree in Communication because I'm legitimately interested in human interaction and feel that we could solve most of the world's problems if peopel would all shut the fuck up for five minutes and look at how stupid the things they say actually are.
That said, I ended up in a technical writing position because I happen to be able to write things clearly and concisely. I don't do so when posting online, as I get sick of being concise from work and rather enjoy rambling, but it's something I'm capable of doing when I want to.
Unfortunately for me, Communication is the evacuation major for people who fail at whatever their parents/coaches sent them to college for. It has a crapload of free credit hours and electives, so it's ideal for 3rd year conversion when your current major isn't working out. As such, it's a horribly bloated field full of people who know jack about anything, so I get the fun of having a degree that is generally frowned upon as lazy and get to compete with a much larger audience of people for jobs.
I got to blow my free credit hours pursuing my interest in Japan and Japanese Culture (double minors, woo!), but that hasn't exactly gotten me a job yet or done anything more than make me wish I'd taken Journalism courses instead. I've got a widely diverse skillset that unfortunately is also highly useless to include on a job resume and offers no practical experience should I be hired.
I don't know what I'm going to do for grad school when I get to that point, but I'm pretty sure it's not going to be Communication. I'm kind of hoping giant robots will happen so I can hang out with bridge bunnies and survive 80% of all Gundam scenarios.
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Date: 2010-02-28 08:22 pm (UTC)From:That said, I ended up in a technical writing position because I happen to be able to write things clearly and concisely. I don't do so when posting online, as I get sick of being concise from work and rather enjoy rambling, but it's something I'm capable of doing when I want to.
Unfortunately for me, Communication is the evacuation major for people who fail at whatever their parents/coaches sent them to college for. It has a crapload of free credit hours and electives, so it's ideal for 3rd year conversion when your current major isn't working out. As such, it's a horribly bloated field full of people who know jack about anything, so I get the fun of having a degree that is generally frowned upon as lazy and get to compete with a much larger audience of people for jobs.
I got to blow my free credit hours pursuing my interest in Japan and Japanese Culture (double minors, woo!), but that hasn't exactly gotten me a job yet or done anything more than make me wish I'd taken Journalism courses instead. I've got a widely diverse skillset that unfortunately is also highly useless to include on a job resume and offers no practical experience should I be hired.
I don't know what I'm going to do for grad school when I get to that point, but I'm pretty sure it's not going to be Communication. I'm kind of hoping giant robots will happen so I can hang out with bridge bunnies and survive 80% of all Gundam scenarios.