<p>Both i-banking and consulting are high-paying fields students can enter with a liberal arts degree. After a few years they go off and get an MBA.</p>
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But actually running the chemical tests (which is what my job entailed) was like a factory job--feeding samples into a big machine which did all of the chemical tests.
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<p>Ellemenope, I was also a medical technologist; I lasted 4 years before going back for a computer science degree with a curriculum that would today be called computer engineering. I've been a software engineer for 20 years now and find it very challenging. </p>
<p>I don't know if many kids are reading this thread, but it is inspiring me to start one for parents to post their career 'stories' for kids to see so they can get some insight into real life outcomes, I guess in the careers forum.</p>
<p>DontPanic1: Careers forum. . .where good threads go to die.</p>