Good to know, thanks!
I always knew my D17 would be an English major and she never strayed from that plan, although she didn’t know what kind of job she’d be able to get out of college. She graduated from her LAC in June with an English degree and is working as an editor for a publishing company. She’s really enjoying the work so far.
S19 designed his major based on his interests and it is mostly a combo of economics and environmental science (sustainability). He will also have a Spanish minor and is studying in Spain this semester. He has a MBB consulting internship for this coming summer and I’m guessing he will stay with that company after graduation.
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He is currently working remotely so yes desk and computer screen from his apartment. His company has offices however, reopening of the offices have been delayed due to Covid. He works with a team and the teams do get together for seminars.
His company encourages all employees to try out different teams and areas of cybersecurity. He was originally working in Cybersecurity consulting but did not like the fast deadlines and being on-call.
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For our son, cyber is a lot of coding. Once the coding is done, testing/demo-ing POC in the field for what his team develops is not desk work. Today, he called to tell us he’s leaving tonight for three months or so. He got a tap on the shoulder at work and was told to go home and pack and be ready for pickup at 11PM. Can’t tell us where, why, what, or exactly how long. Just didn’t want us to file a missing person’s report after he went dark.
But, sometimes, he does have to bring a desk with him. Evidently, chair optional:
(Most cyber jobs do not require rifles.)
ETA: Most of his field work is not literally done in a field, but he did send this one pic that I thought was rather funny.
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Wow, what a brave young man! And brave mom 
This is an interesting field application I hadn’t considered.
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OP - my daughter entered with one major, switched her major, and then returned to her original major. Then….she must have had 5 different career paths before graduating. I can’t begin to describe how crazy it made me. If I had to do it again I would have sat back and enjoyed the ride, but hindsight is 20/20.
This ^ is not uncommon. None of her professors had a straight line directly to their PhD and current career. They worked at Starbucks, went for a masters in public health, one went to law school….etc.
17 is very young. Mine took 2 years after college, worked, figured out what she wanted, researched different careers, and is now on her way.
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I just got a personnel update - and I work in automotive (for a major OEM).
Someone is leaving our team - and here is some from the announcement.
XXX holds two Bachelors of Science degrees, Molecular/Microbiology and Biology, from the University of XXX
XXX worked in residential construction management, a vaccine research laboratory, as well as in the wakeboard industry for several marketing partners before coming to our company where he created an effective Stock Reconciliation process, improved the monthly Wholesale Availability forecast reporting, and worked directly with Logistics.
Wonder if he’ll ever do anything related to science
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One of my daughters majored in physics (with minors in math and chemistry), she now a emergency medicine physician. Her husband majored in physics, earned PhD in physics, was a tenured full professor of physics at a major university and now works for a FAANG computing company developing new methods to improve the reliability of quantum computers. My other daughter double majored in neuroscience and mathematics; she’s now an Ob/Gyn. Her fiancé majored in environmental and sustainability studies, and has held several different jobs. He worked first as an Outward Bound trip leader and trainer, then taught middle school environmental science, then worked in sales for a major outdoor sports equipment manufacturer, and is now going to physical therapy school.
My nephew majored in psychology and now works for a state-level youth soccer non-profit. My niece majored in software engineering and is self-employed as an app developer.
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The moral of the story - @WayOutWestMom has a really really smart family !!!
And kids left for my kids to marry ??
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Sorry, There are just the two…
but the next generation (now almost 15 months old) is looking pretty promising.
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Hopefully this helps. Some are a little out-dated, but I promise still applies. The key is to have a degree and a college resume (intern, campus leadership, part time work, volunteer) to get thru the door. Once you do that, you can evolve.
Me: Accounting major at the UW. Took a bunch of STEM classes, and ended up with a Chem Engr degree. Worked as an engineer, but then went to project mgt and then operations manager—HR, Business. Liked business so much I switched to sales&marketing. Now I lead innovation and Ecom. Many of people in similar path as me.
My colleagues:
- former president had a similar business path. BA in Psychology
- consumer researcher is finance major
- bio chem major now marketing mgr
- business major now leading our supply chain and efficiency work
- business major now leading our sustainability work
- business major (not technical) got into data science and now is a business analyst
- mechanical engineer—global marketing mgr
- sociology major - Google global strategist
- IT co-op is actually music major. She’s in grad school/violinist.
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