Fun. Undergrad Business. Graduate degree psychology. I work as a psychologist.
I double majored in Physics and Psychology, then had a Math minor (mainly due to being a Physics major and only needing one more class). Once I was medically discharged from the AF we decided to have kids and I’d stay home. I got bored at home… so started substitute teaching to get a change of pace. That was 19 years ago. I fell in love with it and am fortunate to be at a school where the teachers/admin recognize my ability so I get to actually teach most of the time rather than babysitting as most subs do. I usually stick with the math/science classes (always high school) and occasionally also fill in full time for maternity, military, or other illness leaves. I suppose I use my degree content, but since it’s at the high school level what I use most is my Psychology knowledge I think - how to motivate people, etc.
My other part time job has been raising English show ponies. I rode in college, but it has nothing to do with my degree!
Hubby majored in Civil Engineering and owns his own CE company.
But both of us are wondering what we want to do when we grow up, esp now that youngest has graduated college. We’re too young to retire, but feel the urge to move on to “something” - just not sure what or where. Within a couple of years we’d like to have something figured out.
I started as a journalism major, but realized quickly that I hated interviewing sad people and that I had no desire to be a foreign correspondent, so I switched to poli sci with a history minor and went to law school. It was my dream since age 9 to be a lawyer so I pretty much just went to college as a way station. If I could have gone straight to law school, I would have done that after HS. I chose poli sci and history because they were easy for me and less boring than math to me. For over 30 years, I have worked as a civil litigator/trial attorney practicing insurance defense. I am looking at retiring in a few years and have a sort of amorphous plan to establish a small firm with a good friend of mine to end off both of our careers.
H was a psych major with a photography minor who worked in mortgage banking before going to law school (where we met). He has been in private practice his entire career, specializing in wills, real estate and trusts and estates. He often says that he feels his psych background is the single most helpful thing to him in his practice. He does a lot of negotiating and is very good at it. I,OTOH, rely on my claims people to negotiate my cases because I prefer just to try them. I never even took psych 101.
D has her masters in special ed with her UG in early childhood education with a music concentration (this doesn’t qualify her to teach music). She taught for one year, hated it, and did a fellowship with UJA for a year working in education. She then worked for awhile as a SEIT (special ed itinerant teacher) but decided it was not for her. For the past year, she has worked for an educational tech firm, where she trains teachers in service to deliver the company’s products. Most of her co-workers also have education backgrounds. She loves it. She also spends time playing music at open mics and with friends.
Oldest son studied photography. He didn’t finish college and now works as a mailman. He often stops along his route to take pictures.
I’ll add mine in since I majored in Philosophy – I work now as a Software Product Manager.
Me: majored in psych, got MS & PhD in psych. Worked in state hospital, college mental health center, private practice, and running a program at the local HS over the years. Was also a SAHM for many years.
DH: majored in bio, went to dental school. Just retired from being a dentist a few months ago.
S1: physics major, PhD in physics. Works as a physicist at a national lab.(Always knew he’d do something in science or math since he was little)
S2: poli sci major, econ minor; currently getting his master’s. Works as a policy analyst at a think tank.
We all seem to have followed the paths we set at 18 yo.
I have an undergraduate BBA with a marketing concentration & several CS classes on the side, and an MBA with a concentration in Management Information Systems. I worked at one of the big consulting firms for about 10 years, and now am an independent project manager.
I have a friend who was a theater major (I think she was directing plays for a while after college) who now works as a first level manager in the accounting dept of an international bank.
Me: Chemistry and weak biology double major. Dentist 36 years
H: Physics and math double major. Physics professor community college 36 years.
S1: Econ major, film studies minor. Working on PhD in educational leadership, senior student advisor at a university
S2: HS only, autism.
D1: Chemistry major, psych minor. 2nd year of dental school.
D2: Psych major, 2nd year college. She’s a free spirit, just needs a degree. Dream job is working at Disney World.
Me: Biochemistry and Physiology. Worked as a lab tech for a short period, then as a computer programmer, then went to law school and have been a lawyer since. Currently own my own practice doing estate planning, probate and trust law. (Biochem degree was helpful in passing the patent bar, but I never practiced in that area after law school; : just took different opportunities.)
Hubby: 1.5 years of CC (no degree). Builds and repairs stringed instruments (luthier).
Sister: BS in Electrical Engineering (MIT), some grad school in Animal Behavior (no grad degree). Worked as programmer, project manager in a computer graphics lab, HS biology teacher, and now paralegal (she works for me).
Brother: BS and MS in fisheries biology. Worked as a fisheries biologist for an Indian tribe and then a state govt. until retirement.
Niece: Computer science. Worked as technology coordinator for a charter school; now looking for work.
DS: Graduated yesterday with a BS in Computer Science/Game Design. Worked as teacher at a tech camp; now looking for permanent work in game industry.
Me: Recreation. Now working as an Activities Director, but I did do a variety of part-time jobs while kids were growing up.
DH: BS Engineering Physics, MS Optic Engineering - Now a sales director for automotive supplier. He never took a business class in his life, but it fits his personality more than engineering did.
Me: Psych major; lawyer
Wife: English Lit major; lawyer turned high school English teacher
Kiddo: Classics major & grad student; remains to be seen
Me: undergrad degree in finance, and grad degree is MBA with a focus on IT.
Most of my career I have been involved with business IT in one way or another.
Husband: 3 degrees in physics, and he’s been a physicist his entire career.
H degrees were forestry and parks and rec admin - he was a ranger/manager for 35+ years (retired)
I had double major in child development and psych - have worked 35 years in early childhood with most of it being in hospital/health education programming in-patient and outpatient.
Dad: BS in Bio. MA in unrelated field. Now a Senior Program Manager of multiple Black Programs at one of the big defense companies.
Mom: BA Social Work. Worked in suicide prevention counseling then stay at home mom for a long time. Now a Kindergarten teacher.
Me: current BS EE interning at a major energy company
Sister: incoming BA Econ major
UG majors: Philosophy and Anthropology
MA: Sociology of Religion
ABD: Cognitive Science of Religion
Profession: Sci-fi & fantasy author
I’m kind of surprised how many are working in their degree field!
@dentmom4 My DD would be happy to work at Disney World! She’s too short to be a princess, but she wouldn’t mind being Wendy or Alice
majors: electrical engineering (biomedical specialization) and math
Current job: aerospace engineer (tutor math on the side)
dh major: chemistry, then chemical engineering masters
Current job: lawyer
@bjscheel D2 is too tall to be a princess/most characters, but she truly would take anything!
UG Major: Musical Theater (yeah, you read that right)
Career: 25 years in IT and cyber security, right now I am a Security Architect advising companies on Security, Risk Management and Compliance.
I think I win for having a career that has absolutely nothing to do with my college major!
Dunno, I don’t think H’s accounting degree had much to do with his career in IT and computers. 
I have an accounting degree but I’ve never worked as an accountant. I’ve been in the beer business, with the same company, for 29 years.