Whats your major in?

[NickTheGreat]

I've had several people tell me I should watch it, but have not managed to catch the show. Years ago I caught an absolute bs CSI episode and I've just kind of avoided Hollywood's take on entomology. But I do love my job! Most days...and then someone delivers a tub of ear wax or pile of dead skin they scratched off and they want to to look at it because they think it's full of insects...

You should avoid watching TV Shows about ANYTHING you have knowledge on. :twitcy:

 

[00clone]

You should avoid watching TV Shows about ANYTHING you have knowledge on. :twitcy:

True...I was watching an episode of Hillbilly blood at my parent's house...it's these, well, hillbillies that shows their 'true lives'...my dad is a big fan...and he was all impressed because they said the one guy cast a handle around a knife blade and rushed it right over to this 'contest' they were having without even taking it out of the mold...I pointed out it was faked because he took the cope off, and there was the knife, all finished with no gates or sprue...poor dad looked at me like I had told him there's no santa claus.

 

[Entropy]

I have an MS in Biochemistry (my BS is Biochem/Molecular Bio from a different school).

I'm in academia because I enjoy working with people more than test tubes.

My skill set is pretty solid, and if I ever decide to go back to the lab, I imagine the learning curve would be relatively short. However, this is only a good major if you're pretty highly motivated and interested in cellular biology. It's not a casual major whatsoever.

 

[Entropy]

Yeah, pretty much any degree that allows you to better understand our history, social structures, and government; do a substantial amount of difficult writing; do critical policy analysis; etc is pretty much worthless.

I see more of these students in my classes now than ever before. They are learning to be nurses generally.

While the job prospects for applied STEM fields like engineering, CS, agronomy, MIS, etc are strong; the job prospects for basic sciences like biology and chemistry (per PayScale research and other research), for those with only an undergrad biology and chem degrees are really no better than those for history, etc.

I would much rather graduate with a 3.5 gpa in History than a 2.70 in chem or biology.

Biology I completely agree with. I see more Bio majors who weren't good enough to get into Med/Dental/Professional school who are just floundering and largely working retail. They have theoretical knowledge, but can't work in a lab due to complete lack of skill set.

Chemistry majors generally don't have that problem, since so many of their lab courses develop that skill set (working with GC/MS, pipeting, HPLC, etc).