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I regret my degree (though I'm doing fine). It's in History, but that's not the issue. The issue is that I wasn't mature enough or academically inclined enoug

I regret my degree (though I'm doing fine). It's in History, but that's not the issue. The issue is that I wasn't mature enough or academically inclined enough when I was 18-22. I did very well in High School due to fear of disappointing my parents but I didn't do any work in college and now I regret it. I did learn how to program. I have a coworker who worked in a kitchen for a year after high school which spurred him to get a college degree. I think that's a good fit for lots of people and possibly would have been a better fit for me.

jkmcf 7y ago
Only took me 2 weeks of working in a kitchen to figure that out! Still chose the wrong major for me (physics), but it opened enough doors to have a sw dev career. What do you regret about the history degree? Job applicability or that it didn’t interest you enough to continue with it? The latter was my problem... I do wish I could have had two BAs, one in a blended-subject liberal arts...