do you think what you have learned at college has benefited you at work?

Answer 1

Well, now I'm in academia, so of cours it has, but it had even when I was in business In my experience, the cynics who say nothing they learned has benefitted them usually pick out the one equation they don't remember having used and point to that as an example, ignoring the hundreds of things they have used at work. Much of it isn't conscious. It reminds me of a test I did on a roommate of mine years ago. She insisted that companies were just wasting their money on advertising, because she was not in any way influenced by any advertising that she saw. So the next night, as we were watching TV, I wrote down every commercial that came on. The next day she went shopping. When she came home, we went through her shopping bag, and almost every item in her bag was something which had been on TV the night before She still insisted that the ads weren't persuasive, but the evidence was pretty obvious. I think the same is true of education. People who claim that their educations did no good are using it all the time; they just don't realize how their education changed them

Answer 2

Ultimately it depends on what you studied in higher learning institutions. Most that I know that went college aren't even using their degrees in any sort of fashion. Most of what is used can be filed under the "core" classes. Math, english, and social skills are all used further along in life, whether or not your job has anything to do with your degree. For the most part, companies don't care what you studied, but rather that you have finished a degree and shown that you are mature enough to stick something out, even if it sucks.

The only friends I have that actually use their degrees in their jobs all turned out to be doctors or lawyers.

Answer 3

LOL…not in the least bit!