How many jobs require knowledge from multiple fields?
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My major in college was mining engineering; perhaps not many people are aware of this, as there were no female students in the class. In simple terms, it’s about learning coal mining; but after graduation I worked in the oil refining industry. At first I was very confused, but after some time of learning, I gradually began to understand it. How many are like me? How do you all recharge yourselves?
A common thing. I majored in economics; my supervisor assigned me to work in production management, after which I switched to studying chemical engineering. In the words of a leader: Do one thing, love it, and specialize in it.
What is taught in school are some theoretical foundations; even if one is not changing fields in their job, it is still necessary to learn those things. Hehe. One should keep learning throughout life and be brave enough to take on new challenges
Keep a positive attitude, stick to your dreams – good luck!
I study automation; currently I work in marketing
I majored in automation in college, and now I work in the oil refining and chemical industry
I majored in applied chemistry, and now I work in project management; it’s so confusing!!
I understand; I majored in oil and gas extraction. After graduation, I was assigned to an oil production plant where I worked on crude oil processing. A few years later, I moved on to work with natural gas processing. Currently, I am responsible for engineering and technical tasks. In addition to having knowledge of oil and gas, I also need to be familiar with engineering materials, cost estimation, civil engineering, structures, safety, automation instruments, communications, and other related areas. Therefore, I have to keep learning constantly – it’s quite demanding. But fortunately, people respect me quite a bit.
Recent rating record for this post: Rater: solo – Wealth +10. It’s difficult to manage projects well when one has no experience in design. Date: 2009-2-9 09:14. Agree! It is indeed difficult to do project management well without technical expertise.
I studied fine chemical engineering at the undergraduate level and materials science (polymers) at the graduate level. Now I work in a small company on chemical process design; there isn’t much difference in the work itself, but I always feel discriminated against as a newcomer!
Count me in, haha. I graduated from a veterinary school and now work in pesticide quality control:$
There are too many things that require knowledge from different fields; even when the major is relevant, what is learned in university is not often put into practice, so one has to learn on their own*
Many people are like this; if we think about it carefully, are the so-called specialties we learned back then truly worthy of being called specialties at all?
Yes, I was chatting with some classmates a couple of days ago; things aren’t easy for them at the mine either – they still have to go down into the mines to work and learn everything from scratch
Is the OP from cumt? Hehe... how did it get turned into stone? This post was last edited by wanliqingkong on 2009-2-13 20:52.]
I’ve always wanted to switch majors, or at least explore options within my current field……
I also changed my path; it was originally fermentation engineering, but I had to follow my parents’ wishes and work in the chemical industry... I still think bioengineering is more suitable for me... The work in the chemical industry is too exhausting... On top of that, you earn less money for the same amount of effort, and it’s also harmful to your health...
I majored in craftsmanship, and now I work in project management as well. There are so many things to learn*, it’s tough.
It essentially means working in a field related to one’s area of study. It’s not necessarily easy to get started or to feel comfortable right away, as there is a big difference between learning and actually doing things; what you’ve learned might not be easily applicable in the workplace. What we learn in school are the basics and methods, but after starting work, we still have to learn new things. Just learn as you go – that’s fine. Last edited by BlueDot on 2009-2-14 23:13.]
I studied petroleum refining at the undergraduate level, worked in oil extraction, pursued studies in organic synthesis at graduate school, and after graduation I worked in project consulting :$ :$ :$ :$
I studied industrial and civil architecture; now I work in metal material procurement. Hehe............ There’s no choice – it’s to afford three meals a day and support my family.