Academic (or other) backgrounds of AH denizens

[TxRad]

How many electrical engineers is that now? I’ve lost count.

Em

Only three but we take up a lot of space.

 

[EmilyMiller]

Only three but we take up a lot of space.

I never knew there was more than three in the country .

Em

 

[AwkwardlySet]

You haven't hung with Library Sciences majors, have you?

I have, but here only STEM are seen as nerdy in general. Together with physics, my Uni especially was always seen as one.
There was even a running joke: If you ask students of social sciences or students of language and literature if they know what Cybersex is, they would usually ask "What kind of sex?"
If you ask electric engineers what Cybersex is, they would usually ask "Cyber-what?"

 

[Jackie.Hikaru]

What are the stereotypes for you Western Capitalist pigs. Are only STEM students considered nerds?

I meant STEM nerds as opposed to nerds of other dispositions.

 

[NotWise]

Dad, Geologist, Geological Engineer, Hydrogeologist, programmer, math nerd. One-time professional student.

I alwasy enjoyed writing--especially writing fiction. I took every writing course that fell in my lap, and started writing for my own amusement about five years before coming to Lit.

 

[TxRad]

Check your local phone book, you might get a big surprise. Geeze, I'm showing my age. Google EE's for your local area.

 

[Tio_Narratore]

Started Undergrad majoring in Molecular Biology with minors in Art History and Comparative Literature; discovered Anthropology was where I could do it all. Had enough Art History to get a double BA. MAs in Anthropology, History, and Education, ABD PhD in Anthropology. Taught Anthropology of Sex and Forensic Anthropology. Yes, Eros and Thanatos. Back to ancient Greece.

 

[AwkwardlySet]

Well, there's a difference between nerds and geeks.

A STEMmer can be a nerd, but a STEMmer is almost always a geek.

I am a proud nerd, though I can barely deal with fractions.

I've googled the difference between nerd and geek and I was surprised that geeks are seen as one who are obsessed and are usually collectors of items relating to their obsession. So geeks are those guys who collect superhero action figures, comic books and such? If that is so, I don't really qualify as a geek

 

[ycym]

Only three but we take up a lot of space.

That's not true... ooops...

 

[nice90sguy]

I don't really qualify as a geek

Strictly speaking, one doesn't qualify as a geek, one is simply born that way.

 

[oggbashan]

FRGS - Fellow of the Royal Geographical Society plus qualifications in Management, Personnel management, Financial management etc.. (I had a long and varied career).

 

[Voboy]

I've googled the difference between nerd and geek and I was surprised that geeks are seen as one who are obsessed and are usually collectors of items relating to their obsession. So geeks are those guys who collect superhero action figures, comic books and such? If that is so, I don't really qualify as a geek

It's okay. You can be a nerd instead!

 

[djrip]

Not quite an EE but I've had pretty good luck telling the computers in my office what to do.

 

[KeithD]

In college I was urged to go with English and theater and opted instead for a career with foreign travel and a great annuity (if I survived). So, a BA and MA in foreign affairs and an MSA in governmental administration. Always kept up with the arts, though, and after retiring (early at 51, with full benefits) I went back to graduate school for professional certificates in editing and publishing and courses in creative writing. Second career in publishing. Third in writing for myself.

 

[EmilyMiller]

FRGS - Fellow of the Royal Geographical Society plus qaulifications in Management, Personnel management, Financial management etc.. (I had a long a varied career).

I went to a lecture there when I was in London. Exhibition Road, right? It was about climbing in the Himilaya.

Em

 

[MelissaBaby]

I recently earned my Bachelor's Degree in Social Work at the age of 34.

So, ya know, yay me.

 

[drobert44]

I recently earned my Bachelor's Degree in Social Work at the age of 34.

So, ya know, yay me.

plenty of work for you to do.....

 

[oggbashan]

I recently earned my Bachelor's Degree in Social Work at the age of 34.

So, ya know, yay me.

My father got his BA from the Open University at 80...

He had left school to start work at 12.

 

[yowser]

Advanced trivium. Diminished quadrivium. Married a linguist.

 

[Tayloroc]

My father got his BA from the Open University at 80...

He had left school to start work at 12.

That’s so cool!

 

[oneagainst]

Comp. Sci. and I went all the way, to the point of adding letters to my name. Did a single semester English elective for the giggles... studied John Barth's incredible Lost in the Funhouse and had a lightbulb moment: technical/systems architecture is no different to story architecture.

But: getting computers to do exactly what I want them to do is easy. Getting characters to do the same... uh... let me get back to you.

 

[EmilyMiller]

Comp. Sci. and I went all the way, to the point of adding letters to my name. Did a single semester English elective for the giggles... studied John Barth's incredible Lost in the Funhouse and had a lightbulb moment: technical/systems architecture is no different to story architecture.

But: getting computers to do exactly what I want them to do is easy. Getting characters to do the same... uh... let me get back to you.

So everyone is one of a scientist, engineer, or computer person (plus a couple of weird exceptions).

Em

 

[AwkwardlySet]

So everyone is one of a scientist, engineer, or computer person (plus a couple of weird exceptions).

Em

Hmm, so nerds write and jocks...?

 

[Comshaw]

There's a whole buncha' well educated, intelligent people 'round these parts that's fer sure. And then there are a few blue-collar semi-educated roughnecks mixed in. A high school drop-out, then on to gettin' a high school diploma by a fortunate set of circumstances (passed my GED with high enough scores it was transmuted into a diploma), then many years later enough college classes to fulfill the requirements for 2/3rds of an AA degree. A mechanic/welder/fabricator by trade, writing as a hobby/avocation. I'm handy with carpenter, plumber, electrician and masonry tools. I've since let it go by the wayside, but at one time I was proficient at assembly and fixin' computer hardware and a bit of a hacker. A jack of many trades, a master of few, that's me. I was a garbage truck driver, septic tank cleaner, logger, fisherman, soldier, mechanic, welder, fabricator and fleet manager. I don't fit neatly into any box, well except...oh never mind.

Comshaw

 

[ElectricBlue]

Bachelor's in english literature and double modern history, forty years ago.

Got my first job as a purchasing clerk in defence - "You can obviously write, I need someone who can write letters," the head of branch said, and went on to a forty year career in commercial, contracts and project management, which had nothing to do with my degree. Except, I could write. No engineering qualifications at all, although I've worked with engineers all my life.

I'm a late-in-life artist, although not very good, and not bad at carpentry, making things from wood.