So I graduated from college with a BA in Geography about a year ago, and haven't been able to find a real job with my useless degree.
Should I just bite the bullet and go back to school and get a (Associate's?) degree in engineering or some other challenging STEM field?
Do you think that me going back to pursue another degree is a waste of time and money, or would the payoff be worth it in the end
>>8659399
>BA in Geography
Can you tell me where Aleppo is?
>>8659402
>sweating intensifies
>>8659402
fuck off goverrnor johnson. go smoke a doobie
Haha I probably shouldn't ask important questions at 1:30 in the morning.
>>8659399
Start learning to use a GIS. Knowing how to use the software + a degree in Geography can bamboozle virtually all lay people into thinking you know a lot about spatial analysis. Good job.
>>8659438
This.
Mayhap you could take some geoscience courses to help out with that.
>>8659438
This
The entire field of geography is literally just GIS.
>>8659399
Same boat OP as far as changing career paths
>BSN (nursing "science" 2010)
>worked as a bitch floor nurse in ortho for 3 years
>money was good (80k/ year) but used very little theory and spent more time wiping people's asses and doing more social work related jobs
>graduated with BS Biomedical engineering
>now work for hill-rom desiring hospital beds and hollister designing ostomy and other wound care supplies
The pay off was worthwhile in all fields, better pay and assisting in "big projects" such as weight distribution/auto-turn mattresses was pretty sweet.
Use your old degree to assist ya, and the best field for you is civil engineering with focus on transportation perhaps?
>>8659399
Take a few math classes at your at a CC and apply for a MS in Geography. You'll probably have to take some supplementary classes because you're a dumbass, but the MS will help you find/get a job doing some GIS bullshit.
You should've went for some broad undergrad degree (more interdisciplinary is good) since they're mostly useless unless you're doing a BAS or something. Look into getting an MPS or even an AAS related to geography (likely GIS) if you want a related job, otherwise you'll need to get an unrelated job which I'm pretty sure is the statistic norm for all degrees.