[MisterD]

Did you go to University/College? Are you at University/College?



If not what path did you take on your career?
If you did, what are you doing now as a career?

[wiarumas]

Went to a university. Not a top prestigious one, but a top school for recruiting.

Majored in Information Sciences and Technology: Integration and Application which essentially taught the strategy and purpose of large scale computer systems and the theories behind the relationship of people, organizations, information, and technology. Complemented it with a business minor which required classes in finance, accounting, entrepreneurship, economics, etc.

Built a foundation with internships on Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) software which also also indirectly exposed me to a lot of Project Management related tasks.

Got a job out of college working as an analyst on ERP and CRM (customer relationship management... call centers, help desks, etc). Moved away from the pseduo technical aspect of it and now work as a management consultant for organizations who are implementing ERP/CRM products. Go figure.

Plan to do this for the next 3-10 years to make sure I have bulletproof experience before I move into the medical field. ERP-esque systems in the medical field are big now, but they'll be even bigger in 5-10 years. With my experience, I'm hoping to jump into a high tier of management.

After that I want to start my own medical empire - I want to have a medical practice leveraging my wife to run it, contract out nurses to do health clinics, flu shots, wellness checks, and home nursing, and work on software solutions on the side (figuring that IT will be even more prevalent by then with increased popularity in smart phone type technology and increased networking demand... things interfacing with each other and whatnot). But of course this will all depend on how the medical industry pans out in the near future. We will see - but with the amount of baby boomers and how piss poor IT is in the medical industry, I'd imagine its a good market to be in.

[Monkey King]

I majored in urban planning.

Interned at a affordable housing development agency, worked as a project manager assistant a year before graduation. I was asked to stay for a second year and I didn't see it hurting (2 year experience better than one). This year I was hired as the project coordinator for various projects revolving housing development, civic engagement, and public policy. It's really a position that combines project coordination and community organizing. It's interesting.

I'm staying another year and I'm about to apply to get my masters in public administration.

[Mav]

I am currently studying law, have a job in the area and am very involved in the campus community.

My aim is to one day Occupy Wall Street by being in the 1% ;)

[JohnGalt]

I'm a grad student studying quantitative finance/economics and also trying to occupy wall street ;-)

(EDIT: by being in the 1% too)

[childofprodigy]

My aim is to one day Occupy Wall Street by being in the 1% ;)

That is a noble aspiration, my friend...keep it up

[MsBossyPants]

I majored in Economics.

My initial goal was to go to law school, move to New York and become one of the dreaded(LOL) 1% on Wall Street.

I developed ovarian cancer at 27 and battled it for several years. I came to realise that because of my (then) state of health, I wouldn't be able to fulfill that dream, so I throttled back my aspirations a bit.

I've worked mainly for financial institutions in a variety of positions. I started out as an assistant to the comptroller, and from there went on to manage a number of different departments: Accounting, Internal Audit, Training and Development, and Human Resourses. My skillset isn't specific, but rather more broad in nature. Rather than just managing a department, I was brought in to redesign a department from the ground up with an eye toward running it more efficiently and constantly updating practices to stay ahead of the curve. Kind of a big picture efficiency expert. I really enjoyed doing that. I was "headhunted" and moved from one company to another.

Later in my career, as I got older ;) I left banking and did basically the same thing, only on a smaller scale for smaller companies, working as a free-lance consultant. I like being my own boss. It gives me the freedom to work when I want, which as I get older is becoming increasinginly less frequent.

[OLaLa]

EDIT: too much information.

We will see where life takes me. The '1%' is definitely my wettest dream.

[childofprodigy]

at a prestigious university

You just had to insert that one did you......

[OLaLa]

Hahahahaha! Yes..I have to.

You just had to insert that one did you......