Did You Use Your College Degree?

I was thinking about my college degree the other day after referencing it in my month of May recap post. In 1997 {yes 1997 loves}, I earned a Bachelors of Science degree in Industrial Management with a Graphic Communications Management concentration, a declared Industrial Communications minor and an uncleared Spanish minor {yes I’m claiming my undeclared minor lol}. I can even claim being a Nerdy Mc’Nerdster since my degree came from one of the top schools in the nation and my GPA was nothing to scoff at.

But have I used that degree in the past 15 {yes FIFTEEN loves} years?

Part of me wants to say ‘No I didn’t’, because it’s not the degree or direction I wanted to go in, but I cannot because that is not a true statement. I used it more than I want to admit. I had a 15 year career in Corporate America spanning from business to technical, and used it every day. Beyond that, I have not had to ask for assistance when doing many of the necessary items for previous website, Roshini.net, and now my blog, along with branding/design/minor coding etc. I’ve even taught myself a great deal about video editing based on the syntax from programs I used while in college. I’d say that means I used it a whole lot over this decade and a half, both as part of and beyond my career choice.