Does your major in college really matters? (slrpnk.net)

submitted 1 year ago by jerebear39@slrpnk.net to c/asklemmy@lemmy.ml

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I'm in my last year of college and for some reason, I decided to design my own major, and I feel like I made a mistake, I'm looking at jobs RN and feel like no employer is going to understand it at all. And that I don't really have much in demand skills? (FYI - it's a BA in community development, so kinda like urban planning but more expansive, my major Combines Social Work, Business, and Sustainability)

In y'all experience, does a college major matter much in the long run?

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[-] jerebear39@slrpnk.net 3 points 1 year ago

I was actually a Sustainability major but switched to Social Services then made my own, because I wanted to focus on stuff I was interested in. But yeah, thinking about it I feel it just depends on how I market it. And I was considering grad school and might get a MSW or MPA.

[-] Nonameuser678@aussie.zone 1 points 1 year ago

I have a MSW and wish I did an MPA instead lol.

[-] jerebear39@slrpnk.net 1 points 1 year ago

I hear that alot! I feel like for people who are interested in more macro works a MSW has kinda been pigeon holed in micro work sadly. Like I care about social economic policy mostly. I think a MSW is valuable but a MPA might be more so for what I want to do.

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