I have a degree in Philosophy
But I have a quite specific IT job. My company trained me up, but they weren't bothered that I didn't have any formal IT qualifications. I convinced them that my degree was actually useful to the job, and that I knew a fair bit about computers.

My boss later told me that I interviewed very well, and that despite his first impressions (Philosophy grad with blue dreadlocks and facial piercings), I was his first pick.

I got a lucky break really.
( Labia Majora You keep on talking but it makes no sense at all, Mon 15 Jun 2009, 9:51, 2 replies, latest was 17 years ago)

and you've been winging it ever since

( fuck shit up the best you never had, Mon 15 Jun 2009, 9:53, Reply)

Yeah, keep it to yourself will ya?

( Labia Majora You keep on talking but it makes no sense at all, Mon 15 Jun 2009, 9:55, Reply)

Happy b3ta birthday

( chickenlady b3ta's very own Elizabeth Taylor, Mon 15 Jun 2009, 10:45, Reply)

Happy B3ta day Lab.
Hmm. I have a degree, which I gained whilst working. It may have helped me in the job I'm in now; however, I studied public services management which is directly relevant to my job anyway. But getting the degree more or less coincided with a dramatic rise in salary and a move out of admin stuff, so maybe it did help.

That said my list of O and A levels is pretty unspectacular, and I gained my A some ten years after leaving school.
( Davros' Granddad a voice of calm reason in a world of spastics., Mon 15 Jun 2009, 9:56, Reply)