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Your level of education, career, and political leanings.

What is your level of education?

  • Did not graduate

    Votes: 1 2.1%

  • Secondary school graduate

    Votes: 2 4.2%

  • Some post secondary

    Votes: 6 12.5%

  • Post secondary graduate

    Votes: 13 27.1%

  • Masters

    Votes: 17 35.4%

  • Doctorate

    Votes: 5 10.4%

  • Demigod

    Votes: 2 4.2%

  • I am jacks right nipple

    Votes: 2 4.2%
  • Total voters
    48
Currently taking a break from school because of health problems and related financial issues, but I was in a computer science program before I had to drop out.

Cultural Marxist (So I guess really socially liberal to most users on here). Still learning the economics though.
 
Perotista said:
Cynic, ain't we all. Ditto on what comes out of the mouths of both parties. The way I see it, today our elected officials are too busy being Republicans and Democrats, that they forgot what it means to be an American. Too much loyalty to party, not enough to America.
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I would adjust that slightly. I see too much loyalty by our political reps to CORPORATE citizens as opposed to living and breathing cannon fodder that votes and supplies the casualties of resource grabbing WARS.. Cynical? Absolutely! Reflections of reality. Bachelors and high tech. 40 year environmentalist with a patent of a solar invention. More proud of the patent than any degrees and anything except my children. The patent was my contribution to the battle against global warming and the frustrations of educating the general populace in the face of a constant and well financed false Corporate agenda that denies Global Warming has been, at times, overwhelming. What we are influenced to see as progress is an illusion of perception.
 
PharmD with residency training.

Taught at the University level and practiced clinically for a long time, now working in Medical Affairs, Research and Development for the Wonder Drug Factory.

I lean fairly centrist on fiscal issues, fairly liberal (or libertarian) on social issues, but I find right wingers are pushing me farther left as the years go by.
 
Education- Graduated High School in 1991, Graduated Apprenticeship 1998, Earned ASE Certification 1998, Started training SEDAC Energy Efficiency Training in 2009 to Present. Likely Continue on to LEED Training Next Year.

Employment- Full Time Self Employed Energy Consultant. Contracted to a company out of Maryland since 2009.

Politically- Conservative on all issues. I try not to judge others who are different than me, I just try to live my life as a conservative.
 
Mr. Invisible said:
Currently in college in the last semester of betting my B.S. in Political Science.

Currently, I work at Trader Joe's, but I also do a lot of other work on the side, mainly writing and researching. It's led to a lot of good things, for example next month I am going to be in a special edition of an LGBT academic journal.

Politically I am an anarchist.
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Which Trader Joe's? Was recently in one with my brother's family....
 
Some secondary, mostly in financial and Plant Sciences.

Office Manager and full charge bookkeeper for a multi-unit food franchisee (4 corporate entities), apartment rentals, land holding company, chief bottle washer, company psychiatrist and office technology fixer.
 
Graduated high school in 3 1/2 years with a B average in all honors courses. Moved out of my parent's house during my senior year (17) and had a full time job while I finished school with no driver's license. At the time in Illinois you couldn't get a license before 18 unless you took driver's ed and my prick of a father wouldn't sign off for m to take the class. Guidance counselors kept pushing me toward college because I had the grades but I didn't know what I wanted to do yet so I declined. Didn't see the point in amassing student debt without a clear direction (weird, huh?). I was second in my class in vocational ed for digital electronics and had picked up a spot with Canon copiers to be a field repair tech. Since I graduated early I was waiting for the rest of the class and then we would all go on to training for Canon.

In the mean time I cut off a couple of my fingers at work using a table saw. Canon withdrew their offer. After the fingers were replanted and the pins came out I got a job at a Montgomery Ward as a tire mounter, and the rest is history. I have continued education over the last 27 years and now I am the highest credentialed mechanic in the county.

So technically hhigh school although there were other short courses that were very specific, no degree. But I'm in my 7th year of business ownership.
 
Risky Thicket said:
Trader Joe's has to be one of the coolest places to work. I love that place. People who work there seem to enjoy their jobs.
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I hate the actual work, although it is rather simple. I enjoy my co-workers a lot, however. Overall, it's a pretty chill job.
 
BS in Computer Science, halfway to an MS in Software Engineering when real life (kids) took priority.

Mid level engineering manager in a financial services firm. I basically keep the organization out of the way of people who are smarter than me so they can work their magic.

Additionally pick some gas money as a freelance flight instructor and part time musician.

Would like to formally return to school one day. Right now though I'm very happily spending mornings on Coursera.
 
PhD in physics, currently employed as a scienctist/engineer. Libertarian.
 
MichaelJR said:
Drawing some parallels, or trying to.

What say you.

Vote, than proceed to give us your career and political leanings.

You can mention if you're continuing education as well.


(yes, I forgot the apostrophe, take me to judge judy)
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Your poll should include indoctrination by the left.

Somewhere along the line, maybe the earlier 70's attending college became liberal indoctrination.

When did a course in quantum physics become a liberal political science course ? Was it in 1976 ?

When did the requirements of requiring so many units of history were removed when earning a BA in business administration ?

What kind of career does someone go into with a BA degree in Hispanic transgender gay & lesbian studies ?
 
Undergrad was in finance and I have a MBA. Work in finance but had a brief stay in consulting after graduating.

Liberal on social and fiscal matters.
 
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Where is the 'none of your business' option?

The same goes for questions like:

What is my income?
What is my marital status?
Do I have children?
Where do I live?
How old am I?
Do I wear titties or boxers...okay, boxers.
Am I circum...okay...you get the point.
 
Bodhisattva said:
B.A. History. M.Ed. Education. Teacher. 3+years a Fire Fighter. A conservative liberal independent.

An unbelievable athlete... can waste you all at Table Tennis. Seriously...
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we ought to play, I was close to a 2200 level player. NOt a great athlete-really fast hands though. huge backhand loop drive and flat kill. I can play all sorts of different styles from two winged topspin to off the table chop defense to close to the table off the bounce loop or drive. I also was a top 50 hardbat player in the country in th 80s.
 
DA60 said:
I prefer the 'None of your business' option.
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interesting, its an anonymous poll, no one would know how you voted

Me, I have A BA, JD and masters in Labor relations and law
 
Educational background in both accounting and health/social services, professional experience and leadership in both too.

I'm basically libertarian, but do support regulations when they coherently promote good faith and fair dealing in markets.

Further, I think the modern application of Keynesian policies is a mistake, I think only children and other legally dependent individuals (i.e. not adults) are entitled to their basic needs being met, and believe people can solve more of their own problems more locally and should do so. I think the criticism of businesses and owners of wealth is vastly overstated and overemphasized whereas the responsibilities of normal American consumers to live in accordance with their societal desires is given far too much absolution.
 
I have a BS, and of course, we all know what that means. I also have an MS (more of the same), and a PhD (piled higher and deeper).
 
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