Also, how was the post grad job market? People who are studying at the moment, feel free to share your experience too. :)
I made this thread because I have yet to decide what I want to do, and I guess hearing other peoples experiences and thoughts concerning the courses they chose, could me and others like me make our choice. I mean I'm one of those unfortunate enough to not really have a particular passion or preference and I certainly haven't got a dream job in mind, so I have little idea what I should choose.

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I studied Chemical engineering. Quite enjoyed it, but it could also be really tough at times (mainly in terms of workload).
Job market here is... complicated. We had a bit of a crash recently when one big company had to cut down, which means that there are more chemists & chemical engineers around than there are jobs. It's recovering though.

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Any ex-(or current) law or anthropology students here?

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Don't go to school.
See how well argued that was.

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First year computer engineering, and it sucks. At least in my country/university.

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i'm studying medicine. I like the "job" but i do fucking hate my teachers and most doctors. I have no idea how the patients tolerate them.
First i chose aerospace engineer because i like spaceships and PC stuff, but after a semester i understood that i couldn't keep up with most other people (For example i didn't know how to program). So i considered medicine since it also has a healthy job market and is much "easier". I also suck at medicine because of the amount of stuff to learn but at least it's an easy job once you go through med school.

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I was/am mostly like you, didn't have a real "passion" for anything specific (that could become a job). I picked Computer Science as it was versatile enough for several jobs I could apply to (back in the early 2000s it was still a big deal, now there are way too many IT specialists). I currently work as a DBA & System Administrator in a big company, not a blasting career potential, but in times of crisis and recession I can't really complain.

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math, it was awful time

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I have a Computer Science Masters Degree.
But I didn't ever want to be programming for a living. Did a lot of side majors, such as Maths and Statistics. Also dabbled in AI, Neural Networks, Ecommerce, etc. Random stuff.
But now, I'm working in telecommunications in an engineering post for the last 5 years. Looking to move up now, been long enough and work is far from challenging.

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I am a Telecommunication Engineer. The university time was pretty rough but still memorable. I made some great friends. However I did not end up getting a job in the telecom sector. I did end up in the IT field as a Java Developer. But life as a software developer was pretty hectic so I kept on searching for aviation jobs because I always wanted to be associated with the aviation field.

I am an Air Traffic Controller now :3

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Cool! I hear a lot of good things about that job. Was the entry process difficult or very competitive?

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There was a lot of screen involved. I first gave a test. There were at least 1000+ participants from my province competing for 14 seats. I scored 60/100 which was good enough for an interview call. The average score was somewhere in the thirties. Anyways there were about 100 people called for interview. I was one of the lucky ones to be selected for the training program. I spent 7 months at a training facility and was awarded their Air Traffic Controller certificate, I then spent about 5 months on job training thereafter I was assessed by a panel who then cleared me to perform solo duties and apply for my license. It's been almost 2 months since I have been working solo as an Area Planner Controller.

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I'm a Master Student in Physics at the University of Pisa, in Italy. My field is Particle Physics, from an experimental and phenomenological point of view. Since I'm working on the Belle II experiment for the thesis, I would like to get a PhD position to continue to work in this collaboration.

University is a beatiful experience. Ok, I had to study some things that do not interest me that much, but other than that I do not find anything to complain. :)

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I am studying and basicly ending in next year homeland security(yes, it is a thing) . After this i can finally beat hippies as cop, soldier, orany other uniformed serviceman ;)

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I majored in History and English language, but I definitely didn't want to become a teacher. I am now a teacher and it's awesome...If you hate money...

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I studied Ancient History and it was awesome but job market is terrible:)

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In college I studied computer science and philosophy (double majoring). After school I went on to graduate school in philosophy where I still am. Graduate school in philosophy was a paying gig, so it was like being employed; though I was working bit jobs for a year between the two.

And I enjoyed both of those courses of study. Philosophy is what I was more interested in, but computer science is very interesting too.

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I studied law school. Today I'm a post-graduated lawyer as I always wanted to be answering that question "how do you see yourself in the future?". Before that I wanted to be a military (which I achieved flawslessly - I was a lieutenant for three years before be able to be a lawyer).

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I studied translation and in a developed country this would be a fairly easy and lucrative career choice, but it's fairly dreadful where I come from. The pay doesn't really reflect the hours you put in.

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