Xref: utzoo comp.ai:2051 comp.cog-eng:568 sci.psychology:634 Path: utzoo!dciem!nrcaer!scs!spl1!lll-winken!csustan!tom From: tom@csustan.UUCP (Tom Carter) Newsgroups: comp.ai,comp.cog-eng,sci.psychology Subject: Re: programs in cognitive science Message-ID: <1156@csustan.UUCP> Date: 22 Jul 88 06:45:52 GMT Article-I.D.: csustan.1156 References: <88Jul16.231948edt.388@neat.ai.toronto.edu> jbn@glacier.UUCP (John B. Nagle) writes: > > One wonders what all these cognitive science graduates are going to >do after graduation. > > John Nagle Hmmm -- Maybe more or less the same things that all those History and English and Sociology and Physics and Anthropology and . . . Let's see. After I graduated with my BA in Philosophy, I got a job as an 'administrative assistant (accounting)' in a bank, and was told within a year that I was "the most effective and productive person in the division." They seemed to like my problem solving skills, my ability to deal well with people, my ability to communicate . . . (Of course, now that I think about it, my boss at the job I left to go to the bank told me I was "the best damn dish-washer" he'd ever had, so maybe it was just me, and had nothing to do with the BA in Philosophy. :-) In the same serious vein, though, I've always suffered under the delusion that a good "liberal education" helped one get on with life, rather than just serving as a ticket into an entry level position in some 'career path' . . . Tom Carter csustan!tom@lll-crg.llnl.gov