Kind of. I got a bachelor’s in criminal justice with the goal of getting into CSI kind of work. A mountain of rejection letters later, I said fuck it and joined the military, which made me a surgical tech… so, pretty far off from my original goal.
That said, I took several classes on writing and specifically technical writing, and those have come in incredibly handy. So much of pushing your own career forward is just writing - anytime something noteworthy at work happens, I jot it down: when it comes time for a promotion or something, I describe those events in a way that makes me sound like a super hero lol.
I also write up my coworkers for awards packages ALL THE TIME, which has a crazy good impact on morale. I’ve even gotten two of our nurses national level awards!
So, not the way I expected my education to contribute to my job, but outside of my normal job duties, I’ve been able to contribute a lot by way of the keyboard.
Kind of. I got a bachelor’s in criminal justice with the goal of getting into CSI kind of work. A mountain of rejection letters later, I said fuck it and joined the military, which made me a surgical tech… so, pretty far off from my original goal.
That said, I took several classes on writing and specifically technical writing, and those have come in incredibly handy. So much of pushing your own career forward is just writing - anytime something noteworthy at work happens, I jot it down: when it comes time for a promotion or something, I describe those events in a way that makes me sound like a super hero lol.
I also write up my coworkers for awards packages ALL THE TIME, which has a crazy good impact on morale. I’ve even gotten two of our nurses national level awards!
So, not the way I expected my education to contribute to my job, but outside of my normal job duties, I’ve been able to contribute a lot by way of the keyboard.