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Jul 8, 2020
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PortlandCoug
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He could be a spy although I’ve heard
the real spies are about as opposite to 007 as humanly possible.
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Please permit me to interrupt this lack of sports to ask a question. My son is
Cru Jones
7/8/20 9:37pm
Staffer for a politician and always wonder if you'll have a job every few years.
Soupie
7/8/20 9:39pm
That worries me
Cru Jones
7/8/20 9:41pm
when I was looking at jobs on Capitol Hill the good ones needed MPA or JD. BA could get job answering mail or phones
byujag
7/8/20 10:05pm
Yep. Anyone above an Leg. correspondant usually has a grad degree.
Soupie
7/8/20 10:08pm
Is he interested in the foreign service?
PortlandCoug
7/8/20 9:40pm
Not for the long term but maybe if the embassy is in a cool place
Cru Jones
7/8/20 9:42pm
He could be a spy although I’ve heard
PortlandCoug
7/8/20 9:44pm
REAL real spies are usually foreign citizens. But just spy spies are boring.
shoganai
7/8/20 9:47pm
True I knew one when I lived in DC
PortlandCoug
7/8/20 9:49pm
Teacher or external affairs at a big company.
shoganai
7/8/20 9:41pm
News channel employee. Opinion writer (blogs, newspapers, TV) Political research
Lance71
7/8/20 9:43pm
I don’t know that many employers care...
Vernon Dozier
7/8/20 9:43pm
It matters a lot with your first job.
shoganai
7/8/20 9:45pm
Not in my experience.. Otherwise those Liberal Arts
Vernon Dozier
7/8/20 9:58pm
I saw this with my Const Mgmt degree. It got me my 1st job. Experience got me
Cru Jones
7/8/20 10:13pm
Employers that find the right people
Vernon Dozier
7/8/20 10:20pm
It’s a lot harder to get found if you have a political science degree, sure
califcougar
7/9/20 6:09am
Exactly. It's an uphill battle from the start.
dYrtbYkerYder
7/9/20 6:51am
I think you would be more shocked
rmemory
7/8/20 10:04pm
Depends on what else he does in college
Greg Kite's 'stache
7/8/20 9:56pm
That was a great response, thank you. It has given him some things to think on.
Cru Jones
7/8/20 10:11pm
He should double-major and pick some quant skills
BYU'01
7/8/20 10:18pm
So why get the Pol. Science degree at all. Just go read some philosophy books.
dYrtbYkerYder
7/9/20 6:51am
I’d only do it if he was passionate about poli sci
BYU'01
7/9/20 10:16am
In that case, get the Poli Sci degree, then go to grad school right after.
dYrtbYkerYder
7/9/20 10:33am
I got my undergrad in Political Science at BYU and I think it's a useless degree
dYrtbYkerYder
7/8/20 10:35pm
My first job out of school was as a poorly paid reporter. Went back for an MBA
dYrtbYkerYder
7/8/20 10:39pm
RE: My first job out of school was as a poorly paid reporter. Went back for an
rmemory
7/9/20 12:10pm
I did an internship at Domo, took some MSIS classes during my MBA, and took a
dYrtbYkerYder
7/9/20 12:48pm
That’s awesome. You work in a great field that is for sure.
rmemory
7/9/20 3:05pm
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dYrtbYkerYder
7/8/20 10:38pm
There are better answers already than I can give, but one thing I have noticed
Breaded Hamster
7/8/20 11:40pm
My sister became a pollster. She did get a masters in political science as well,
Bruton Guster
7/9/20 9:43am
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