What you learn at university is a good discipline but has little relevance to a real job.
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I've learned a lot on the fly, and I think, actually, my academic and management consulting background has enabled me to quickly pick up on a lot of disciplines.
Analyzing what you haven't got as well as what you have is a necessary ingredient of a career.
I think that growth happens and that learning happens in anybody's life regardless of what profession you're in.
I find, in merchandising and design and creative, a business school degree isn't particularly helpful.
You can learn what you want to learn through hard work. And a good employer will teach you what you want to learn as long as you show the right attitude and behaviors.
I'm a big fan of good grades. But I am going to suggest to you that you will find that the skills of a student are of somewhat less use to you once you get out into what is sometimes referred to as 'the real world.'
Education is when you read the fine print. Experience is what you get if you don't.
I think a college education is important no matter what you do in life.
Don't think of your courses as providing all you need for your career.
It don't make much difference what you study, so long as you don't like it.
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