Is your education unrelated to your job?

Not really.  I really had (have) no huge preference or passion for what I want to be when I grow up.  I like things about all sorts of stuff.  We always joke that I would have loved the job of a professional student.

I got a degree in Business management because everyone said you could use that anywhere.  I worked in the Operational side of banking for 15 years and in healthcare IT operations for 23.  Truthfully my degree never made a difference.  😆

I always tell young people that they won't leave college knowing how to do a job, unless it is a really specialized area. They are at college to learn to think, research, and present. Those skills are transferable to most industries.

I was a computer science major, but I'm not touching code or anything like that. I do manage IT projects though, so its kind of in the same field.

All my degrees are in nursing so my education was targeted specifically for my job. I did take the usual liberal arts courses to help make me a well rounded student and I used to love auditing courses online (no credit, don’t have to write the papers or take the tests but can learn about ancient history, or gardening or literally anything). I believe that education is never wasted and helps us expand our understanding of the world around us. I enjoy learning about things outside my expertise but I still have to do continuing education in nursing to keep my license.

There is a long running tv quiz called University Challenge here in the UK.

From time to time they have the quiz with celebrities representing the universities from which they graduated. I have been often struck by the disparity between what they studied and their current work.

My undergrad degree wasn't ever related to anything. A double major in linguistics and anthropology. I had a minor in French and maybe that helped me get my Peace Corps assignment to a French-speaking African country. But on the other hand I saw many new volunteers arrive with zero French, so who knows.

But my graduate degrees are directly related. International Development and Management which took me to the State Department. Then later a Master's of Divinity which took me to hospital chaplaincy. 

I love this question. My degrees were late in life (40's) and relate to what I've always done in finance/accounting. I worked with co-workers who had Physical Education degrees, Engineering degrees, etc. I've always told any young adult to study something and see it through. Then go down a path and see where that leads you.

I have a BS in Education (K-5) and I've never been a teacher. We had our first DD right after I graduated and I stayed home with her and her sister who arrived 4 years later. I now work at a college, but not teaching. I work in student services.

Mine directly relates to my career (music ed/music teacher) but for a while I did admin work, then marketing/PR, and finally university advising, before I returned to teaching.

My oldest finished her BA in history last year and works in HR for a chemical company. She's discovered a love for data analytics and works in that side of HR, not the benefits side.

DH has a BA and MA in history, and then got an MBA about 10 years after we were married and has done corporate stuff ever since then. He now is part-owner of a software implementation firm.

Younger DD is finishing her degree in viola performance this year. She plans to go straight to grad school. She's already got a good professional network and gets a reasonable amount of work in addition to teaching lessons, so I expect she'll mostly work within her degree area in her life - though every musician runs the risk of needing to do something else for a while to pay the bills. So we will see!

Not the first go round ... Broadcasting ... never worked in the field ...

Went back to university later and got my degree in Education ... been teaching since then so, yes, it relates ...

Now I am semi-retired and I substitute a few days per week ... it is awesome!   

BA in elementary education and history secondary education. Master's degree in reading, with an additional 30 credits in education.

Certified to teach elementary (K-9), history (6-12), reading (K-12).

Spent 42 years as a reading specialist, mostly at the elementary level but also worked with middle school kids for the last several years.

I do data and analytics including writing code, my degrees are related.

...kind of?  lol.

My degree was biology (specifically zoology) and I have spent 30+ years now working in FDA regulated industries, so it's only related in that it's in *science* ...but I've worked mostly in the area of Quality, which is basically making sure all the necessary paperwork is completed and filed properly (there's a lot more to it of course, but in a nutshell, it's mainly about the paperwork and making sure all the requirements were followed). 

When I got my degree (back in 1992!) I thought I wanted to do something like being a park ranger, Dept of Natural Resources officer, something like that... but I didn't know what the salary range was like (very low!) or even how difficult it would be to find a job (difficult), or what the job would actually involve (being outside, getting dirty, dealing with bugs, etc.).  I was soooo naïve!  

my dh got a degree in computer science in 1974 (such a unicorn!) and worked in tech his entire career.

I got a degree in parks and recreation with specialized in environmental education/interpretation. I did all sorts of summer jobs in that field, from trail building, to fire crew to doing tours. I did become a permanent park ranger with national park service.. then we moved overseas, I had kids and never went back..too low paying. so I worked part time in office for a while, was a substitute teacher for awhile and ended up as a nanny.

I have a vocal music degree. I work as a graphic designer and web store manager for a promotions company, lol.

Jen