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Go Back And Get Your Engineering Degree

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  • on April 10, 2006 at 10:34 am

A new survey of recent college graduates found that liberal arts degrees aren’t the best way to invest your tuition dollars. Instead, try engineering (chemical, electrical, mechanical). Bet you wish you had thought of that before giving up your promising engineering career to pursue your crazy dream of working for a magazine.

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