Technology

Be open-minded about where your degree can take you. Above all else, and English degree helps you learn to think in ways that others don't or can't. Whatever you do next, use that to your advantage and don't underestimate the importance of that skill.

Communication has been absolutely vital in my career, and I really don’t think any program could have better prepared me for the communication that my job. . .required.

Going into a career that doesn't feel adjacent to my English major isn't a failure of the major— it is a major benefit.

"Part of my job is research, which is just "systematic inquiry." [It] brings me face to face with people, where I have to be insatiably curious: constantly challenging my assumptions, sensing ambiguities, asking questions that are framed in JUST the right way. This systematic inquiry and curiosity is fostered by the kind of work we do in an English degree, both in and out of class. And I'm really grateful for it."