Degree Memes

Posts tagged with Degree

No, My Fluids Class Didn't Teach Me How To Rebuild Your Fuel Pump
Engineering Academia
4 hours ago 2.7K views 0 shares
No, My Fluids Class Didn't Teach Me How To Rebuild Your Fuel Pump
That face when your family thinks your mechanical engineering degree means you're basically a car mechanic. Studying fluid dynamics doesn't mean I know why your Toyota is making that weird noise! Mechanical engineers learn about thermodynamics and stress analysis, not how to unclog your brother-in-law's carburetor. Next time someone asks me to fix their transmission, I'm going to hand them my textbook on differential equations and say "chapter 7 should help."

When You Aim High, But Your Biology Degree Hits Low
Biology Academia Science
5 days ago 3.1K views 0 shares
When You Aim High, But Your Biology Degree Hits Low
That moment when reality crushes your biology dreams faster than a centrifuge! The job market for bio grads is like natural selection on steroids - only the most adaptable survive! 😂 Every biology student starts with visions of discovering new species or curing diseases, but ends up wondering if they should've just majored in computer science instead. The classic academic bait-and-switch! Fun fact: Biology graduates often find themselves competing for limited research positions where the starting salary might make you question if photosynthesis could be a viable alternative to buying groceries!

The Ultimate Academic Prank
Academia Science
7 days ago 3.1K views 0 shares
The Ultimate Academic Prank
The ultimate scientific experiment gone wrong! Spend nearly two decades mastering quantum mechanics, organic chemistry, or astrophysics... only to discover the job market has its own laws of physics where your degree equals approximately zero opportunities. That crushing realization when you've memorized the entire periodic table but can't find anyone willing to pay you for knowing what happens when you mix cesium with water. The real hypothesis should've been "Will this education actually lead to employment?" Spoiler alert: results inconclusive!

The Strategic Scientific Denial
Academia Tech
11 days ago 3.4K views 0 shares
The Strategic Scientific Denial
The universal defense mechanism of every scientist ever! Nothing triggers imposter syndrome faster than a relative assuming you're now the family tech support because you have a science degree. The sheer panic of being asked to fix a printer when your PhD was actually about fruit fly mating habits! It's that perfect combination of wanting to scream "THAT'S NOT WHAT I STUDY!" while simultaneously wondering if you should actually know this stuff anyway. The strategic "No" is self-preservation at its finest!

Train Wreck Of Academic Requirements
Biology Academia Medicine
13 days ago 4.8K views 0 shares
Train Wreck Of Academic Requirements
The classic train wreck of academic requirements! You're zooming along the tracks toward your biomedical dreams when—WHAM!—philosophy derails everything with questions like "What even IS medicine?" and "Can we truly know if cells exist?" Meanwhile, your GPA is sprawled on the ground wondering what Socrates has to do with protein synthesis. The university curriculum designers must've been cackling in their ivory towers when they decided existential crises should be prerequisites for understanding the endocrine system!

He Eventually Became An Engineer
Physics Engineering Academia Science
18 days ago 13.5K views 0 shares
He Eventually Became An Engineer
Parents: "Let's teach our kid about money!" Kid: *immediately uses money to buy physics degree* Congratulations Billy, you've mastered the art of financial decisions that guarantee you'll understand everything about the universe except how to pay rent. Classic physics major move - learning how to calculate the trajectory of a falling object but completely missing the trajectory of your bank account. Don't worry though, that's why engineering exists - it's where physicists go when they finally want to afford groceries!

Astrophysics Degree: To Infinity And Unemployment
Astronomy Physics Academia Science Universe
1 month ago 7.8K views 0 shares
Astrophysics Degree: To Infinity And Unemployment
The existential crisis of every astrophysics student! Spending years calculating dark matter distributions and black hole event horizons only to have your aunt ask "So... can you actually get a job with that?" 🔭✨ The irony is that while you're literally studying the birth and death of entire galaxies, everyone's worried about your employment prospects. Maybe dropping a mixtape about cosmic inflation IS the backup plan after all! *adjusts telescope nervously*

Do You Remember What Free Time Feels Like?
Chemistry Lab-life Science Academia
1 month ago 6.4K views 0 shares
Do You Remember What Free Time Feels Like?
The chemistry major to industrial chemist pipeline is essentially a massive train crushing any semblance of personal life. That giant locomotive labeled "My chemistry degree" is barreling down the tracks, while "my work life balance" and "my will to live" are just two exhausted workers barely holding on. Meanwhile, the only thing keeping this chemical catastrophe moving is the unholy trinity of "coffee, wikipedia and fast food" - the fundamental elements of survival that no periodic table bothered to include. The half-life of a chemist's sanity is inversely proportional to the number of reaction vessels they're responsible for.

Four Years Vs. Four Minutes
Engineering Academia Materials
1 month ago 6.1K views 0 shares
Four Years Vs. Four Minutes
Someone clearly slept through statics and materials science. Civil engineers don't just build things—they ensure buildings don't become avant-garde performance art pieces about gravity. Bob the Builder's "Can we fix it?" would quickly become "Should we evacuate it?" without those four years of differential equations and structural analysis. Next time you're in a building that isn't actively collapsing, thank a civil engineer who chose textbooks over cartoon construction workers.

Billy Eventually Became An Engineer...
Math Engineering Academia
1 month ago 9.5K views 0 shares
Billy Eventually Became An Engineer...
The origin story of every engineer who started with a math degree. Little Billy just wanted to learn about money, but completely misunderstood the lesson. Instead of investing cash, he invested in a math degree—the financial equivalent of buying a boat with a hole in it. Pure mathematicians spend years proving theorems that have no practical applications while living on ramen noodles. Then one day, reality hits and they reluctantly cross over to the dark side of applied science. Engineering: where math majors go when they finally want to afford groceries.

From Tadpole To Mechanical Engineer
Engineering Academia Science
1 month ago 9.4K views 0 shares
From Tadpole To Mechanical Engineer
Every engineering student's dream - transforming from a tadpole into a fully-formed mechanical engineer! 🐸 That moment when you survive all those thermodynamics nightmares, differential equations, and fluid mechanics torture sessions only to emerge victorious with your degree. The formal attire really sells it - nothing says "I can now calculate the stress on a beam while looking fancy" quite like a frog in a waistcoat! Engineering students evolve just like amphibians, except instead of water to land, it's from caffeine-fueled all-nighters to professional meetings where you pretend to understand what's happening!