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  • OKbustchaserOKbustchaser Posts: 5,546 ✭✭✭✭✭
    W.Y.L.F.W.T. ("Would you like fries with that?") better known as B.A. in history

    Jim
    Just because I'm old doesn't mean I don't love to look at a pretty bust.
  • Assoc. in business.
    Started the real world pounding nails, working graveyard in 7-11, on to dipping wafers (computer chips) in acid, production supervisor, failure analysis tech.
    Currently a Quality Assurance Eng. in the DRAM world
  • ibzman350ibzman350 Posts: 5,315
    GED in1972 while in the NAVY



    and a Masters' degree from the school of hard knocks

    Herb
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  • RedneckHBRedneckHB Posts: 19,690 ✭✭✭✭✭


    << <i>B.S. in Computer Science, 1988. Though if I had it to do over again, I think I'd prefer to be a wildlife biologist. But at least C.S. pays for more coins... >>



    Wildlife biology was my passion in high school. But I settled for a finance/economics degree. If I knew then what I know now I would have moved to Alaska after high school.
    Excuses are tools of the ignorant

    Knowledge is the enemy of fear

  • badgerbadger Posts: 1,217 ✭✭✭
    BS Biology
    BS Chemical Engineering
    MBA Finance
    Exec Ed Manufacturing Strategy
    Collector of Modern Silver Proofs 1950-1964 -- PCGS Registry as Elite Cameo

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  • farthingfarthing Posts: 3,294 ✭✭✭
    BS, Computer Science, 1976
    R.I.P. Wayne, Brad
    Collecting:
    Conder tokens
    19th & 20th Century coins from Great Britain and the Realm
  • re: If I knew then what I know now I would have moved to Alaska after high school.
    If I knew what I know now back in 76` I would have bought every sq ft of property I could in Id's central mts.....
  • RGLRGL Posts: 3,784
    Well, we know a journalism degree is only good for a bunch of Jeff proofs and SMS coins ... image
  • MyqqyMyqqy Posts: 9,777
    Masters degree in counseling psychology...... image
    My style is impetuous, my defense is impregnable !
  • mrearlygoldmrearlygold Posts: 17,858 ✭✭✭
    see the thread titled "Stop with the political candidate signatures " and that should illuminate the "level" accordingly.

    Tomimage
  • anablepanablep Posts: 5,160 ✭✭✭✭✭
    BS in Biology
    MS in Liberal studies
    currently enrolled in education administration courses
    30 credits past my Masters

    I'm a HS biology teacher
    Always looking for attractive rim toned Morgan and Peace dollars in PCGS or (older) ANA/ANACS holders!

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  • foodudefoodude Posts: 3,577 ✭✭✭
    Masters degree in counseling psychology

    There's a few people around here that can use your helpimage
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  • haletjhaletj Posts: 2,192
    I have 3 bachelors degrees, math, physics, computer science, and a masters in math, and currently am pursuing a phd in math.
  • PQpeacePQpeace Posts: 4,799 ✭✭✭
    AA in Electronics
    BS in Business admin.
    Minor in Music
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  • K6AZK6AZ Posts: 9,295
    Wait a minute, there wasn't a choice for my situation. Elementary school! image
  • orevilleoreville Posts: 12,148 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Graduated with Honors from Tiny Tot Nursery School. Completed 2nd grade.

    A Collectors Universe poster since 1997!
  • bosoxbosox Posts: 1,580 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Masters degree in civil engineering. A engineer who collects coins - a heretofore unreached level of anal retentiveness.
    Numismatic author & owner of the Uncommon Cents collections. 2011 and 2025 Fred Bowman award winner, 2020 J. Douglas Ferguson award winner, & 2022 Paul Fiocca award winner.

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  • Completed High Skool....er....um....School.
    - -

    Ask me no questions, I'll tell you no lies.
  • coolkarmacoolkarma Posts: 512 ✭✭
    Double major in Math and Psych, Masters and Ph.D. in Cognitive Psychology.
  • BearBear Posts: 18,953 ✭✭✭
    Do this mean that we aint stupid no more?
    There once was a place called
    Camelotimage
  • BearBear Posts: 18,953 ✭✭✭
    Lets see, I gots a BA in BS, An MA in HS and a PHD in CS. Thats a whole lot of stuff

    that makes the grass grow green.
    There once was a place called
    Camelotimage
  • Bachelor in Public Safety with a minor in Mathematics. Currently working on my Mater degree in Kennedys. image
    Stacy

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  • fcloudfcloud Posts: 12,133 ✭✭✭✭
    I have earned a BS in Business Management.

    President, Racine Numismatic Society 2013-2014; Variety Resource Dimes; See 6/8/12 CDN for my article on Winged Liberty Dimes; Ebay

  • Master's Degree in Psychiatric Social Work.

    Steve
  • MFHMFH Posts: 11,720 ✭✭✭✭
    BA in History and Government

    Postgraduate work in Personnel Management and Accounting
    Mike Hayes
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  • RBB617RBB617 Posts: 498 ✭✭
    BA in Economics and Psychology '91
    MBA with a concentration in Finance '96
  • dorkkarldorkkarl Posts: 12,691 ✭✭✭
    jeez, you people are all smart!!!

    K S
  • ERER Posts: 7,345


    << <i>Lets see, I gots a BA in BS, An MA in HS and a PHD in CS. Thats a whole lot of stuff

    that makes the grass grow green. >>


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    Sure makes the grass grow green, with all the bulls, horses, and chickens running around.
  • MICHAELDIXONMICHAELDIXON Posts: 6,590 ✭✭✭✭✭
    This comes up occasionally.
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  • wam98wam98 Posts: 2,685
    High School graduated me, just to get rid of me. imageimageimageimage
    Wayne
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  • sumnomsumnom Posts: 5,963 ✭✭✭
    This does come up from time to time, don't it?
  • jdimmickjdimmick Posts: 9,780 ✭✭✭✭✭
    It's intresting reading this thread as thier are a lot of folks here with higher levels of education including several doctorates which typically equates to higer incomes, however, it does not necessarily mean that they have a larger amount of disposable income to spend on coins. Thier are two posters in this thread who actually are on the lower end of the educational scale that could practically buy everyone else on here out easily.

    jim

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  • finishing up my undergrad for a BS in biology. next year i'll be going off to get a PhD in microbiology
  • sumnomsumnom Posts: 5,963 ✭✭✭
    I am working on my PhD now. Even assuming that I get job in my field, most people on these boards will make make better money than me.
  • BAJJERFANBAJJERFAN Posts: 31,326 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Post hole Digger!! image
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  • nankrautnankraut Posts: 4,565 ✭✭✭
    I am 14 yr old, have 8 different PHD's, and am a Nuclear Scientist.
    Now: How is this thread related to numismatics, why are you asking this question, and what do you plan on doing with the information? image
    I'm the Proud recipient of a genuine "you suck" award dated 1/24/05. I was accepted into the "Circle of Trust" on 3/9/09.
  • BA - BioPsychology
    JD - Law Degree
    LLM - Intellectual Property
    Post Doct Research Fellowship - ICANN's Authority to Govern Internet Operation On Behalf of the Department of Commerce

  • High school drop out....

    B.Sc. in human biology...

    There is nothing more powerful than the power of goodbye
  • leothelyonleothelyon Posts: 8,489 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Ok, I see many here specializing in computer science. If I may ask, just how wide open is this field of study in the coming years and how well does it pay? My son is in his 3rd year of computer science but lately he has been suggesting a career change to Law Enforcement.

    Leo

    The more qualities observed in a coin, the more desirable that coin becomes!

    My Jefferson Nickel Collection

  • B.S. Chemical Engineering
  • gyocomgdgyocomgd Posts: 2,582 ✭✭✭
    B.S., Journalism, 1980
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  • USCGCraigUSCGCraig Posts: 1,008 ✭✭
    I earned a BA in Environmental Studies and a Masters in Environmental Policy and Management all while on active duty in the Coast Guard.
    Coast Guard Craig

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  • MJPHELANMJPHELAN Posts: 800 ✭✭✭
    BS Biology
    MD (ophthalmology)

    I too use a slit lamp to look at coins. It's a great tool for looking at steps on Jeffersons. I have a YAG Laser in my office which removes any part of a carbon spot above the level of the coin's surface (even through the slab).
    Mark
  • GonfunkoGonfunko Posts: 1,484 ✭✭✭
    I'm currently in 9th grade. It looks like a bunch of you are double geeks, collecting coins and being techies at the same time...image
  • gemtone65gemtone65 Posts: 901 ✭✭✭
    Ph.D in Economics
  • DNADaveDNADave Posts: 7,307 ✭✭✭✭✭
    BS in Biology
    MS in Forensic Science


    Edited to add: I was doing this pre-OJ, way before CSI and all of the lets-get-on-the-forensic-bandwagon mentality.
  • Assoc. in Real Estate
    B.S in Bus. Admin.
    M.S. in Finance
    M.A. in International Management
    MBA

    6 credits short of M.S. in Economics & 15 credits & dissertation short of Ph.D. in Finance.

    Hoping to start working on a J.D. part time come next Spring/Fall.
  • A.A. Liberal Arts
    B.A. Psychology

    Looking to start a M.P.A. program next year.

    alfalfa
  • 2 BS degrees (Business and Forestry)
    1 Masters (Wildlife Ecology)
    1 Doctorate (Biology/Science Education)
    3 year post-doc w/NSF
    few years as a prof
    few more in university admin

    I still don't know what I'm talking about.

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