Field Change Quotes

For a long time I thought I should be a civil engineer. That seemed to be the only thing worth doing, and I chose the wrong subjects at A-level. I read all the sciences to start with, and then had to admit, 'This isn't what I want to do' and changed course.

After graduating in engineering I went to the University of Kansas to get an MA in economics as a vehicle for allowing me to decide if I wanted to continue in economics.

I had changed from being a mathematician to a practicing scientist. I was increasingly embarassed that I could no longer follow some of the more modern branches of pure mathematics.

In the beginning of college I wanted to be an English major, but then I became interested in international relations.

I studied philosophy and ended on sociology. For some reason, all the advanced courses in philosophy were offered 4:30 to 6:30, so I could never go because of football, so I had to switch.

I actually started off majoring in computer science, but I knew right away I wasn't going to stay with it. It was because I had this one professor who was the loneliest, saddest man I've ever known. He was a programmer, and I knew that I didn't want to do whatever he did. So after that, I switched to Communications.

I was a science student in junior college, but I knew I wouldn't pursue a career in the field.

I continued school August of 2018. I went back but I shifted my course because in 2017, I was taking up business management and then I stopped because I realized I wasn't passionate about it.

At first, I took theater courses on the side. Then, theater became my minor; then it was my major.

Before taking up law, I studied medicine for six months and then tried my hand at fashion designing for another six months. I wanted to find something that excited me. Finally, it was law that captured my interest.

I was a political science major before I transferred into film school.

I played right field in Minor Leagues a lot before I started playing centerfield.

I studied economics. I studied industrial engineering. It wasn't until later, when I was around 26, that I really decided to go to film school.

To retain my fascination with chemistry, I have had to change my research fields about every 10 years.

I don't expect that because I was successful in one field that I will then get a ride of passage into another.