Hmm, plan B... Good question! As soon as I figure out my plan A, I'll definately work on getting a plan B!

Haha, not many people can say this.

hunter_alien said: Plan A was becoming a psychologist... well I still have a year of study left and then I have to work for a masters degree, but Im starting to doubt this plan. Lately I doubt it a LOT. I to wanted to work in the gaming industry ( more exactly being a larger dev teams shrink). Plan B. Well there are plenty of plan Bs, but neither is uberserious. I was thinking of learning Russian and English, but what will happen then, only god knows

I wonder what the climate is in such a team...

The fun with being an International Relations major is that there really is no plan B as something wholly distinct from what you're up to. I was actually talking with my university's career councilors yesterday, and basically IR Majors can go into any industry so long as a given company in that industry does something internationally (and given all the global trade and foreign direct investment going on today, that's more or less everywhere). So i could work for Firestone tires helping coordinate with the Japanese company that owns them, or work with Ford associating with their plants in Russia, or even stay at my own University, just work in the Study Abroad unit (very unlikely, but possible)

My main plan is to either go teach English in Japan (though that would only be a short-term gig, 1 to 5 years depending on how much I like it and how well I do) or to get into the US Foreign Service, but i'm going to try everywhere I have the time for in my Senior year next year, so anything that isn't the JET Program or the Foreign Service is Plan B, but it would all still be relevant

Plan A: Go to college and get a degree in engineering (specific TBA), minor in Theology
Plan B: Graduate HS and embrace the hobo lifestyle. Or major in Theology and become a pastor, whatever works....

Plan A-business administration.
-Game developer

Plan B-to become a prostitute.

You don't really major in theology to become a pastor. You go to a seminary for that.

Theology majors are more or less only good for being a theologian (an academician dedicated to theology), similarly to how you only go for Philosophy to get into the scholarship of Philosophy

Well, shows how much I've planned out, now hasn't it? :P

A: Game design/ 3D modeling for games. I recently took an environment modeling course which was very interesting and sort of sold me on this field. There is a really gratifying feeling of accomplishment after you've created a UDK level complete with detailed models and textures. Once I get some experience and more education under my belt, my plan is to try and get a job in a Chicago based gaming company, preferably High Voltage Software, or Midway, which is now under the umbrella of Warner Bros games.

B: Probably film editing and/or motion graphics. I've taken a few classes in editing so far, and I have some decent experience w/ Final Cut and Premiere.

I also like to write, but I figure that will remain mainly as a hobby, as I don't really see that easily becoming a steady source of income

 Same here, probably next year... I dont qualify for the jet program though... I moving there by the end of the year, probably a month or two, so everything will depend of how well things go by then...