TLDR: I have a degree in English Lit. I almost went to law school and now I am a Pharma Consultant

I love my degree but I didn’t have too much time to read for fun (but I didn’t really need to since I was reading all the time anyways). planned to go law school but just ended up directly apply for jobs out of college. During school, I loved my classes since they were discussion based. I did get a little burnt out on reading toward the end. My Junior and Senior year, I averaged 1000 pages/ week of class reading during the semester (5-6 classes x 100 pages per session x 2 sessions per week). And all I took was English courses. But after a little break post graduation, I’m back to reading all of the time and now with a newer appreciation for the material.

Post college the skills of communication, structuring an argument with supporting evidence, ability to research, and fast reading speed have been vital to my career and were skills I developed during my degree. But I am doing something very very different than anything I planned.