AS vs AAS

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How many male secretaries do you know of? Please bro. I have an AA, I think its a joke to be honest with you. It's just taking general courses. If you want to compare AA with common sense smarts, that's a different story. Frankly, if you want to be a banker, why must one take trig and calculus. Don't you think it makes more sense to stick with percentages and I=PRT type formulas? Aside someone whom is connected in a family business, do you know of anyone ever landing a job based on an AA degree? Besides secretaries? I want to hear this. Maybe I missed out on jobs alot.

You're getting your feathers all ruffled because someone without malevolence two years ago stated an AAS is useless if you're pursuing a Bachelors, but then you go and insult secretaries everywhere by inferring that the only qualifications is good looks. There are some receptionist jobs, where looks and good speaking skills are requisite, but secretarial work requires organization, patience, hard-work, good grammar, computer skills, project management, communication skills, tact and leadership. Some secretaries I knew were smarter than their bosses and some (executive assistants) are pulling six figures in the corporate world. Many of them even have Bachelor's degrees. Working in an office in the Air Force for the past few years has shown me that the secretaries usually do more work and have more responsibility than many of their higher rated GS counterparts.

Just for disclosure, I come from a maintenance background and am now in contracting.