What useful skills do you have/are learning?

[EGtodd09]

I'm learning physics, programming, flash skills and website construction, chemistry and economics. Everything else is pointless.

 

[Vault101]

I dont really know how to describe such "skills"

but right now im making a model NCR ranger from fallout new vegas

 

[SimuLord]

I've got enough useful skills that when I get my college degree next spring I'm very confident that I'll be able to land a job.

Thanks to my education I know how to:
- Prepare financial statements to both US GAAP and IFRS standards.
- Prepare US individual income tax to a level where I could be certified as an IRS-authorized professional tax preparer (though I'd sooner dip myself in battery acid than do taxes for a living)
- Handle cost-volume-profit and risk-management analysis for manufacturing and service companies alike, and once this semester is complete I will also add "fully able to forecast and advise management on future cost decisions" to my repertoire
- Present an annual report and investor-relations pitch to shareholders at a company's annual meeting or to management in the CEO's office.
- Do statistical analysis on cost, revenue, and volume trends over and above traditional cost-volume-profit analysis.
- And a wide variety of other business esoterica that should allow me to pay off my $40,000 in student loans pretty quickly after school's done.

 

[Bernzz]

I'm semi-regularly practicing drawing by drawing things when I find the inspiration. Mostly though, I copy pictures.

Sometime this year, I wanna begin learning guitar. I've had my acoustic guitar for over a year, figure I should use it sometime.

 

[triggrhappy94]

Im in 3rd year spanish, I've been playing guitar for 5 years, and, because I can dehydrate myself on command, I can also pee out forrest fires.

 

[esperandote]

Basic computer manteinance
English (spanish is my first language)
Drawing
I can jump fairly high

 

[SIXVI06-M]

No no no no. Do NOT feed the trolls.

Ignore them, set them to ignore, report them, just never respond. Responding in any way is like trying to douse fire with gasoline.

Noted - mind you, I still saw reason to defend the fact that other people have right to their beliefs.

I am aware of this and was mostly making a joke on the common stereotype that philosophy majors can't find any work out of college.

That being said, I am the first to advocate that its a poor thing to measure philosophy just by its more practical uses.

I'm glad to see someone who actually likes and follows Kant's rigid morality. In today's world where relativism seems popular, its rare to see one willing to take up anything resembling the discipline required to uphold the categorical imperative.

Haha, I never said it was practical for employment. But in some cases- philosophy could possibly help you make some important career decisions, and in some cases- even social savvy in important business decisions (probably more indirectly as a result of studying philosophy).

Mind you - Kant's morality and ethics may SEEM rigid, but there are ways to work around instances where the categorical imperative can conflict between moral decisions and moral outcomes - and thus might fall on its own blade if followed too literally with no critical thought. It's not philosophy if you just know what to remember, but how to bend it and set new standards in our ever-evolving civilisation.

Which brings me to my point - philosophy can foster social savvy if studied carefully

 

[YarnBarf]

I can peel a banana with my toes. I can also tie a cherry stem with my tongue. Anything fruit related and useless, basically.

Oh, and I can translate ancient Greek.

 

[StoneCutter]

Well, since I'm in Highschool, I'm arguably not learning anything useful...

I'm probably missing a few things, but I am a fairly decent 3D modeler with rhino, pro-e, and solidworks, and I'm learning to project manage. I also kind of know Spanish.

 

[SIXVI06-M]

I'm learning how to write better.

I'm also learning German and attempting to learn Japanese.

Those two shall come in handy, I believe.

Learning how to write well is always admirable - if you can move people with words, you can very well move the world.

Well, also depends on what you mean by 'how to write better'.

 

[Cazza]

Learning to make technical drawing of a house. It will allow me do a lot of the work.

 

[Vitor Goncalves]

French, Spanish, Portuguese and I am a Nurse (skilled in 1 million diferent ways to torture you).

 

[pezwitch]

I learned to sew a couple years back and now have a home business where I take orders from people all around the world for unique hand made items like clothing and stuffed toys.

I'm a tailor who's known for very geeky items.

Right now I'm designing a Toothless hat (how to train your dragon) for a girl in the United Kingdom.

I'm glad to see another sewing enthusiast here. I sew and quilt. I'm working on making my husband a Dr. Horrible costume for Comic Con. I've never made my own pattern for clothing before and it is challenging. Fun, but challenging. (I have designed and sewn purses and stuffed animals but that does not compare to making clothing.)

I also knit and crochet and I can repair computers.

(edited for punctuation)

 

[Leg End]

I'm still learning how to write film reviews.

I'd say you have mastered it already.

OT: I think this video sums it up.
It is a beautiful language, just takes a little while to learn and a lifetime to master. (O_O)

 

[Marter]

I'd say you have mastered it already.

*notes <url=http://www.escapistmagazine.com/forums/read/326.265062-2-50-Reviews-The-Big-Hit-1998>latest review*

Yep, I'm totally good at this whole writing thing.

But seriously, I still think I'm improving with every serious review, and hope to eventually become what I would call "good". At this point, I consider my writing to be mediocre, at best.

 

[Leg End]

I'd say you have mastered it already.

*notes <url=http://www.escapistmagazine.com/forums/read/326.265062-2-50-Reviews-The-Big-Hit-1998>latest review*

Yep, I'm totally good at this whole writing thing.

But seriously, I still think I'm improving with every serious review, and hope to eventually become what I would call "good". At this point, I consider my writing to be mediocre, at best.

*Notes every other review he has done*

Nope, I'd say you've mastered it.

 

[Teixas]

lets see...

Basic french(family );
Scripting(python,Pawn, Uscript);
3d scene compositing(Maya );
Computer Building and maintenace;
Welding;

some other minor stuff..

(spreadout stuff but useful in its own way)

 

[TheYellowCellPhone]

I'm learning to play the tuba.

Epic snip!

I could play the tuba when I was just a wee one...

Also, nice new avatar, phone!

Thanks, designed by Sleekgiant from his March Mayhem Avatar Request Thread.

 

[Heart of Darkness]

I'm learning to program! C and C++ currently, and expanding on my JavaScript knowledge.

I'm also learning how to use Photoshop.

That's about it, though. My skills at playing mallet percussion, chemistry, and mathematics I'm kinda neglecting for this major, but oh well.

 

[Sunburn3011]

Mostly medical stuff (basic and somewhat advanced life support like intubating and stuff, venipuncture, arterial puncture, etc.)
Self-defense techniques (IKMF certified)
Stitching, cooking, sailing, basic electronic and mechanical repairs, basic carpentry,...

Nothing too marketable besides med stuff but enough to get around