/biz/ - Business & Finance

What STEM degree specifically? Hate this meme of treating all of STEM as an easy meal ticket. Lots of undergraduates in STEM aren't worth much, especially if you don't go to a prestigious school.

>>11035185

Physics

Don’t fall for the pure science meme unless you plan to do a PhD in it

I should have done something more practical like engineering but too late now. I’m just hoping I die in an accident to work

>>11035249
Well you have only one thing left, mugging tourists

>>11035171
>>9/10 of all calls are by people who don’t read the FAQ on our website
There's the problem. All you have to do is to optimize the FAQ, create some tutorial videos and figure out how to reach your audience before they think about calling you. Depending on the agegroup the younger the more they tend to search online first before writing or calling.

If you can help them cut their calls by utilizing your STEM powers and optimize the customer experience overall you will be able to put that on your resume plus you might as well get promoted if you take your results after ~6-12 Months and talk to a decision maker or depending on the size of the company even the founder

>>11035249
well at least now you can tell your boss how fast the shit will burst out of your ass during that break

>>11035249
I agree, i have a degree in chemistry and its fucking useless if you don't want to be stuck in the wagecage that is a lab or don't have a passion for the subject.

For some fucking reason I though science and tech were connected when they really aren't. I think CS would have been a lot less complicated and with more job prospects. I imagine physics is probably even worse

>>11035249
I see many Physics grads move to Data Science nowadays.

https://physicstoday.scitation.org/doi/full/10.1063/PT.3.3261

>>11035249
You need to get a graduate degree. Doesnt have to be a physics PhD, but an undergrad in pure physics with a more practical masters would show you to be pretty well rounded. asuming you did well in undergrad and have some at least mediocre connections with your professors, I'm sure they could put in a good word for you. Plus on your resume you could even spin your call-cucking experience into a weird quasi gap year of "gaining industry experience" or some other bs before going back to school.

>>11035249
Should have read the FAQ on majors dumbfag

>>11035459
They are connected. Universities just teach the basics and a good portion of uoutdated and unnecessary stuff. All you have to do is to get into business and look at problems from a practical perspective. In tihs case you will need some programming skills. I'd suggest starting either at https://www.datacamp.com/ or treehouse.

The best advice is to find a mentor. That is somebody who already achieved what you want to achieve. good luck in your endeavours, my friend!

>>11035475
The best way would be to not getting into any bs and just trying things out. Take a break for one,two hell even 3 years. unless you're rushing to get married and have kids, there is nothing to rush for. if you're not 30 you still have room to experiment around and look where you fit and what work you hate that you eventually end up loving. also read some good business books and build your personal brand

>>11035171
What a loser youre

>>11035171
Call center jobs suck, even working retail is better than that. Switch to retail for short term.

Now start learning web development, enroll in a bootcamp, and actually get a job that’s in demand. Build up a portfolio and work on your interviewing skills.

Bump

>>11035249
>I’m just hoping to die in an accident at work
Sorry goy, the wage cage will make sure that never happens

>>11035171
i work in call center and have to take 60 calls per day... an hour sounds impossible, do you even talk with the people or is it just NPCs calling in to check if you are at your workplace?

>>11035497
Meh, ended up wagecucking for 3 years, 2 of which were pretty cushy then starting my own biz so it all sort of worked out.

I'm not cut out for working for other people and just filling out a role so probably would have hated programming day in and day out.

Correct about mentorship, that really applies to any industry tho.

>>11035459
Why not start cooking meth? or manufacturing extasy? you could make millions and quit.

>>11035249
PhD top kek
might as well just hop in the wagecage

>>11035459
Just graduating this semester after switching from computer engineering to biochemistry after rage quitting a java class. One of the worst mistakes I ever made. There’s no chemistry jobs even remotely around my area that don’t require a PhD or 10 years of experience and I’ve burnt out and regret it too much. Trying my best to just stay positive, but god damn is it weighing on me

>>11035459
>>11035171
Why don't you guys go to grad school? I have a Chem degree too. I was gonna go but decided to take a year to get industry experience which turned into a year of unemployment

Contemplating going back but idk anymore. I'm so disappointed in myself because I always did very well I'm school without studying and was generally a lot smarter than my peers and now I'm just watching them all surpass me, even some simple highschool grads.

I hope I get hit by a truck

>>11036885
personally, its because im too much of a brainlet and just dont have enough money to do it. I would love to do it, accomplish something but right now i need to get some type of job after graduating to get that money and move the fuck out

>>11036784

I got a crazy idea... Why don't you fucking move

>>11035429
lmfao, are you dumb or something? People don't read FAQs, no matter what you do.

>>11036885
You actually aren’t smarter than your peers.

>muh IQ, muh prestigious school, muh SAT scores, muh grades

It doesn’t fucking matter. Intelligence only matters when it’s applied. Get a skill that’s actually in demand. Solving stochiometry equations and performing titrations or whatever the fuck it is you do is not in demand.

>>11035249
try to jew yourself into technical sales. depending on your country, you might do a course ranging from 4 weeks to 12 months and become a sales engineer. you could sell your callcenter experience as a starting point to your career.

>>11036885
>Why don't you guys go to grad school?

>implying grad school is free

Also need to consider rent and living costs. But i am pretty disillusioned with higher education and academia in general

I have an English degree and have pretty much accepted that the only way I'll become rich is by sucking cock or making it in crypto.

>>11037703
>I have an English degree

Are you dumb? go teach English abroad. Its crazy how much demand there is for English teachers, more so than STEM majors

>>11035429
That’s not his job. His job is to answer calls from angry customers.

>have degree in economics
>cant find a job

Welp time to go get my masters then?

>>11037761
>doubling down on something that clearly isn't working.

What kind of call lasts less than one minute?

>>11037638
actually the most important lesson of our time. people confuse intelligence with education and especially intelligent people fall for this trap, genuinely needing a degree as validation for their already-existent intelligence.

>>11035171
last time "a degree" got you a job was in the 80's

OP, you're Pinnochio who just realized you're turning into a braying jackass, because you spend too much time on Please Island.

You have to escape the island, the only way is to follow your consciousness and just into the watery chaos surrounding you. You can return home, if you like, but you won't find your metaphorical father there - meaning you won't find a father figure (whether literal or figurative) to tell you what you have to do. You have to figure that out yourself. How you do that is to figure out what your ideal life is and begin striving towards it. The first step is to face exactly the thing you don't want to face.

This message brought to you by Jordan Peterson, bucko.