/biz/ - Business & Finance

>>53187042
>he fell for the economics degree meme
kek. many such cases. only business degrees worth a shit are accounting or finance if you go to a good school.

>BS Geology
>30
>Gig Driver for local company that pays a shitton more than DD and Uber

Not that bad desu, but getting a decent job in what I studied has been a fucking nightmare

>bs in chemistry
>doctor of pharmacy
>34
>pharmacy manager
The chemistry degree is a meme. I wouldn't be shit today if that's all I was relying on.

>>53187042
>26
>half a sustainability degree
>automated irrigation tech
it's fine desu

>geography
>33
>Mailman
Good thing I'm never paying off those loans.

>>53187042
>history
>28
>maintenance mechanic

>Digital Media Production
>31
>About to start a medical courier job soon
No debt, but I regret my major. I should have done accounting like my friend did.

> philosophy
> 33
> minimalist childless bachelor

>Chemistry
>27
>Software Engineer wagie + own a side company doing contracts I outsource to pajeets

STEM degrees need to leave the thread

>>53187042
>Art Degree
>37
>UX Designer
6 fig gig. Not bad for the biggest meme degree.

>philosophy
>31
>neet
I cashed out $2m from shitcoins and nfts and still have ~$400k of crypto. I simply see no reason to work.

>econ degree
>26
>neet

kek econ degree is probably the most retarded out there

>Bachelor of Science in Nursing
>30
>Operating Room Nurse

Not too bad of a life. Definitely beats most other nursing jobs out there

>>53187042
>BA Poli Sci
>27
>Medical Receptionist
Trying to pivot into healthcare, hopefully being unvaccinated doesn’t limit my options too much.

>>53188768
Trying to pivot into healthcare, hopefully being unvaccinated doesn’t limit my options too much.

>BS Chemical Engineering
>34
>Senior Engineering Manager

A few more years and I'll have a paid off house

>>53187042
>electronics engineer
>26
>Machine Learning Engineer at a shitty startup

God a few interviews lined up, hopefully I can ditch this comfy but awful place. I want either two usd jobs or go get my masters
>tfw earning useless monopoly money

CPA
56
CPA

>archeology
>34
>painter
never found any dinosaur

>>53188768
>hopefully being unvaccinated doesn’t limit my options too much.
lmao

>cyber security
>34
>cyber security engineer
lol.

>>53187042
>finished high school
>27
>senior software engineer

>>53187042
I have a meme degree but i have found two pretty decent jobs but was fired from my lost one so now im lost and SOL..

>BFA in 2D Animation
>40
>Animator on TV show

>>53187056
I have an econ degree and manage the pricing strategy for a portfolio of products with $325 million in annual revenue

>>53187042
>ba in business
>32
>part time graphic and web designer
>>53187056
delet this

BBA
Retired mil
Now have gov job that I literally get paid to “work” from home while I jerk off all day
45k in retirement pay
30k in va disability
67k in gs job

>>53187042
4 3
Journeyman Millwright
High Pressure Welding competant with AS in Welding Technology
BSME in Mechanical Engineering with Minor in CS
Maintenance Engineer for Aero Space company
120K a year

>>53187042
>BS Econ
>25
>auditor (I hate my life)

>>53187042
>26
>lomaonodegree
>maintenance tech
Don't make shit right now but it's fun

>>53187129
i want to be a geologist

I’ll feed the data miner
> PhD in Physics
> 38 (you’ll be stuck here forever too)
> SWE
>> 53187042
Government positions are legit cozy
Never forget though that all governments are illegitimate, but on the flip side you’re not “stealing taxpayer money” since the government immorally prints its fake money to pay for itself, taxes are a lie to keep people in line

>>53189332
Who is the slam pig ?

>>53187042
>19
>BA in Business Management
>Middle Management at a call center

Degree was responsible for a 20% raise as a frontline manager and for the promotion to middle management. Got degree while working

>MA in English and Philosophy
>37
>Hansard reporter

>>53188782
Bro. . .

>>53187042
>BA Economics
>27
>NEET

>>53188687
Based

>>53189306
The experience can vary widely. I went to one of the best schools in the world for it and I was put in multiple life or death situations in the wilderness in order to earn my degree, and have scars on my body for it. But as a result I have a deep set appreciation for the planet that we live on and how fucking insignificant we are in the grand scale of things.

Some schools however just give you gay ass guided tours and reddit tier educational videos and then you get a "geoscience" degree Whereas being an actual geologist requires specific field training, a formal exam, and licensing if you actually end up working in the field for a number of years. You also can almost never get hired for anything other than a bitch position where you get paid $15 / hr to work 70 hr workweeks in harsh environments doing rigorous work, unless of course you have an advanced degree and then your eligibility for actual scientific jobs increases dramatically but you still have to bend over and suck endless amounts of cock to get hired unless you know someone who can set you up.

>>53189440
How did you get a BA at 19?

27
Already have an associates
Getting an English degree now. Haven’t picked a minor yet. I’m just doing it for myself and for fun. I’m never paying these loans back. Do not care about a job yet either. If things got bad enough I just rope. Literally don’t care.

none
30
senior backend developer @ 140k

>>53189956
>none
>30
>senior backend developer @ 140k
Yep me too, none, 42, principal developer, $170k. Imagine getting a degree for this lol

>>53189967
based. i gotta admit it after being looked down upon by degreefags early in my career it brings me joy to see em seethe sometimes

>>53190004
Funny thing is they tend to be less creative and often struggle when they become responsible for architecture. Degrees won't help you as you move up, it's all attitude.

>>53190018
Nah it’s luck. You’re just built different, that’s all there is to it. Not everyone can do what you do.

>>53188526
Not all STEM degrees are equal. There is a difference between Software Engineering and Geology when it comes to prospects.

>>53187129
>geology
Actual good degree
I hope you get a job in the field anon

>>53187042
>No degree but have CompTIA certs
>23
>Cyber security II

CUSHY AS FUCK, best job I've ever had.
Fuck debt

>>53189956
>>53189967
Not everyone lives in the tranny states of shartmerica where the tech bubble means anyone with a pulse gets six figures.

>>53187042
high school dropout
25-30
made it neet

>>53190320
Bruh I live in the fucking south, IT jobs are everywhere. Most are remote too

>>53187042
>BA in Political Science
>31
>$21/hr work from home job

>>53187056
>>53188733
>>53189631
Makes no sense, Econ degrees have an almost endless amount of applicable job opportunities. All business and other soft science jobs along with any data position.

>>53187042
>i took a free 2 weeks robotics course for disadvantaged youths
>25
>Service Engineer for big plastic

Travel for work, typically within 2 hours of home but sometimes internationally or cross country w/ all-expenses paid which is nice, comfy per diem and i make decent money so i cant complain

>>53189214
lol, lmao even, maybe perhaps rofl.

>>53190430
It's a great degree but you need to pair it with a STEM skill.

>econ
>27
>investment advisor

My VPs are making 1m+ in their 40s, works 3 days a week. Seems like the longer I do it, the chiller it becomes and more money I make.

>>53189298
>>53188733
>>53189631

The trick with econ degree is to not take jobs in any field outside of econ/finance otherwise you'll never get into it.

>AAS in Automation/Mechatronics
>going to have an AAS in Manufacturing Engineering and another in Industrial Maintenance in May
>21
>"Assembly Technician"
>$21/hr

For the last two years all I've done is build electrical panels, and not complicated one off projects, just repetitive piece work. The shop I'm at gatekeeps the one off projects to the guys who've been there for years.

I've done nothing with PLCs or mechatronics and I hardly know anything about field wiring or shit. Dont even read schematics or prints. I'm learning nothing at my job; there's no opportunity to learn, and now if I want to get a new job for higher pay I have to bullshit my way into it.
Also my degrees don't transfer anywhere to get a BA, except for a BA in sales engineering at an actually very reputable STEM centered university near me. Would have to take 60 ish credits to get that degree. Idfk what else to do my degree(s) feel useless.

Also there's very little standardization with the project I'm on. It's not LEAN at all, and management is totally fucking hands off and disconnected from the shop floor. I never really see anyone from management or get to interact with senior people who have experice. Its all just shop drones assembling on the floor while the big boys get to do engineering shit upstairs. They promised career advacement when I got hired but its non existent.

Wat do.

>>53189214
Sounds like at my job where a 25 year old engineer guesses how many hours it’s going to take the team to complete tasks, and those hours are multiplied by 300 and that’s the cost we give them

>BS Finance
>24
>M&A consulting
>95k all in

>>53187042
You can start a non-profit with similar people going around warning high school seniors and college freshman about the waste of meme degrees.

>>53188526
>>53190284
Any stem degree that's about science usually eats shit. There are basically no jobs for biology majors, for example. Really when people say stem is great they mean computer/data focused majors, then engineering and then if a pure mathfag can figure out programming they can make it but the degree itself is a roundabout.

>>53190531
bro you could easily get an automation tech position with that degree at most mfg facilities, just troubleshooting their equipment, preventing downtime, touching up robot programs etc and get some experience. Youre 21 so you still have time but if youre committed you need to start climbing that ladder

>>53190430
>>53190469
>it's a great degree but you should have also learned C+ to make companies want to hire you
I guarantee 95% of the posters in this thread are male. Not just because of 4chan's demographics, but because if you make a jobs profile as a chick with a stupid degree you'll immediately start getting offers.

The real redpill is that everything is massively slanted against you if you're a man. The degree isn't useless, they just don't want men.

But that's fine because I'm getting a second degree in stem and a master's immediately after and that will open up doors in pretty much any country that isn't the west, which is great because at this point the historical discrimination against immigrants in countries such as Japan or Poland for example is actually less than the discrimination against men in countries like the UK.

So again, clown world.

>>53190313
how long did it take you to land an entry level role and how much did you need to know to be good at it? I'm looking to pivot into cyber by getting Sec+ and Net+ this year

>BS Physics 2020 grad
>32
>sales for a startup, $40K salary with $2.5k bonus every quarter if hit KPI(didn't last quarter)
this company will be worth a fuck load in years to come considering how many partnerships we are developing with universities, incubators and accelerates and VC but I dream of a fully remote job and cyber seems to be it.

>>53188685
based artfag
>MA in Music
>33
>music school owner, composer, & session musician
prolly gonna crack 6 figs next year

>24
>Masters in computer science
>mobile app developer

>>53189332
>All gov are illegitimate
Yeah, but they basically also force you to accept their shitcoin by gunpoint and THEN enforce their tax for you "choosing" their terms of service.
>>53187042
>Physical therapist
>36
>Gov. certified shitzo and neet. Assailants got time out and a slap on the wrist for trying to beat me to death.
Now I basically pose for society that we live in said society and got a pass for reduction in slave labour by 'joining the work force' on reduced capability terms. Oh how justice is served.
>>53189332
Go get me a job faggot

>>53187042
>internal security
>32
>part-time rapist
Frankly speaking, I don't know how to get promoted anymore

>>53187042
BS in Finance
26
Social Worker

I wanted a Job that wasn't soulless and all it taught me is that I hate poor people

>22
>BCom in Accounting
>Accountant

If only big4 didn't pay like shit in leafland

>32
>english degree
>english teacher in Asia
Not bad honestly, make way over cost of living and escaped the US.

>>53187042
>None
>33
>Loser

>>53188425
what made you decide to do the medical job? are you an independent contractor at that point?

>>53191988
what country and how long can you stay there on your visa?

>psychology
>25
>> occupation is browsing biz looking for shitter coins to 10x on

>>53190760
just say youre trans

>dropped out
>25
>fire fighter
I dont regret college cus i got loads of pussy but man i was way too retarded at that age to see the big picture of things and actually try. Still annoyed my family pushed it on me so hard and brainwashed me into inescapable slave loans as a fucking child

>>53192793
Im in vietnam on a one year visa but when I get my new one it will be a two year

>>53191809
Any patterns you’ve noticed of poor people?
What do you hate the most about them?

>>53187042
>Accounting
>26
>Accountant
It could be a lot worse

Sociology
37
Haven't worked since a summer job in 2000

I'm thinking I'm going to make coin through swingtrading stockies. I've been carefully waiting now for a year. Yeah, I've just played old retro games. Anyway, today is a gap. I'm waiting to see what happens when the US opens

>Goes to university to study for a degree
>Gets a job that bears no resemblance to the degree.
Do retards really?

>>53189214
yeah but how much do you make. i'm a wagie accountant who does financials of a $50 billion a year subsidiary. sounds impressive but i only make $98k a year.

>>53192995
they didnt become a 50 billion dollar company by paying their bean counters a half mil a year

>>53189793
>geology degree
>multiple life or death situations
Can’t just tease us like that without a greentext, anon.

>BA Theology/Film
>35
>Part-Time Retail Wagie

Reasoning was I had scholarship in it, so at least I’m debt free.

>Finance
>26
>Client & Transaction monitoring at a bank
I used to work in risk management at another bank. What I do now is nice, but I would like to return to the Jewish arts (credit lending) one day.

>>53187042
>bs statistics
>29
Technically not graduated yet, I'm 2 exams away from it so no job yet only occasional gigs.


>>53187056
>>53190525
>finance
That's what I'm aiming at. I live in euroland but I'll go anywhere if needed. Any tips?

>>53188768
How did you even get that far while unvaccinated. They wouldn't let me work as an accountant without getting clotted. Are you outside of the U.S.?

>no degree
>28
>consultant for warehouse operations

I am just really autistic

>>53187042
>history ba
>25
>90k government contractor

>>53187042
>2 year college diploma in business
>26
>sales analyst for automotive OEM

Life is good boys

>>53187042
>medicine
>30
>doctor
It is a complete meme job.

>>53190984
I have a+, net+, sec+
Biggest waste of time ever.

>>53190760
Sad but true. I love how my mother says I'll be able to start working at some company even with my music degree. She compares me to girls my age. She has no idea of what the reality out there is like.

>>53193718
why are those a waste of time? arent those the groundwork for IT and or cybersecurity?

>>53189332
Hey physics bro! Glad to see you made it. I also have a gov job which is very comfy. The pay isn't great but with the benefits you should multiply your base salary by like 1.5 to get your TC

>PhD Physics
>30
> scientist

>>53187042
>bs in business
>26
>NEET

History
30s
Formerly military, now library.
The job is fucking easy though I am surrounded by idiot students and a large part of the books are mind poisons selected by liberal boomer cunts or their leftist late gen-x coworker.
If I ran it I’d burn half of the books, so much shit pushing faggotry, trannies, anti-white racism, and more.
I don’t want to ruin myself at a factory nearby; one of the only things hiring other than fast food/service shit.

>>53187042
>33
>Undergrad in politics and International Relations
>Postgrad in Ancient History
Work as a tour leader. Used to work as a tour guide and in a museum.

>>53190742
You dont need school for coding

>>53187042
>24
>bs biochem
>research tech at top 10 uni getting 40k a year despite not actually doing that much work
>accepted into medical school

>>53189800
Some High School dual credit programs put you like halfway to a meme bachelor's

>>53190320
>anyone with a pulse gets six figures.
Dont worry bro, some of us aren't in tech and make trash wages in the US. Yes I am seething about it, how could you tell?

>>53187042
>Math
>29
>project manager

Probably could get into a different field but my job is very comfy

>>53194288
I love studying that but I don’t want to do it in an academic setting where they dictate what I study.

bs econ
29
state employee (budget)

>>53187056
It was easy for me to get a job when I graduated with my econ degree and I had very bad grades.

>>53189332
For all that is holy source

>>53187042
>BS Mechanical Eng.
>Work civil job
>make $69k with 3 years experience
Someone help, I need out of this shithole. Please. I'm a fairly competent skiddie. Automated almost all if my MS Office and AutoCAD tasks with scripts. That's got to be worth something, right?

>>53194015
Have you considered starting a based history youtube channel or something?

>>53194563
same dude. I almost fell for the PhD meme. But then realised how miserable a life that would really be. I study in me freetime as a hobby and might do a PhD when I retire for fun.

Tour guiding is pretty sweet. I get to read about all kinds of different history for a living and I make decent money. There is a lot of sidelines to be earned by making agreements with places to send tourists there.
e.g.
>be roadside convenience stop with toilets and food etc.
>they pay you 0.50 per person you bring
>regularly bring 20+ people
>use to either get free lunch and/or withdraw it after a period of time
>proper attractions/other tours give 5.00 per person.

If you have good agreements in place and sell it to tourists you suppliment your income handsomely.

>Architecture
>30
>Assistant director to a 200k square meters building project
Should have learned to code, this is a pain in the ass.

>>53194768
Square feet I mean.

>>53187042
>>53187129
>>53188380
>>53188424
>>53188425
>>53188463
>>53188685
>>53188687
>>53188738
>>53188768
>>53188820
>>53189490
>>53190394
>>53191988
>>53192796
>>53192962
>>53193034
>>53193532
>>53194288
What lead you to get a degree in incredibly retarded stuff you can learn in a library? Did you even read the degree and just laughed while reading the name? I'm genuinly honest here, not messing around. If you are genuinly curious or like the subject, you can just google to read and learn about it. Everytime I asked people what they wanted to do with their degree, they never knew what to say but "we'll see". And those who answered said working for UN or some meme organization that relies on nepotism or conections to get it without regard to your degree

>>53194640
There are channels doing ancient history/myths already like Mr. Mythos.
I’ve been collecting books here and there on different topics, links to places to dl books and amassing a digital collection to give people copies of things I find interesting that they might want.
There was b-ok.cc but that was taken down, there was libgen, archive.org has some things still able to dl, and other websites have stuff specific to it but have to do some hunting down on different topics. Oh, and project gutenberg for old material. You can’t find everything published but there is a lot of info out there.

BS Neurobiology w/ minor in Applied Math

I'm a yoga teacher lmao 26 years old been teaching for 5 years

"jobs" are a meme. pursue skills and abilities that encourage a healthy lifestyle in a physical, mental, and social way. pursue what is meaningful not what is expedient

>>53194970
>decently built Yoga teacher
How much pussy throws itself at you? And be honest.

>37
>PhD in electrical engineering
>chef at Wendy’s

>>53195016
Probably pays better. Bucees pays better than my engineering degree.

>>53194970
do all dicklets have to compensate by taking steroids ?

>>53195040
Not trying to simp for a yoga teacher, but I'm not seeing any of the hallmarks of road use (body acne, sausage fingers, bloat, hyper vascularity, etc.)

>>53187042
Well, I know you’re full of shit. You either get a BS or a BBA in Econ.
t. BS in Econ

>BA Business
>26
>NEET/helping my dad with our farming business but he doesn't pay me
I have a job interview today for a management trainee position

At 21:

> Dreadlocked hippy with 2.2 in Media Studies and tragically unemployable

> At 32
> Graduated with MSc in Exploration Geophysics, after returning to education for 5 years
> COVID killed my job prospects for 2 years
> Got into Data Analytics/Data Science, and milking the job training
> Working on my first machine learning project
> Signing up for a Data Science development project to bring me up to the next pay grade (Sponsored by my work to study)
> Planning to jump back to oil or mining in a year or two when I have strengthened my skillbase


>>53189306
>>53190296

My advice would be to go for Geophysics over Geology.

I love mineralogy, structural geology, etc. However, the base of maths, logic, software programs, programming, etc I built up made recalibrating to a different, yet also lucrative field possible.

Do I use any of the software like Petrel, Rockdoc, PROMAX? Nope, but a fat bunch of softwares shows employers that you can adapt to a wide variety of problems

>27
>BS in Marketing
>Marketing director for a small business + passive income from print-on-demand websites
Pays just below the curve, but I have my own office to shitpost in and don't have to deal with multiple employees.

>>53187042
25
major communications technology, minor applied computing
corporate software developer

>>53195008
when I was younger I made the mistake of dating other instructors and students. when things inevitably ended poorly because I was a 22 y/o fuckboi who didn't know what I wanted from a relationship you can only do that about 3 times until you get a reputation of being a not very good guy. so long story short don't shit where you eat.

I'm happily engaged now to someone I met outside of yoga though so that problem has been resolved. there is obviously still a lot of flirtatious gendered energy when teaching but that's fun and harmless. yoga is a very intimate practice so as a teacher you need to hold the seat of power with respect. but to answer your question I've taught thousands of classes though and I've only been "asked out" about 5 or 6 times since women don't approach men lol. most women don't go to yoga to meet men, they go there to work on themselves to become more grounded and present people

>BS Environmental Science
>Just turned 24
>Staff Scientist at a Large Consulting Firm. Cleared just over 80 last year with a lot of overtime. Also NYC area so

>>53195283
"be more grounded and present" lol you sound like a fag
those are just buzzwords to make exercise more palatable to lazy people who think there's some mysticism to being healthy.

>>53195283
>happy ending
Honestly didn't expect that. Happy for you, anon. Wish you all the best. Thanks for the reply.
>so long story short don't shit where you eat.
Sign of maturity, ladies and gentlemen.

>>53194868
Because I knew I was going to Asia and having the degree increases my pay rate considerably? Why else?

>26
>Dropped out at 20 and said fuck it and enlisted
>Now a loadmaster for the Chair Force

Outside of the bureaucracy bs it's a great job. Been all over the world and looking to buy a house soon. Would've probably been working at Amazon if I never enlisted

>>53194868
On top of that my major offered part time paid work as an esl tutor to foreign exchange students which helped me pad my resume before I had even graduated

>>53195190
Just learn Python since all those meme programs are practically useless outside of niche situations.

>>53191956
Working in big4 sounds so depressing

>>53195324
to be grounded means that you have the capacity to make decisions within at state of uncertainty. to be present means that you have the ability to give your full attention to something without being distracted by your own thoughts or feelings. these terms are often co-opted my new age woo woo fake vegan frauds no doubt, but when defined intelligently they are very powerful framings.

vinyasa yoga is not merely exercise. the difference between fitness/exercise and yoga is that fitness is a movement-based practice, whereas in yoga breath is the primary focus of consciousness and the movement is secondary. the union of these two aspects through embodiment is indeed a mystical experience, and there is tremendous power through the integration of them as one. you should go take a vinyasa yoga class to see what I'm talking about

>swe
>28
>swe
the catch is I wanna fuckin die

>33
>Psych
>Product analyst at a small bank & cyber security consultant
Not bad, considering I got my degree super late (but for free). Have good prospects, but Spain gotta go into the office again for those, fuck that.

>>53195254
I just got a BS in Marketing. I don't know what to do, I know SEO, PPC, and some Media Buying stuff but no one is hiring people with no experience. What do fren?

>>53188768
>want to work in healthcare
>unwilling to get vaccinated
actually too retarded for words

>PhD Entomology
>32
>Researcher and field guide in a national park in Vietnam

>>53194868

Because I'm a retard

>>53194868
found the NEET. I did my postgrad for fun and it helped me get jobs in museums and allowed me to go on archaeological digs in my free time for fun.

I also got a structured programme of study rather than running around reading willy nilly and I got to spend time with people who are experts in their fields.

>>53195804

Anyway, the past doesn't matter. What matters is that now there is money to be made by buying and selling stocks.

>B.S. in Chemistry
>Realized it was a meme degree so did about the only thing I could and went to med school, now finishing final year
>Realized med school is a scam so just went for a higher paying specialty with a comfier lifestyle
People really need to realize science is a meme. For any serious job you need a phd (massive oppportunity cost). The only jobs that I think are not a meme at this point are big law (need t20 law school), tech, some medicine, and IB or PE. Owning your own business is still the way to go though if you have an idea. Fuck being a part of the working class.

>>53187042
>BA History
>Account Manager
>~$110,000/year
Knowing how to talk to people is somehow more of an in-demand skill than you would think

>>53187042
>BSc Physics. Minor in CS
>26
>FT Perm. SWE

>>53195633
In terms of marketing, email blasts (Mailchimp or Constant Contact), Facebook marketing, various event posting websites, and print (brochures, flyers, A-Frame signs). SEO is always good, especially if you're familiar with any website builder like Wordpress or Wix.
>no one is hiring people with no experience
Try going out to local spots and offer to help with their website and SEO for an hourly rate. Look for brick & mortar places that don't need constant updates. Other than that, you can always lie (like 3/4ths of the workplace does on their resume). If you want the big bucks, you can segue into front-end development, but that's a bigger investment of time and money.

>>53189332
>>53193874
Phy/sci/cs /g/entlemen win again!

My government job gives me insurance, and my insurance pays my $12,000 CAD medical bill each year. Also, the 4% RPP matching is nice. Free money.

>>53187042

30
225k
consultant
remote, but do travel to clients occasionally (just for special meetings/events, not routine stuff)

>>53195190

learn sql, python, spark, and R. those are the basics of being a data scientist at this point. specific programs can be learned on the job. some places still use things like SAS but desu stay away from them, it means they're not keeping up (unless they're in the process of diversifying or migrating)

>>53194868

Was retarded and hopeless at 18. Made the wrong choice.

23 going on 24 now.

Econ is cope for not going into the right STEM path. it is also not real.

Making something of the world around you is infinitely more valuable.

Back in school now, getting something real this time. No debt though and plenty of cash, so that's something.

>>53188380
damn I've a degree in geography too. Currently learning landscaping
>tfw you tell people you have a Geography degree they just think you spent years learning capitals and country names

im pretty sure bs/ba in econ is just too general for a decent job. like a bs/ba in biology, not specialized enough to stand out. economics majors of all should know this...

at this point in time, you'll only be considered if you have an ms/ma or phd in econ.

>>53196432

yeah i agree.

honestly 95% of people in school nowadays shouldn't have to get a degree in what they got it in to work a job.

econ is not a real thing, not a science, uses mathematical trappings. we see how this breaks once shit hits the fan AKA kung-flu

used to be college was so cheap and rare to see completed that people with bullshit degrees did alright.

my granddad didn't even go to college and retired as a regional manager selling hardware c. 1959-2003

college is for specific credentials that you can't learn sufficiently on your own and need that "proof" to show the world. I can teach my self physics, but nobody hires "self-taught" physicists anymore. you need that credential to show the work.

>>53187042
>ba classics
>24
>strategy consultant
>~100k salary

job is almost fully remote and not in a high cost of living city

>>53187042
>Biochemistry
>32
>Analytical Scientist

I'm the only one of a class of 12 that ended up in a job that uses the degree we did.

>>53194868
going by your logic, why go to school to become a doctor, lawyer, architect, if can you find all of the information that you'll need at the library? hell, you can just google everything along the way.

it's a completely asinine and narrow way of viewing things because other than the connections and networks formed at these institutions, they offer a sense of security and assurance that their insight into the field is just and reasonably sound. they also provide accreditation, something the lay person or HR simply could not assess with confidence, without. obviously autodidacts exist and more power to those who can put together a curriculum and long term goal in mind without schooling (there was a kid who was able to perform orthodontics reconstruction of teeth with nothing but knowledge attain from google, not sure what his mouthpiece looks like at the moment but it was definitely a site to see) but most people would get lost in the vast amount of information that is out there and growing at an exponential rate.

if school isn't for you, that's fine. own up to it, go to your vocational center or bootcamp and get your money's worth. but for most, aside from their political views, universities provides a utility that is unmatched to what you could gain at a local library or google.

>>53196009
Thanks for the insight anon. I have been doing some freelance stuff to build up a portfolio, however, I should be targeting more local businesses like you said. I really like the work, it would be cool to finally get out of eternal NEET mode.

>>53196786
No problem. Also if you're not proficient in Photoshop, Canva is really good to use for designs.

>>53196611
Congratulations anon, you won.

>>53187042
>34
>none
>gainfully unemployed

>bachelor fine arts (animation)
>31
>make 145k in video game industry

>>53197027
Sammie?

>>53190313
Damn. Nice.
I just got my A+ and was considering going back to school for an IT degree and stacking some certs.

>>53196533
exactly. gone are the days when you could coast by with no formal education or even general degrees. Pretty soon, BS in CompSci or programming (referring to autodidacts and bootcampers) will not suffice. the degrees and the institutions are not to blame however. businesses are taking a chance on their candidates, and the odds are looking much better for a candidate with a specialized skillset than a candidate with an understanding of the basics but nothing else (not saying you are worthless, it's just that the chances of success are greater with a more refined specialist) as such, degree holder is entirely at fault for not assessing direction the market is heading into.

>>53195114
Nobody actually cares if the degree is a B.A,, a B.B.A., a B.S., or anything else. The core curriculum is exactly the same in any case. Economics is just a hit-or-miss field. It works out really well for some and poorly for others. In fact, the quality of the school probably has a lot more to do with success with it than what the specific degree actually is.

>>53195169
Why? Just take over the farm.

>>53195378
Do you plan to be a lifer?

>>53187042
BA political science
42
Data miner

>assoicates in comp sci
>32
>qa analyst

really need to finish my degree and become a coder. just a scripter right now. I get 30 an hour but it feels like its not enough.

Pol Sci Maestro
37
Support Engineer in fintech with a foot in professional trading formula development

Was a neet one year ago. Got the job because I'm a Linux nerd.

>>53187129

Anyone who actually works as a professional geologist has an MS degree. A bachelor's is now basically a high school degree in almost all fields.

>>53189293
>Engineer for Aero Space company
holy based. Do you think a civil/structural engineer who can code could get a job in the aerospace industry? I've always been an aviation geek but unfortunately they didn't teach aerospace in my country..

>Communications degree
>30
>QA Analyst for a large mobage
I'm sorry grandma, my college fund would've been better spent elsewhere

B.A Media Production
Teleprompter Operator

>>53188820
lol

>>53195850
From what I saw of big law, ib, pe, and big consulting is that they're all the same in that people do it for a few years, make good, not great money, burn out, quit, and go do something else for a lot less money and in the end it's debatable whether the experience was worth it at all.

>none
>22
>neet
I wish I was fucking dead

>>53187042
>BS Electrical Engineering
>29
>Engineer
Made 132k last year (then the govt took 30% xd)

>>53197977
Just out of curiosity, do you work in a design role or in tech of some sort?
I'm starting to think my eng degree is a meme, or maybe it's just me.

>>53198004
I work for a small start-up-ish company, so I wear 50 different hats

>>53197904
> didn't put up with the bs of college
> doesn't have to work
> wants to die anyway
You are quite lucky actually

>>53187042
>meme degree (communication)
>42
>Marketing vp @ 170k
I'm fine with this

>>53187042
>BA Glowology

>>53187042
>30
>Information Technology (almost went for Communications)
>network security/test engineer
>140k
I hated school so much. Fuck. But I'm glad how everything turned out.

>33
>History BS
>Currently unemployed
>Last job was at Amazon making 16.90 an hour

>>53188738
Nursing is a good degree.
There's a lot of demand for nurses and fully qualified nurses can earn over 6 figures IIRC.

>>53197904
Just get cdl and drive trucks

>>53198991
>>53188738
Seems like every nurse gets fat by 40. Am I wrong? What gives?

>>53187042
BA Games Art, 26, Unemployed.
Did masters in comp sci, still can't get a job.

>polisci
>30
>tinter at a paint factory
Making what I was doing sales while only working 4 days a week. Living the American dream

>BA and MA in Poli Sci
>27
>NG Special Forces
Applying to several alphabet agencies and the near future
Believe in LINK

>>53187042
>high school diploma
>31
>freelance software dev
last year sucked but this year i got 2 good contracts lined up, shit's gonna be so cash

>>53187042
Information Technology
Unemployed

Except it's not a meme degree. My brother has the same degree and is making 70-80k as we speak. I just failed and now am coping by going into a master degree program instead of dropping the sunk cost.

>>53199724
Why can't you just stack CompITA certs to flesh out your CV atleast? I know I'm boned but you're surely better off.

>>53199624
What were the hardest parts of selection or the Q course?

>>53199741
>CompITA
I have no idea what that is, but maybe I'll do it. However, I still have no money which is why I am signing up for part time jobs for now.

>30 yo
>never worked on my entire life
>Being a Neet
>Earn $600 each month and threw $30k expecting to making it from crypto

I'll be rich or homeless before being a wagie

>>53199803
CompITA is just IT but for people who didn't want to get into degrees, some IT/Cybersec jobs ask for those and they'd certainly help if you don't wanna spend another x year/s on university spending a lot more than 3 digits.
CompITA stuff also has a lot of resources you can pirate online so you'll likely only have to pay for the exams. Check out CompITA certs in your Indeed or other job sites and see if it's worth the trouble.
Also I'm kinda waiting for a reply on an IT job I applied for and the application progress was much more simpler and reasonable than whatever other computer related jobs ask for (like waiting 5 months and going through 8 steps of technical, personality, etc for coding jobs). I think just about anyone can get an IT job but you should be looking out for the ones that constantly help you improve and learn than mind numbing help desk or repair/maintenance stuff.

>Bachelor of Arts Politics and Philosophy
>33
>HR executive
Made enough to buy a sports car in 21-22 NFT bull run, hope to cash out 1 or 2 million next

>Bachelor of Science Computer Science Specialization
>38
>Team Lead at Best Buy Geek Squad

Should have got a real programming job instead of staying at Best Buy after college. Trapped here forever now.

>>53194868
If you are smart you study to learn what you are interested in and figure it out later.

Not that complicated.

Being smart is like a cheat code for life, you do what you like and everything works out for you

>>53190469
Agree, econ was an awesome degree that I've never regretted getting, but it does need to be paired with something. For me it was le charisma and people skills, first job out of college I essentially built a sales force and infrastructure for a regional company stuck in the 1990s, leveraged that experience into two really nice job-hops with F500s over the last 7 years, one of which paid for my MemeBA which taught me all the businessy shit that I needed to know for if/when I ever decide to take some kind of C-Level gig at a startup for those sweet sweet stonk options. At least that's the goal

>>53187042
>Business degree
>29
>Started a popcorn company
>Make 90k from 7 months of 30 hour work weeks or so.

Own the clock, boys.

>>53188738
Woah I'm a 30 year old RN working in the operating room too. Just started 2 weeks ago and feeling overwhelmed but I'm told that's normal.

>>53199876
Oh thanks. Thats helpful to know. I'll look into it.

>>53200462
Yeah a bunch of guys here and other places just do this stuff and get an IT career going without committing to universities since they're to expensive or long. Good luck.

>>53200084
Are you holding a BS/BA or MS/MA in Econ?

>>53200549
BS Econ, to anyone over 40 it looks impressive on a resume (not many people know it's technically a Liberal Art's degree)

>>53200001
How are you trapped? Why do people say stuff like this?

>>53187042
>ba international security
>19
>field organizer for a congressional campaign
If I don't get into the Harvard Kennedy School to go full institutional mode I'm going to shoot myself in the middle of our campus's center

>>53187293
make lsd dude and explore the universe dude

>>53187042
BS Mechanical Engineering
In competition with pajeets for contract jobs that only last one year. There is no such thing as a direct-hire job until you get a Masters.

>>53188425
>Digital Media Production
With a degree like that you could get any number of jobs at a local news tv station from camera operator to control room.

>>53188687
>philosophy
Technically as a neet you still have the right to claim to be working full time as a philosopher, just look at the life of Diogenes. If someone objects and tells you that philosophy isnt a real job then just show them your degree in philosophy. Checkmate wagie.

>>53199746
The unending length of it. Selection isn’t bad if you’re older or mature with some real failures behind you (fmr BUD/a dud). Being able to take a rollback for stupid shit and then deciding to keep going is key.
Be fit. Be a good dude. Good luck if you’re trying out

>>53201452
We were lied to. Sorry fren.

>34
>quantity surveying
>quantity surveyor

I’m pretty happy I am working in the field I trained for.

>>53201034
Because no serious jobs will look at you if you have some mickey mouse shit like best buy on your resume

>>53201668
Well, it's not ideal but I could certainly be doing worse. I make 90k with benefits right now. Contract is up at the end of the month then it's off to who knows where. I might not even need to move. Could be remote work or the contract could get renewed. Definitely not having a hard time like the arts majors.

>>53201713
I took the only job I could get, which is in municipal infrastructure design and I make 66k, which hurts. On the flip side it's pretty recession proof and I will basically never be fired because they can't find anyone to work these shit jobs...other than suckers like me I guess.

>25
>music technology
>designer for music equipment

i somehow made it work and even earn a decent salary but it wasn’t easy

>>53194868
You can learn anything in a library, faggot, this has always been the case (outside of points in history when literacy was low or secret cults guarded knowledge). Stop posting stupid shit like this, people aren't unemployed because "durr anyone can do it" but because of systemic boomer bullshit exactly like that.

>>53189967
Multiple degrees, 24 junior software engineer at 145 tc

>>53201034
>>53201034
I think it's moreso because of the golden rabbit hole: you start at some low paying job thinking that it's temporary. Soon after, you move up a bit in position and rank with a slight bump in pay. It gets to a point where in the back of your mind, you know that the job is shit but you can't exactly leave it for some other entry position because that often comes with a huge cut in wages earned and seniority. So, people who aren't motivated enough feel like they are trapped because while the pay isn't great by any means, you're still able to get paid and could possibly get promoted to assistant manager sometime in the future.

T. former retail wagie who has made the courageous leap out of it.

>>53202103
*youre still able to pay bills and live paycheck to paycheck

>>53195190
Damn, I'm hearing this and

Is geoprocessing an meme degree too? I was considering doing it since i could actually do it for free since I'm not in America

I mean, i was told that it was a good market, but i have no idea

>>53195169
I was in the same position anon. Quit my father's ranch because he was a greedy asshole that wouldn't pay me. Have a lot better peace of mind working at the grocery store than evil boomer parents.

I work a night time security job where I do nothing for 12 hours in an empty corporate building alone. I was thinking of somehow doing a degree at the same time, do they enforce physical attendance for studies these days post covid?

>>53187042
>38
>AA Piano performance
>BA biological psychology with premed requirements
>rideshare driver the last 4 years

Light autism, constantly being used up by people and companies. Just want to practice drums and violin and Russian all day. Can't say why.

Still look 25 though so that's something. Possibly ngmi but it's fine. Been having fun doing stand up, easy to make ppl laugh. Songwriting is hell but when I finally finish stuff it comes out very pretty.

GF passed away in 2021 and dating her and keeping her alive for 3 years was so stressful I'm a bit done. Gf of 5 years before that decided she was gay and that was my red pill in 2016.

Hard for me to conduct my life in a way that makes sense. World feels like it's set up for way dumber people and you're chopped down if you stand out.

>>53191014
Lickpilled anon please explain more

> MA Philosophy, Politics and Economics
> 38
> Partner in Big 4 accounting firm (income = USD 530k)

Nothing wrong with economics degree per se

>>53194868
Doing what you are told from 2003 to 2012. It was a different time, boomer parents and family push you to follow what interests you. Around 2008 economy collapses and you have to change your course of study, with a dream skill you have to give up for something soulless that might make money

Except for it doesn't and you're miserable fitting in and you finally burnout.

>>53193161
I applied for jobs that didn’t require it. Surprisingly, there are some healthcare related jobs that you can get without the jab. The company I work for now doesn’t even enforce masks, I was shocked when I found out.
>>53195692
Enjoy your 4th booster faggot.

>>53187042
>hs dropout
>24
>neet of 2 years, have applied for pic OP posted and have job interview tommorow but i'll probly fuck this up or they won't take me anyway cuz i know too well my social anxiety will peak tommorow and they'll notice that and tell me kindly to fuck off and that they will call me (they won't like always)

>>53202431
Just act how you think a normal person would act

>>53194868
I had untreated ADHD.

>28
>BS in Econ with a Math Minor
>Currently unemployed as I pursue my MPPA degree full-time

I bombed all my math classes in undergrad, so I gave up on my dreams of doing a PhD in econ. Now I'm pursuing my MPPA as a form of cope. At least it's with a data analytics specialization, and it's from a top 15 university. If I do well enough, I'll try to get an MA in econ. Lesson learned. I will ride my kids' ass when they're in school so that they perform well.

Anyone here in hospitality? Like being a bartend or a caterer?
I don't want to go be a CNC machinist for 50% more pay and work in a factory all my life.

>BA in Econ
>23
>bartender at upscale restaurant

Please tell me I'm going to find work and make it bros

>>53187042
sage data mining thread

>>53202935
Did you try and find work at least? Sucks you didn’t do well in math but You may not need a post grad

>>53187056
mfw i'm getting a finance degree from UF

>>53202935
Why don’t you just get a job instead of wasting your time with more worthless degrees?

>>53202241
You can get online degrees from schools like Penn State.

>>53190525
I'm going into my last semester in a financial planning degree, any tips? I have a sort of internship/tutoring thing I'm doing this semester as a tax preparer, not super finance related but good enough since I couldn't get a position anywhere else. Deans list as well

>>53189332
>Government positions are legit cozy
This is true, the job security is top notch and the pay is decent enough too.
I have a bs in mathematics, got certified in SQL coding too, and now I work as an analyst for the state.
I worked my way through college so my loans were minimal. I've already payed them all off.

Are geology degrees memes? I hope not because I’m going to uni in like 5 months lmao
>>53195748
Sounds like a pretty cool job

Some of you are full of shit

>>53190984
>>53197089
Bruh I just got the job first then the company pays for your certs most of the time. I just get new certs to renew it currently applying for higher level positions in other companies although the one im in is very comfy . Just start applying to jobs fuck school.
>>53193718
You're literally more qualified than I am . Are you not fucking applying anywhere?
Shit dude even working at the genius bar at apple would accept you as a starting point.

>>53187042
>BSEE
>35
>engineer

>>53203040
Look on the bright side, I’m 22 and won’t be getting my degree until I’m 25 because i fucked up hard past few years

>>53203508
I'm curious how you found this job.
Most of the decent IT positions I see on Indeed want either a Bachelor's, the CompTIA trifecta, or both.

>>53188463
> minimalist childless bachelor
YAAAASSSSS! "The common behavior of mankind is the system of reference by means of which we interpret an unknown language."

>>53187042
>Ba Asian Studies/English
>26
>Market Research Recruiter

>>53204435
BA Chinese Studies checking in.
I'm a white man. I never use my ability to speak fluent Chinese. I spent a year on exchange in china fucking tight pussy and assholes. around 20 different pussies and 5 of those also their assholes. yes they are hairy, no it doesn't matter to me. cum inside every time, so far nobody knocking

>>53197902
>From what I saw of big law, ib, pe, and big consulting is that they're all the same in that people do it for a few years, make good, not great money, burn out, quit, and go do something else for a lot less money
BINGO. Seen it 100x.

>>53187042
> BSc in Mathematics and CS
> MSc in Computing
Quantitative Developer

>>53194868
> Muh degree

Anon these people are losers no matter what they pick. If you can't succeed with a history degree (more education than most of the country) then nothing will make you succeed.

>>53202348
How the fuck did that happen??

>>53190742
This is true. So really the only degrees that directly relate to jobs are:
- Engineering
- CS (even then need to do projects)
- accounting
- finance
- nursing

So anon, if you aren't doing one of those, why not do that philosophy degree? You need to find a job anyway.

>>53193656
> 30

So still in residency? Just keep sucking those dicks and maybe someday kid well let you in.

>>53204630
>>53204598
>education
>especially at a BA level
>having anything to do with success

>>53202361
This. This right here.
> It was a different time, boomer parents and family push you to follow what interests you.
I would like to change "what interests you" to "go to the 'best' college based on meme rankings." Boomer parents went through some ridiculous shit from their parents and society at the time like being beaten in school by the teachers and their parents telling them they couldn't attend college because they had to work the metaphoric family farm during which they were treated like shit and paid even less. Basically child labor. Because the World War 2 generation was treated even crazier.

So to Boomer parents sending you to college edified them as parents - they "did right" by their children because "they knew best." Well surprise they just traumatized their kids (it's called generational trauma) in a different way by memeing them into debt. Boomers didn't keep up with the times and didn't understand debt; hell people today STILL don't understand debt even though debt runs their lives. Financial literacy to Boomers was "knowing how to balance the check book" lulz. So to Boomer parents not going to college was tantamount to being a dead beat piece of shit who worked on motorcycles, which was a meme job to them.
>2008
I was in meme college for meme degrees in 2008, 2009, and 2010. I saw first hand how the job market completely and permanently changed. It went from "which school did you go to" and "what GPA did you achieve" to needing to know the entire job through and through and prove it on paper before they would hire you. "On the job training" disappeared in corporate America because there was a sea of humanity applying for every open job that was left after the Armageddon. We're talking 300 applicants for every entry level position. Pair that with soul crushing levels of debt taken on by 18 year olds and recommended by *everyone in society* from parents to schools to guidance counselors... and you have today's Student Loan Crisis.

>>53195692
>t. oversocialized goycattle

>21
>halfway through a BA in history
>retail wagie at a gun store
I have no idea what I’m doing. I’ll either try and get a job at the University, stay in the gun industry (god fucking help me) or pivot to a government agency if I’m lucky. Advice from fellow anons would be much appreciated

>>53187042
MA International Relations
72k govt

Dear Econ majors,

Wtf is Econometrics and does it pay well?

>>53205035
About to do my masters in International Relations, did you specialize in anything anon? And what kind of government job did you get?

>t. philosophy major working in finance

>>53189332
>you’re not “stealing taxpayer money” since the government immorally prints its fake money to pay for itself, taxes are a lie to keep people in line

Taxes are there so that the government can pay the interest on their debt to the central bank that owns them so that they have the credit rating necessary to keep immorally printing the money that they use to fund themselves, but otherwise everything you said is still technically correct.

Our taxes dont actually fund anything useful, money printing backed by the promise of future taxation does. Future taxation they intend your kids and grandkids to pay.

>>53187042
>Age: 28
>Degree: Mechatronics engineering
>Occupation: Systems engineering
It's good, I like it. I recommend it to anybody who's smart enough to handle it.

>>53187042
Too bad you burgerfrens actually have to pay for your degrees. I got history degrees + some pedagogy and want to be a teacher. Pay will be kind of shit, but at least I don't have to pay any denbts over it.

>>53194868
Tbh, I'm moving into direction I wanted from the start, because I didn't want to be a doctor or a lawyer or a programmer or some sort of manager.

Is getting my WALLET turned off and raped when I go outside something that's still definitely going to happen?

>>53194015
How's the library job otherwise?

>>53194563
>>53194676
Same, I would also rather be a history teacher than a professor in my country, desu.

>>53194015
Worked in the same job once, they had a larger budget for LGBT and Black History month more than regular books which were set for subscription based book services who'd deliver literal who authors and their YA romance fiction. Incredibly dire.

> Degree: BA. Econ, PhD Asian Studies
> 33
> Prof at uni & run businesses on the side
prof salary is $96k, and then $1-200k from the side business incomes (2 SaaS, 1 niche analytics platform, some niche tech consulting). business was good past 2 years, probably slow this year.

>>53202241
Can you read books while on the job?

>>53205731
Hey do you have any recommendations for which field of engineering I should avoid or go into?

Right now I’m torn between chemical engineering and mechanical engineering.

>>53205881
Honestly, there's such a big difference between each field within the big categories and engineering work is so different to uni that it doesn't really matter. In general I've lived my life under the rule that it's good to go into fields with barriers to entry that are as high as possible, so by that reasoning you should either go into chemical or find an early specialty in mechanical. But personally out of those two options I would have gone with mechanical, but then I would have (and did) choose electrical over it.

>>53205941
> it's good to go into fields with barriers to entry that are as high as possible
What’s the reason for this?

My first pick was mechanical engineering because you can get into any engineering jobs with the degree but I found out that engineers could work within the medical industry so I considered doing chemical engineering as they’re closely related to the medical field but are flexible enough to where can get jobs in other industries.

>>53205881
Do NOT go into either of those. If youre retarded and have to pick go for Chem E.

>t. Electronics E.

>>53206016
>Do NOT go into either of those. If youre retarded and have to pick go for Chem E.

Why shouldn’t I pick them and what other engineering fields should I go into then?

>>53205991
>What’s the reason for this?
The harder it is to get into something the fewer people there are doing it. Less competition means higher pay and better career prospects. For example the absolute worst thing you could do is to try and be a CAD designer for instance, because then you're competing against every pajeet with a fake degree.
>you can get into any engineering jobs with the degree
I don't know where you heard that, but it's not true. You'll only be able to get jobs in fields you're qualified for. Once you have experience in something you can move around a bit, but people still expect it to be broadly in your "type" of engineering. It's one of the ways I lucked out by studying mechatronics, because people think I'm qualified as a mechanical engineer when really most of what I did was electrical.
>closely related to the medical field
Not really? I mean if you want to get into medical devices your best bet would be a specific biomedical engineering degree, probably followed by electrical. I doubt you would have much luck getting in with a chemical engineering degree unless you were looking more at pharmaceutical manufacturing. This is also where I plug systems engineering, because there's quite a bit of it in medical devices and they tend to do it pretty well.
It's worth mentioning that you generally can move between different industries, but it can be a bit hard to move between different specialties within those industries.

>Masters in history and pedagogy (not sure what you call it in the US, basically education)
>31
>History teacher. Fucking love it.
>>53204849
It's not a great degree for finding work, but you get the occasional manager who values a history degree, in all sorts of fields. At least according to my friend's boss, his history degree is what put him above the rest when he applied to be a sommelier, and heard similar stories from others too. As for a academia, can't recommend the path. If you genuinely want to devote your life to it, it's possible to build a really cushy situation, but it's gonna suck for years until you get a decent position, you are gonna have to deal with the 7th circle of hell of office politics, jump through a million hoops just to stay in the game, and need to teach whether you want to or not. From what I've seen from friends and teachers I am/was close to, only those who have a genuine passion for history and are willing to work hard make it.
On the other hand, going the teaching route (below uni level) is great if you have an affinity for it, actually like doing it and have a talent for dealing with the bullshit parts of it, like regulatory hoops and stupid parents. The first few years are difficult, but it gets easier. After a few years I got a job at a nice private school and love it here. I genuinely like 80% of my job and by now I'm really good at painlessly dealing with the other 20%.

>>53187129
what convinced you there was money in knowing about the rocks of earth?

>>53202103
just treat it like prestige-ing, its not that fucking hard.

>>53206071
>I don't know where you heard that, but it's not true.
I just heard of it from my academic counselor. She said that she had friends with mechanical engineering degrees that was able to travel around to different industries. But picking mechanical engineering would mean I would have to compete with a lot of other people as it’s the most popular engineering degree.

>I mean if you want to get into medical devices your best bet would be a specific biomedical engineering degree
Yeah I’m currently doing a transfer progress right now and biomedical engineering is grouped into chemical engineering so I chose this route then I could think more about which one I want to hone in as I transfer. The down about biomedical engineering is I heard that it’s incredibly tough but I’ve heard the same thing about chemical engineering.

But right now I’m able to change what engineering field I want to go to since I just taking the fundamental engineering classes.

>>53204136
who cares lmao
>you're 22
>I'm 25
Oh my GOD

>>53206139
People get really hung up about what they want to do once they graduate, but I can say with almost certainty that neither you nor your counsellor has any idea what engineers actually do. I think just pick a degree based on what broadly interests you and then figure it out once you start working. I thought I would work in manufacturing, and now I write requirements for a living. I had no real idea what engineers did, but I thought it involved designing things when for most people it doesn't.
So long story short, probably don't do biomedical or chemical. Just study electrical/electronics, it's the best option.

>>53206185
> So long story short, probably don't do biomedical or chemical. Just study electrical/electronics, it's the best option.

Thank very much for the advice I’ll consider and think about since I don’t really know anything about electrical/electronics.

>>53205840
Yeah

>>53206112
Thanks for the reply anon, greatly appreciated especially from someone who’s gone so far as to have achieved a Masters

>>53194868
I have a meme degree in music, and you're absolutely right, everything I learnt there I could have read in books. People go to university for 'the university experience' i.e. that's where all their friends and the cool young people are going. They go there to also meet a partner. There's not much point in going to university for a purely academic subject unless you want the accreditation. Sure, you can't learn to become a neurosurgeon from just reading books, you need practice. But 'book' subjects are worthless imo. Even when it comes to my field which is music, the greatest composers (Bach, Beethoven, Mozart) never went to a music school, they learned from private tutors and solitary practice. Nobody gives a shit what degree Beethoven had (he never had one).

>>53203239
Because it’s a form of cope. Besides, obtaining graduate level degrees is a form of social status.

>>53206052
There is literally only one discipline of engineering that will lead you to a worthwhile life and career. And that is software. Please don't make the same mistakes that I did.
t. Mechanical

>>53204571
I am 26 and make £110k btw

>>53189293
it's pretty fucking hilarious that you could make twice that with literally just the minor in CS and absolutely NOTHING else as a SWE.

>>53196136
can you moron consultants be a little more descriptive? "consultant" as a job title means nothing.

>>53187056
Imagine taking business advice from a brokie professor. First class ask what color their bugatti is if they dont have one walk out.

>>53189490
what's hansard?

>>53187042
>no NPC degree
>32
>roof inspector
i work maybe 10 hours a week this time of year and still make $3-6k a month depending on my level of effort

>>53187042
>math
>startup founder

>>53187042
>42
>high school diploma
>systems administrator for a school district/4 day work week

27
comfy neet life (no highschool degree, nothing just living of welfare)

I live in a house with a big garden and get my rent paid ( which i don't pay so i keep it for myself)

>>53210790
I bike lift grow my veggies and in the winter play vidya all day

the only thing i can't afford is a gf but i'm okay with that for now maybe ill settle with some used up roasty someday

>>53187042
>BA finance
>27
>Apartment Developer

>>53187293
I have a BS in biochemistry was thinking of going and getting a PharmD. Is it worth it? Currently about to be a lab tech for City water quality testing.

>>53206520
>>53206112
In the same boat, but with Master's in History and now doing a course on pedagogy to get into teaching, which I wanted to begin with but I kind of decided to go for history degree beforehand for some reason.

>>53204606
Probably a richfag bong as that degree is typically from Oxford and uk professional services hire other richfags with degrees in history, humanities etc from Oxford/Cambridge etc

>>53208667
>There is literally only one discipline of engineering that will lead you to a worthwhile life and career. And that is software
Preach. Did mechanical, got a retarded manufacturing job and could not escape to a more interesting field, got lucky and pivoted to IT sales shit.
Now I'm 27 and can't afford a CS degree.

No Degree, but Sec+ cert, TS Clearance + Polygraph
28
Information Security Analyst

hcol, but im still stacking like 4k a month after rent

>>53202431
"H-Hey Mr. Bossman. I'm a good hard worker, but I've got some social anxiety; could I work the night shift stocking shelves?"
Literally this easy. Plus night stocking pays better.

>>53194868
I thought I replied to this already. Basically I didn't really know what I wanted to study but I had to declare a major by end of my sophomore year. In high school I wanted to major in polysci, but after taking an AP government course senior year I decided not to because I thought the way our gov't functioned was kind of retarded. But I got into college, the advising was shit, and I needed some elective courses so I ended up taking polysci courses that interested me. I did very well in all of those classes and actually enjoyed the subject matter.

Yes it's all basically reading comprehension and analysis but I was fine with that. I thought paired with a foreign language it would be a decent pick. Plus back then, there was a big meme that "university degree just proves you can learn and follow instructions, which is what corporations want".

I genuinely thought that if I didn't get a government job or think tank job, that I could get some generic marketing job or whatever for 60k right out of college. That's basically what all my professors told me as well, you'd ask about career prospects and they'd say, "well, um I got my bachelor's and master's in political science and look at me, I have a good job at the university".

All in all I just feel like my university was shitty and the advising was sub-par. I know this sounds retarded but I wish my advisors would have emphasized the absolute necessity of having an internship or outright job in your field before graduating. I participated in many on-campus extra-curriculars, and thought that would make up for not having an internship. I was on the radio station, student newspaper, and other cultural clubs. But unfortunately all of that means jack shit and you need internships in your chosen field otherwise graduating with a BA is really no different than high school diploma