Best and Worst Career/School

[BostonBMW]

Did anyone go to school for Finance?

I did. I went to NYU but didn't do the whole Investment Banking deal -- wanted to enjoy my 20s.

 

[beta_plus]

Don't study what you want to do. Study Mechanical Engineering. Then you can do what you want to do.

You probably won't be an engineer, but you'll be flexible enough to deal with an ever changing workplace.

/can't hack that - Physics. Can't hack Physics - Math. Can't hack math - some combo of Economics, Accounting, Finance with lots of math and computer programming. Can't hack that - don't to university
//and FFS don't do to grad school

 

[Irminsul]

Don't study what you want to do. Study Mechanical Engineering.

That's what I did.

Then you can do what you want to do.

Hasn't worked out that way.

 

[Vicious]

Don't study what you want to do. Study Mechanical Engineering.

That's what I did.

Then you can do what you want to do.

Hasn't worked out that way.

Funny, that's how it ended up for me. Mech. engineering is probably the most versatile of any college/uni program you can get into that will still land you a good job.

 

[Irminsul]

Don't study what you want to do. Study Mechanical Engineering.

That's what I did.

Then you can do what you want to do.

Hasn't worked out that way.

Funny, that's how it ended up for me. Mech. engineering is probably the most versatile of any college/uni program you can get into that will still land you a good job.

And what exactly do you do? As I see it, the engineering job market is pretty competitive, and getting worse as more and more jobs are offshored.

 

[Vicious]

And what exactly do you do? As I see it, the engineering job market is pretty competitive, and getting worse as more and more jobs are offshored.

I can't speak for the US, but in Latin America and Europe there is a great demand for these kind of jobs. I work for an American company however and the top exec words are that it's no longer fiscally responsible to offshore jobs to India/China/Umbagadara...

 

[UrbanNerd]

And what exactly do you do? As I see it, the engineering job market is pretty competitive, and getting worse as more and more jobs are offshored.

It's the main reason why I switched over to the top-secret/cleared side of engineering. The USA is not going to offshore jobs in which one needs a clearance. As long a the USA has enemies, there will always be "cleared" work....and that equals job security.