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by Liriena » Thu Apr 18, 2019 3:46 pm
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by Kannap » Thu Apr 18, 2019 3:51 pm
High Rise Nation wrote:Many people going into college or people already in college sometimes have a hard time deciding on a major. Many people choose a major depending on their interests and other people choose a major depending on the demand of a certain job. How should we really choose our major when we go into college? should we choose a career that we will actually enjoy? or choose a job that will give us a good amount of money because the demand for people in that job is high?
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by Xmara » Thu Apr 18, 2019 5:53 pm
Liriena wrote:I think we have to approach this from two different mindsets simultaneously:
1. Right now, a lot of people can't afford the de facto luxury of choosing a major that they like but doesn't guarantee decent employment. This is specially true today in countries where public funding for the sciences has suffered the consequences of austerity, and where the private sector has no interest in various disciplines (and specially many social sciences). Telling those people to just pursue their dreams and go for the major that they are most interested in, regardless of future work prospects, is kind patronizing and near-sighted in a sense.
2. That being said, I still think that prioritizing the majors that you are most interested in regardless of the job market for them is the ideal choice.
You might be able to strike a balance.
by Liriena » Thu Apr 18, 2019 7:19 pm
Xmara wrote:Liriena wrote:I think we have to approach this from two different mindsets simultaneously:
1. Right now, a lot of people can't afford the de facto luxury of choosing a major that they like but doesn't guarantee decent employment. This is specially true today in countries where public funding for the sciences has suffered the consequences of austerity, and where the private sector has no interest in various disciplines (and specially many social sciences). Telling those people to just pursue their dreams and go for the major that they are most interested in, regardless of future work prospects, is kind patronizing and near-sighted in a sense.
2. That being said, I still think that prioritizing the majors that you are most interested in regardless of the job market for them is the ideal choice.
You might be able to strike a balance.
Yeah, I think if you examine all of your options, you can find something you love that you'll be able to find a job in.
I am definitely against forcing kids to major in something they have no interest in. Just because it means a high salary, or because it's what you do for a living, or because you're wanting to live vicariously through your children does not mean that your kid would want to do it or should do it. Some kids aren't cut out to be doctors or lawyers, and that's fine.
I am also against going with a career path simply because of the money. When I was in high school, there was a huge number of students who were planning to become doctors, lawyers, nurses, dentists, and accountants. For many of them, they wanted those jobs because of the money. When I was a freshman/sophomore in high school, I wanted to be a science teacher. I was talking to another girl in one of my classes (who wanted to major in business) about it, and she was like "you're not gonna make a lot of money," and I was like "I don't care because I'll be doing what I love." Her response was "I don't care if I hate my job. I just wanna make a lot of money." Of course, I ended up changing my mind (several times actually; it wasn't until my second semester of my freshman year of college that I decided I wanted to be a forensic scientist).
But yeah. Major in what you love, but also make sure you can find a job in it and be able to make enough to live comfortably.
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by Internationalist Bastard » Thu Apr 18, 2019 7:31 pm
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by Xmara » Thu Apr 18, 2019 8:33 pm
Liriena wrote:Xmara wrote:Yeah, I think if you examine all of your options, you can find something you love that you'll be able to find a job in.
I am definitely against forcing kids to major in something they have no interest in. Just because it means a high salary, or because it's what you do for a living, or because you're wanting to live vicariously through your children does not mean that your kid would want to do it or should do it. Some kids aren't cut out to be doctors or lawyers, and that's fine.
I am also against going with a career path simply because of the money. When I was in high school, there was a huge number of students who were planning to become doctors, lawyers, nurses, dentists, and accountants. For many of them, they wanted those jobs because of the money. When I was a freshman/sophomore in high school, I wanted to be a science teacher. I was talking to another girl in one of my classes (who wanted to major in business) about it, and she was like "you're not gonna make a lot of money," and I was like "I don't care because I'll be doing what I love." Her response was "I don't care if I hate my job. I just wanna make a lot of money." Of course, I ended up changing my mind (several times actually; it wasn't until my second semester of my freshman year of college that I decided I wanted to be a forensic scientist).
But yeah. Major in what you love, but also make sure you can find a job in it and be able to make enough to live comfortably.
I got lucky-ish because, in my pursuit of the dream to become a journalist, I majored in Communication Sciences, a major which also enables me to work in fields such as advertising, media planning, research and media policy. So if I failed to find a job as a journalist (which seemed likely not too long ago and I was repeatedly warned by professors to be a huge possibility), I had the opportunity to work as a community manager or something like that, and not feel like I'd wasted years getting my degree.
The good news is that I eventually did find work(-ish) as a journalist.
by Ubekibekibekibekistanstan » Thu Apr 18, 2019 8:46 pm
Vashty wrote:Can someone explain American degrees to me? I can't fathom why you'd want someone to get tested in more than one subject area for a single subject degree. Speaking as a Brit with a BA Hons History with Politics.
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by Krasny-Volny » Sat Apr 20, 2019 4:17 pm
Cannot think of a name wrote:Krasny-Volny wrote:
Nobody has a blank resume in the US these days. Even teenagers mow lawns or work at MacDonald's in the summer or part-time during the school year. All of that goes into the good old resume.
"Tell me, how has your lawn mowing experience prepared you for the position of on sight structural integrity management in deep surface drilling?"
"Well...um...if the grass was, like, greener...there might have been something underneath it or something?"
by Pope Joan » Sat Apr 20, 2019 7:46 pm
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Dante Alighieri wrote:There is no greater sorrow than to recall happiness in times of misery
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by Xmara » Sun Apr 21, 2019 9:48 am
Nilrahrarfan wrote:I hope it's not Gender Studies, because that sh*t is useless.
Costa Fierro wrote:Outside of a few in-demand industries, most university qualifications aren't worth the paper they're printed on. Just live off the welfare system.
United Muscovite Nations wrote:I chose my major (history) and minor (international relations) just because I enjoy them. I probably should have gone into ag science though because we have lots of connections in that world and I easily could have gotten $80,000 a year starting salary.
by Thermodolia » Sun Apr 21, 2019 10:01 am
Internationalist Bastard wrote:I majored in child psychology
With a minor in pain
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