Well basically, I have the drive to go to college but since Im the first to go to college in my family I dont have any guidance.

Someone said something about engineering.

Can you guys tell me from experience what career, starting average salery, length in school, and description of your career?

 

I'm a business man.school can't teach me what i want to learn.




peace

 

Go towards what you LIKE and what you have a natural talent in. You can teach someone the mechanics of things, but you cant teach them the core. If they dont have it, they dont have it. What do you like to do, and what could you see yourself doing WELL for the next 50 years?

 

find something you have passion in, and try to find a job within that field. Otherwise the odd's of you burning out at some point (possibly even before you finish school) are higher than if you care about what you do on a personal level.

 

Have there been any jobs that you've had that you enjoyed doing?

 

First of all, congratulations.

I agree with doing what you enjoy

 

don't go for what pays well. If you don't like the job, you won't do well and will have a shitty life.

don't just go through college aimlessly and major in basket weaving because you "love" it.

You have to balance something you are interested in with something that can actually give you a job.

BTW, I'm currently a corporate financial analyst and like it OK. To get this job, I have an Economics degree as well as a MBA (and, no, I said it right..."an MBA" is wrong as the next character is not a vowel!!). I'm more interested in being an engineer now so I will probably pursue that in the future.

Business is usually a good choice as that can lead to many things. Economics is probably the hardest of the business disciplines (as a good program requires advanced math like Engineering-level Calculus instead of the watered down Business level Calculus better business programs require), while Marketing is probably the easiest.

 

DO NOT GO INTO ENGINEERING FOR THE MONEY.

i went into school under computer science because it was the hottest thing at the time. at my school engineering and cs majors get the most pay on average after graduating. unfortunately after a wasted year working my ass off only to get B's and a lot of C's, i dropped out and switched to econ. best decision ever. my social life went up dramatically and undergrad experience was awesome.

if you are going to a public school, competition for grades is very high, at least in the University of California system. competeing witha bunch of asian kids with more brains and determination is tough. if u go into engineering and do not have a knack, talent, or enthusiam for it, u will be eaten alive.

ranking best jobs after graduating:

tier 1 - top talent, i would say top 3 percent of graduationg class (engineering, business, finance, econ, cs)
ibank - goldman sachs, jp morgan, the rest of them are chop shops that dont do real deals
consulting - bain, mckinsey, maybe deloitte consulting
tech jobs - engineering, computer science.

tier 2 (finance, accting, econ, business majors)
big 4 accounting.
big banks.
corporate finance.
operational research.

tier 3 - (international studies, marketing, comm majors)
marketing
tutoring
looking hot in the office

tier 4 (art major)
bartend
walmart greeting

if you are rich (poly sci, lit majors)
grad school
law school

 

also i forgot to mention. check the schools stats. usually the school will publish average salary by major for each graduating class.

check it

 

Pick something that interests you, just make sure it's not something totally idiotic like Philosophy. Another thing that probably won't matter too much are your grades (unless you are applying for grad school or some kind of competitive internship in which you possess no other advantage over similar applicants). Just concentrate on passing and don't stress yourself out. People whose parents/culture/whatever stress them to get perfect grades and perfect jobs are the ones who usually end up having meltdowns. Trust me, I've seen it. Some people just have a natural ability to put off all other activity, and study all day, and succeed academically at any subject. This does not mean that they will succeed in life, though they very well may. If you don't know what you want to do, and you can't pull perfect grades, don't worry about it. Try to concentrate on finding something that appeals to you, something that you think you could do for a living. Your job is to finish school period. That already puts you ahead of 85% of Americans.

People are quick to tout IT, Computer Science, Engineering, Finance, Pharmacy, Medicine, Law etc, because these are relatively safe bets if you want a cookie cutter salary and lifestyle once you graduate, especially if you have a family of 18 back in Bangalore or Beijing that you have to support with your new salary.

Keep it simple, look for something you like. Say it's graphic arts or something. Fine, major in business, and take graphic arts on the side, and then work on starting your own graphic design company, and not working for someone else.

Me: 25 years old, almost 26. Community college for 2 years then UCLA for two more. Mediocre grades, even failed a few classes. Failed Math 205 twice in a row. Business Management major. Started my first company at age eighteen while at community college, sold it at age twenty-one. Started another import/export company in my spare time, grew it, sold it again. Business was my destiny. You will find yours eventually. It rarely comes to people right away. Often times people are groomed and bred into certain niches in life. Their parents tell them what they are going to major in, and where they are going to go to school, and if they don't get good grades, their parents will take away their allowance. Their parents buy them a house, and a car to get them started and give them a taste of un-earned success and wealth.

These people are often the most frail in the work place. I've seen them literally fold under pressure. They don't work well under pressure, they don't take risks, they are risk-averse, which puts them in the cookie cutter $50-60k per year category, limited growth, limited creativity, lives dictated from the cradle to the grave by their greedy parents. Honk if you like vacations to Las Vegas instead of the South of France. If you want to succeed at astronomical levels in your post-college career, you are going to have to think differently than everyone else, and do something better, or more creatively, or faster than others can do it.

Someone who is good at marketing can turn a slow business into a successful business without really knowing anything about business at all. Someone who knows a lot about business, can sell more tires than someone who knows a lot about tires. Do whatever your gut tells you, and don't pay attention to all of the "hot career tips and advice" or which jobs earn the most. Once you find what you are good at, you will succeed at it.