Re: Opinion on Mary Washington
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Date: April 23, 2013 09:40AM
justsayin Wrote:
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> Political Science? Social Science? I'd be less
> concerned with what school you are attending and
> more with what the hell are you going to do with
> those degrees?
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> If your degrees won't get you much more than a job
> at a zoo, who cares about "prestige"? And I
> assure you that no one cares where you went to
> school after you are out. I understand that is
> seemingly important, but after your first job no
> one gives the slightest crap where you went to
> school, only that you did.
Obviously responding to an old-ass post, but I laugh my ass off when I see people equate an undergraduate degree (where and what) with earning potential.
Where is important. Ask Wall-Streeters.
What you major in...important and not. A buddy of mine majored in anthropology and became a Marine Fighter Pilot and now flies for FedEx. Another buddy majored in communications and has probably made north of $300,000 for the past 10 years as a sales manager for a staffing agency.
Yep, I had those buddies that took the "safe route"...accounting, engineering, etc...the real hard stuff that "guaranteed" a job out of college. Sure enough, they were the ones that got off to hot starts, making like $60K when the rest of us were scraping around making half, but it has been my experience after 20 years that those guys tap out early.
Hell, we had a female friend that became a doctor. Guarantee to tons of dough, right? After 20 years, she is barely through her college/post college debt. And works her ASS off. And, really, less money than some of the others.
My theory is we HAD to hustle in our 20's...they didn't. Plus, they like safety. F-ups are prone to (probably had to) take risks.
In general, many of the f-ups that I knew in college are doing better than those straight-laced science guys.
Those accountants, engineers, etc are generally costs to an organization, while the guys that had to go out and hustle and sell represent revenue to an organization. Guess who's more important?
I know it is cliche, but it is the truth.