Are you satisfied with your degree? Has it paid off for you?

[Anonymous No.19092694]

Are you Anons satisfied with what your degree has gotten you so far in terms of position & salary? Would you go back and pursue a different field if you could/wanted?
Got my Master's and it seemed to have shut more doors than its opened. Stuck in a great paying job but one of the most degrading fields. Convinced a Master's is the real scam so far.

[Anonymous No.19092703]

>>19092694
that's a man

[Anonymous No.19092926]

Sexy little goblina

[Anonymous No.19093015]

>>19092694
Not at all, I’m a young lawyer, IP specialist, fluent in 4 languages, law firms sucks massive gorilla balls, most unfun places to work ever, full of egotistical maniacs and drug abusers, pay is not so good for the shit you put up to go through. I live in a Latin America full of commies, so guess what, last year I took a big loan and started buying real state through auctions, cash money is losing its purchasing power by day and I’m getting solid properties that go up in value. Already doubled my capital.
I could have skipped the whole painfully stressing meme of becoming a lawyer.
Sure gets you bragging rights at least in this shithole, but not worth it, the only good thing is that I would never had the opportunity to do this unless I had this formal education. Also roasties digs lawyers fashion, and cougars tend to be around.

[Anonymous No.19093145]

>>19093015
>, last year I took a big loan and started buying real state through auctions, cash money is losing its purchasing power by day and I’m getting solid properties that go up in value. Already doubled my capital.
>I could have skipped the whole painfully stressing meme of becoming a lawyer.

Based. Congrats on that Anon. I was close to pursuing law school, but decided to go the CS route. Your firm sounds like where I'm currently working honestly. Do you see yourself moving firms anytime soon, or do you plan to just get away from practicing law some point soon since you're killing it with real estate?

[Anonymous No.19093200]

>>19092694
I got a MAcc. I'm not a huge fan of my job but it pays obscenely well and the upward mobility if I want to put in the hours is nutty. I'd rather just coast from 75 to 120 over the next 5-10 years and keep working 50 average. Kinda comfy. Besides nobody wants to pay me $40 an hour to play Sion all day so my dream job is out the window.

I do like some parts of it since I'm doing variance analysis and budgeting, which sits well with my autism. Mainly the pay/job security are really good so I can't complain. I knew what I was getting into.

0 sympathy for all these morons taking out mortgages to get English degrees or whatever. They dug their own graves there.

Yes, I'm satisfied with what my degree got me. If it was easy I'd be bored.

[Anonymous No.19093217]

>>19092694
My engineering degree cost me $0 and I am very satisfied with my investment.

[Anonymous No.19093225]

>>19092694
Got a Bachelor of Arts in Political Science. Completely worthless degree, I was young and followed my boomer parents advice that every other millenial got. "Just get a college degree and you'll be fine. It's a one way ticket to the middle class!" And "Study something you're interested in and passionate about". LIES! Even though my degree sucks I did learn a lot of social skills in college that I wouldn't have otherwise which has made a difference in my career. So there's that.

If I could go back I'd study finance or economics but I'm not falling for the college meme again. I grinded for a few years in car sales and long story short now work a mid tier job in banking. Make about $65k/yr which works well since my area has relatively low cost of living. Also make some extra from my rental property.

Protip: look at a college degree as an investment. What will you get in return for what you spend?

[Anonymous No.19093249]

>>19093225
Holy shit you got meme'd on lol

[Anonymous No.19093398]

>>19093145
I stopped working at law firms around three years ago. I had a crisis, you see big law firms and I imagine other big enterprises have the same “slave away your time” philosophy, we pay good money give us your soul kind of deal, I was exhausted really early, 4 years of lawyer stuff, I sold everything and moved to Beijing for a year to learn the language, and hopefully make connections.
My guess is that is probably better to focus on real state at least here in LATAM.
I will try to not get burnt between deals, because I’m still not a guru on this topic, the upside is that you can probably make the money equivalent of a year of salary in just 3-4 months, about 60k, without much sweat.

[Anonymous No.19093465]

>>19092694
Nothing but regret. Was a pain to get and graduated in 2018. Havent gotten a job since. And yes, it was a Comp Sci BS. I'm honestly thinking my future might be in a factory or Amazon warehouse unless Link saves me.

[Anonymous No.19093569]

>>19093145
In essence the trick is to take a degree for the chance that gets you to know people to make business with

[Anonymous No.19093788]

I got a degree in Chemistry and couldn't find a job. Fell for the learn to code meme and got a job in 6 months. Started as an intern at 40k then just got bumped to salary making 72k a couple weeks ago.

[Anonymous No.19093839]

>>19093465
did you get good grades? have you actually tried hard to look for a job?
I thought the demand for programming jobs was much higher than the supply.

[Anonymous No.19093883]

>>19093398
Respect to you Anon. You really made some big moves. That’s great money too, hope you keep raking it in.

>>19093465
Seems to be pretty common for CS and IT majors to struggle finding a job. I had to pursue Data Sciences just to be taken seriously for one myself.

[Anonymous No.19093919]

>>19093883
so if CS isn't a good idea why then >>19093788
managed to find a job in 6 months?

[Anonymous No.19093925]

>>19093839
3.5 GPA
Applied for about 600+ jobs in the first 6 months. Got a bunch of nothing. A lot of excuses that I didnt have any "enterprise level experience" for the entry level job. Since then Ive just been looking at certs and still applying but nothing has come up for me.
I think my biggest flaw is that I'm just not sure exactly what i want to do. If I could just find something Im passionate about maybe things would change. Im learning solidity now so we'll see.

[Anonymous No.19093940]

Bsc cs and Msc BA (top tier). Starting an exec masters in innovation next year. Paid off so far, got a job as it consultant which pays a little bit above average and it has a lot of work abroad

[Anonymous No.19093950]

>>19093919
Maybe he had connections or got a webdev job or something. Idk I seem to be an anomaly no matter how hard I try to get a job. Everyone i know that graduated with me got one in the first couple months.

[Anonymous No.19093996]

Studied econ, no it hasnt paid off but then again I havent applied for anything

[Anonymous No.19094058]

>>19093200
Are you going to take the CPA exam sometime in the future? I'm wavering between getting my MAcc or MTax but can't really decide between the two. I start in August and I've already applied for both.

[Anonymous No.19094126]

>>19093919
>>19093950
Yes I'm doing fullstack web, but I also got an offer from a startup doing machine learning and low level programming before having any experience. Idk why they offered me the job I think it was a fluke.

Might be because I'm in Canada though. Seems easier here for software compared to the US. I found the reverse for chemistry. I only applied for a weekend and ultimately got 3 interviews and 2 offers

[Anonymous No.19094223]

>>19094126
Happy for you anon. Personally can't stand webdev but I hope you enjoy it.
Im thinking I might just start a business and Ive got a few ideas. Its just difficult when you have next to nothing in terms of money.

[Anonymous No.19094259]

Got a CS degree, 3 years later got a job making 90K + 25K in stock options / year (which turned out to be a lot more than 25k thanks to the stock more than tripling). I could quit my job and pretty easily find new work, even remotely, so yeah it paid off. I've seen people get decent junior positions and move up in the industry after a bootcamp and for some just self-taught so that's also an option if you can manage.

[Anonymous No.19094575]

Like the others, I studied Law but didn't feel like going into the profession after seeing enough of what it was like. You're colleagues are either psychopaths or criminally incompetent while your boss will make sure he gets his pound of flesh for every penny he pays you.

Still found it a good use of my time. I gained useful skills for my current career in the civil service and escaped the cycle of telesales, data entry and unemployment that made me feel so worthless I regularly thought about suicide.

>Got my Master's and it seemed to have shut more doors than its opened

Yeah, my Master's was a complete waste of time as well.

>Would you go back and pursue a different field if you could/wanted?

No because I'm old. Have kept doing distance learning though, it gives a rewarding feeling of progression in my life.
If I could turn back time then I'd probably study Philosophy given I could still go into my career and it's much more interesting.

[Anonymous No.19094897]

>>19094575
Pretty based.
>You're colleagues are either psychopaths or criminally incompetent while your boss will make sure he gets his pound of flesh for every penny he pays you
I work in social media, so that sounds all too familiar.

>>19094259
Congrats, thats good money.

>>19093919
Didn't say it wasn't a good idea, I just know a few who have been looking for a job a good while in those fields. Seems like you either kill it right out the gate, or you're stuck in limbo for several months or years trying to find a position that's worthwhile.

[Anonymous No.19094906]

Moar of the goblina?

[Anonymous No.19095084]

>>19092694
What is that pink colored substance in the bag?

[Anonymous No.19095195]

>>19094058
Oh fuck no dude, fuck public and fuck tax. Those guys work double my hours and make half as much. I might get a CMA but most companies don't really give a fuck. I'm not at some ma and pa place either it's a NASDAQ component.

[Anonymous No.19095274]

>>19095084
Not sure actually. Didn’t even notice it, but I’m curious as well now.
>>19095084
I have some webms but I’m not trying to shit up the thread with thot posting. I’ll post one if I can find them maybe

[Anonymous No.19095487]

>>19093925
>>19093465
>>19093883
Literally have never had problem finding jobs you just have to give a shit.

3.2 gpa making 285k 2 years out of college from a shitty state school. Not a minority, not female, same with my friends. Literally you just need one shitty internship anywhere or to apply to local jobs

[Anonymous No.19095545]

>>19095274
pls sir

[Anonymous No.19095554]

>>19095274
Do you know her name? >.>

[Anonymous No.19095639]

>>19093015
Too bad that real state properties are falling at least 20%.

[Anonymous No.19095689]

>>19092694
I have a bs in physics, no job, no gf, no money. If I could go back I wouldn't go to college at all, I would work a regular job for those years and gamble it in the stock market while studying on my own.

[Anonymous No.19095722]

i got absolutely cucked

went into 200k debt

suffered throgh engineering mental illness

first job 65k

second 77,5k

not worth it anons

[Anonymous No.19095740]

>>19095639
He's a lawyer, he should be smart enough not to have all his capital tied up in just one investment. We most likely won't be seeing any massive changes to the housing market until after this pandemic settles down.

[Anonymous No.19095763]

>>19095689
lmao a bs in physics or math wont even make good toilet paper, you need at least a masters. But once you do that, easy $80K+ most 6 figs

[Anonymous No.19096209]

>>19095487
Nobody wants to give an internship after you've graduated. And trust me, ive tried everywhere within two hours of me including Charlotte, and it hasnt done any good. Literally cant get my foot in the door anywhere

[Anonymous No.19096221]

>>19092694
OP wheres link?

[Anonymous No.19096463]

>sociology degree
>0 debt
>35k job in accounting
No regerts I guess

[Anonymous No.19096477]

(not in USA)
50k interest free loan for CS degree, took 6 months to land a job making 50k, currently making 70k 2 years in.
worth it, if i could go back & do it again i would actually try get internships during my summer holidays rather than just drinking 7 partying.

[Anonymous No.19096870]

>>19096477
Pretty based deal, congrats.

>>19096463
You're in a good field with 0 debt, thats pretty based.

>>19095689
I figured that was a field you could make a killing in with just a Bachelor's.

>>19096221
No idea what you're talking about.

[Anonymous No.19096922]

>>19096870
>I figured that was a field you could make a killing in with just a Bachelor's.
from what ive seen (couple friends in physics) the majority of physics majors stay in academia & go the PhD -> lecturer -> professor route.
How's your maths? ive seen a couple places looking for Software Developers that dont care if you cant program yet, but they want you to have a strong math background.

[Anonymous No.19096959]

>>19092694
Who's the "girl" with the fatty in the back?

[Anonymous No.19097040]

I got a chemical engineering degree and have my gripes but ultimately don't regret it.
Overall, I just wanted to understand the world at a scientific yet practical level and apply engineering discipline to that knowledge and thats ultimately what I got.
Got me a solid 70k starting salary in one of the bottom 5 CoL states in the nation so im saving a lot of money and investing most of the rest.
I am definitely part of the "underappreciated, overworked engineer" stereotype as I am always the last one in the office and have to work beyond my hours at least 4 weeks a year.
I understand how industry works but wish I could work for actual companies led by engineers and not soulless business coke addicts.
Either way I am well on my way to retiring before 40 thanks to crypto gains the past two years, so I really dont got it too bad, also the fiancee will be a doctor soon and will rake in mad profit for both of us.

[Anonymous No.19097082]

>>19097040
Nigger, are you literally me?

[Anonymous No.19097157]

>>19095487
can this board not stop larping for 2 fucking seconds? you're so god damn pathetic bro, jesus

[Anonymous No.19097162]

>>19096922
I'm looking into switching fields currently or going all in my side hustles if things keep working out the way they are.

I'm currently an Associate Director of Analytics at a rather large social media consulting firm. It pays exceptionally well but I'm just kinda sick of the entire field right now. Would love to get into Network Security or Encryption honestly.

[Anonymous No.19097308]

>>19092694
I have a BA in History, a MA in Theology, and am currently doing an MFA in Studio Art. Have I ever made much money? Nope. Am I happy? Sometimes. Do I like what I do? Definitely. Running a solo art practice is obviously very fulfilling in that I'm just making my art, and it's beginning to sell and I'm getting better exhibition opportunities, so my career seems on the right track. Yet, it has the same pitfalls of any other sole proprietorship small business.

At the end of the day, I'm fucking glad I didn't go to Law School.

[Anonymous No.19097311]

>>19097162
>Associate Director of Analytics at a rather large social media consulting firm
bat thot poster?

[Anonymous No.19097349]

>>19092694
Currently doing Math & Pre-med, thinking about switching to compsci. My college is really good and I'm really smart so I think that I'll be fine no matter what I study

[Anonymous No.19097353]

>>19092926
Too bad pol melted your brain. Missing out man

[Anonymous No.19097393]

>>19093200
>75-120
>obscenely well
>50hrs
>comfy
Wtf am I reading??

[Anonymous No.19097421]

>>19097162
sounds like you have options, which is good. best of luck to you

[Anonymous No.19097423]

>>19092694
Chemical engineer with DAX and SQL proficiency.

Am laid off and woke up at 5 am to shingle a roof. Whatever. At least the government is handing out cash like it's going out of style.

[Anonymous No.19097666]

BS in Biochem, 31k in debt total as of May 2016 Took 3 months to find a job and it was entry level lab tech 3rd shift making $19/hr. The job was terrible and I left by August 2016. I completely felt lost and betrayed. What they didn’t emphasize was the importance of connections/networking when I was cramming for chem finals. Fast forward 2 years working for various temp agency jobs, I had finally found something that was truly marketable and what I should have studied to begin with. I started my current job as a mortgage underwriter making roughly 60k in October 2019 and I’m down to 17k in debt with all of them federal and deferred thanks to Covid-shitteen. I have 12k in cash, a job I love, 2 bitcoins bought at 7k each, 8k in vanguard admiral shares, and -1000 in current leaps options contracts on robinhood. I’m not in a great financial place for being 28 years old, but this whole rant is a long winded way of saying even if I wasted my time getting my BS, I’m happy that I did.

[Anonymous No.19097707]

>>19097040
Thats really based anon, how I do work as hard as you?

[Anonymous No.19097716]

About to graduate in supply chain management, am I going to make it?

[Anonymous No.19097738]

BS in Biochem but I got a full ride so I have zero debt.
I was planning on medical school but their admissions keeps fucking me in favor of niggers pajeets and women, so I got a job in supply chain instead
I make 1k/week working from the comfort of my bedroom now, and I avoid paying rent by living at home.
I would do it all again

[Anonymous No.19097848]

>>19097421
You too, Anon. Not where I want to be exactly with my other options, but I'll get there.

>>19097311
Yeah, my dude. If you have some thot request, ask me in a BAT thread; I'm going to skip posting 3 dozen thot pics and webms in 1 of my threads for once lol.

>>19097716
How do you like it?

[Anonymous No.19097875]

>>19097716
It's a field where you can end up making 40k to 100k. As pay goes up linear, stress goes up exponentially. It's a good idea to learn Excel, Tableau, and data reporting to transition into Project Management/Procurement roles

[Anonymous No.19097931]

I got a degree in accounting, spent several years working data entry jobs that were related to accounting making a few dollars an hour more than minimum wage. I finally got what I would consider a real accounting job a few years back, where I actually worked under a cpa. I started taking the cpa exam, passed all four, and then they hired new people and made my job part time and told me to find new work cause they will never pay me what a cpa would expect.


A few months later I got an auditing job for the state, I think there is a very real chance I will be laid off due to budget cuts.


If I had to do it over again I don't think I would have gone to college in the first place. Basically, with all the time I spent going to college and becoming a cpa and looking at how much money I make and the job offers I get, I feel scammed. I think I would have been better off doing something else, but now that I'm here I might as well do this as it's going to make me more than any career change I might do.

[Anonymous No.19098053]

My wife and I both got Econ degrees. We both went to work in tech but now I work in Surety. I would say we played it right. My job is super comfy. My wife makes $150,000 a year. We are set. Age 27 in a state with low cost of living. We will probably retire in our 30s.

[Anonymous No.19098597]

>>19097848
Can I get the link for that Romanian teen whore getting creeped on the beach

[Anonymous No.19098891]

>>19093225
>"Study something you're interested in and passionate about"

I got that advice, too. It was only by a stroke of luck that "something I'm interested in and passionate about" was mechanical engineering. Pays well (around 30/hr) but it's boring and not nearly as stable as everybody says. I had 3 different jobs since I graduated and I got laid off from my last one a month ago. I'm doing FIRE because I see it as my only option. Paychecks are not a reliable source of money.

[Anonymous No.19099071]

Really was into the thot in OP's pic until I spotted that thumb

[Anonymous No.19099160]

>>19098053
Based power couple.

>>19097931
Good luck, Anon. Hope you don't lose your job.

[Anonymous No.19099178]

>>19092694
what degree

[Anonymous No.19099220]

I dropped out and am now a maintenance worker. Best descision of my life.

[Anonymous No.19099337]

>>19099178
M.S. in Data Science.

[Anonymous No.19099649]

>>19092694
got a degree in economics. it can get you into some decent positions. I ended up going into insurance. Worked one customer rep job (35k/yr) which sucked but padded my resume, then moved to new york and got a placeholder adjuster job that was insanely easy and boring (45k/yr). But just this past month I got a new job working as an underwriter in the financial district. Huge increase in pay and now I have a lot of potential for long term growth. Will probably eventually go into consulting within underwriting and ideally work remotely in a comfy area while making real good money.
Currently turning 27 in two weeks, 70k/yr salary at my new job.
Overall, I am satisfied. And I really enjoyed studying economics. It's given me an entirely different perspective when talking politics and I never lose debates involving monetary or fiscal policy. College is a scam if you go into it and get a worthless degree and have no long term planning. But I also had some of my happiest moments when I was in college. I wish I could go back.
>tfw I will never be a college freshman again

[Anonymous No.19099652]

>>19098597
I got you, buddy. Link looks funky since I included a DL key. You can stream it without DL too. No more requests though since the thread always turns to shit or gets deleted. Ask me in a BAT thread for anything else.

>https://mega.nz/file/oPBEwYqI#TSkU_Li5XuIG4hPUqb3FKj3i61RBBDDskF4XWkpvyYM

[Anonymous No.19099699]

>>19093225
Same thing happened to me, boomer parents said I could either go to college or get the fuck out of their house. Of course I chose college when I was young, got a useless biology degree and now I work in a lab making bullshit wages. Shit sucks man, wish I had waited a year or two to figure out what the fuck I wanted to do with my life. Honestly though I probably wouldn't have been any better off, since I would have been forced to get a shitty job just to survive and I'm sure it would have broken me.

[Anonymous No.19099749]

>>19092694

Not satisfied at all.

My main mistakes were playing videogames...

Not buying bitcoin and other crypto in the 2010's or just learning how to make money (anti-capitalist family).

AND going to college by pressure of my psychiatrist and family. Literally died of boredom and the final years were SHIT, I became a type B student FOR A SINGLE GROUP ESSAY and just stopped.

Now I'm neeting my life away until the lockdown ends, so I can get the fuck out of my parents (I don't know what to do).

Just feeling like shit. Sadly it's all my fault.

>>19099652

lulz.

[Anonymous No.19099761]

>>19092694
>this is a 10 in brazil

[Anonymous No.19099839]

>>19099649
Based. You’re doing quite well for yourself. I think about those undergrad days way too often now.

>>19099699
That sucks Anon. Always heard horror stories about lab work.

[Anonymous No.19099898]

>>19099749
What’s your plan after lockdown?

I swear to fuck I post that link at least twice a week on this board. Posted it yesterday so there’s my quota, kek. I swear like 75% of the board should have it by now.

[Anonymous No.19099931]

>>19099652
Bless you

[Anonymous No.19100033]

>>19092694
BS in EE here
It's alright, I'm getting my masters now so I'm still in school, but I've had some good internship and have received a lot of interest on linkedin, most of it is shit, but still. Also, I generally enjoy the work.
Doing research at a university now, the comfiness of it makes up for the lack of cash, but I can't do this forever and I'm pretty worried about finding a job after.

[Anonymous No.19100287]

>>19100033
Best of luck finishing your Master’s program. Uni jobs are max comfy, just don’t get trapped there.

[Anonymous No.19100334]

>>19099898

There is no plan for now.

But I can't trust my family anymore (long story) so I can't be a neet for the rest of my life. And I hate being a neet.

Been thinking about waging it away... I'll pivot to something else that I enjoy when I get a bit of ground on my life (prob something with programming or cs).

I've changed a lot of things in my recent life and I'm real hard worker so I still have hope for my future.

Also... how the world is going to a literal shitpot is FREAKING me out so that is motivating me aswell.

[Anonymous No.19100505]

>>19093200
I have an English degree and I make the same as you but I'm probably older than you.

[Anonymous No.19100970]

https://www.instagram.com/valeryaltamar001/

[Anonymous No.19101841]

>>19093225
>got em

[Anonymous No.19101843]

I'm content. BA in criminal justice and I'm a police officer where I'm paid a bit more to have a degree. Although If I could do it over I'd study Spanish, take study abroad in South America, and really try to become fluent.

[Anonymous No.19102239]

>>19095639
I buy real state in auctions where properties go for 40% of the market value...

[Anonymous No.19102508]

>>19095195
CMA is the sexiest Accounting/Finance/FP&A cert.
Private Equity owned companies love them

[Anonymous No.19102734]

>>19092694
Computer science, still a student. Solid degree, good outlook. I drive for Uber on weekends and put the money away into a DRIP.
Want to work for some startups for experience, but a more corporate job is fine to.

[Anonymous No.19103013]

Undergrad in computer science.
Couldn't be happier. Making 120k in a region where the average family income is 50k. I'll probably change jobs again next year when the economy is a little less fucked and jump to 140 or 150.

[Anonymous No.19103032]

>>19097393
Not everyone lives in Manhattan or San Francisco.

[Anonymous No.19103064]

>>19092694
Ywn have a little brown goblina concubine fuck machine.