/sci/ - Science & Math

>>7593536

>If the goal is to science and math then people with degrees are obviously more successful you fucking hippie.

This I don't disagree with. I would agree that if your mark of success is knowledge of maths or sciences then sure, your statement is true.

>If money is your thing I'll just refer you to salary data. Which is applicable given the large population of this site. ie NEETs and people without degrees are statistically unsuccessful financially, so a generalized statement is valid.

This part I disagree with only from personal experience, anecdotal I know.This could also be because I'm not from The States.

I was doing a degree in computer system engineering. Looking at jobs in the industry the norm salary was about $60k-$80k. I dropped the degree about a yeari in. I wasn't top of the class but I was top 1/4. I did a trade as an electrical linesman instead. As an apprentice I earnt on average over the 4 years $65k and that's only because I was out for 6 months with medical issues. As a tradesman after my 1st year I cleared $92k after tax and I was only doing 37.5hr weeks with a couple of weeks of being on-call. My mate is a Sparky (EMF), works on a gas refinery site and cleared $220k after tax.

In my 3rd year as an apprentice, there were apprentices from north earning $130k before tax. They would of been doing 60hr weeks to earn that but you would be doing those sort of hours also. If I wanted to earn more I can try and apply for work on a mine site and earn $160k +. I've met older lineys in the past who were able to get work in Dubai who claim wages of $500k.

>Because low brow pop-science belongs on facebook and reddit.

No! It doesn't belong anywhere.

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