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2356547 No.2356547 [Reply] [Original]

I'm in the US, I did high school here, but middle school was abroad.

I wanted to do physics but im not going to lie, i was told jobs are rare, and I'm not from a financial setting to take a risk.

I never took computer science at any point in my life except in college, and I got better at it as soon as I was done with Java. I have a knack for digital logic/assembly and i dont mind signal processing. but my interests always were in circuit design, and more importantly semiconductor physics, photonics and maybe some QM.

now I'm debating going for higher studies or going for an MBA, what thinks /sci/

i know /sci/ doesn't like engineers, but halp!

>> No.2356554

/sci/ doesn't dislike engineers.

>> No.2356566

>>2356547
>i was told jobs are rare

Sounds like you were lied to

>> No.2356571
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i have to chose between doing mba to make money, or going higher in the field for myself.

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>>2356547
GTFO of /SCI/ NOW
JUST GTFO YOU FUCKING DUMB FAGGOT

>> No.2356579

my vote is for MBA first, get cashes, then study more if you have the inclination and capacity.

It's honestly amazing what you can accomplish with a load of currency.

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>>2356547
Your primary concern in life is money.
You will be a wage slave for the rest of your life.
You will never be truly happy.

I pitty you.

Do the MBA. Leave /sci/ and never come back

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>>2356579
>It's honestly amazing what you can accomplish with a load of currency.

Does having money give you magic powers or someshit? LMAO

>> No.2356591

MBA: Pay lots of money.

PhD in Physics: Pay nothing.

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>>2356547

>> No.2356598

>>2356588
not OP, but have numerous colleagues in academia that obsess over their salaries...

You know, people who've been published countless times, respected experts in their fields, that live beyond their means because they lack the one thing they think everyone else has...

I say get the cash and then do the science. Be happy with both instead of one or none.

>> No.2356602

>>2356588
easy to talk shit. i came to high school in my sophomore year. i didnt really know what the SATs were for, or what a GPA was.

needless to say, i have no money of any sorts to support myself a few months after graduation.

even after this i picked E.E because it [electricity] was actually my most favorite part about physics. I could have picked other professions like a medical doctor if I only cared about money, like other people who look like me do

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>>2356547
>>2356591
MBA: Pay nothing

Rock Star: Among the richest people in the world

How come you didn't become a Rock Star OP?

>> No.2356606

>>2356589
Nope, loads of money gives you time for education, and a free pass to whatever university happens to catch your eye.

Or an honorary degree, if that's what you prefer.

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>>2356598

>> No.2356610

>>2356605
my fingers are too fat, so i cant play the guitar too fast. although i do play spanish flamenco

>> No.2356613

>>2356609
Interestingly, my name happens to be Tim.

Love your show by the way.

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>>2356606
>free pass to whatever university happens to catch your eye.

>Or an honorary degree, if that's what you prefer.

Are you fucking retarded? Trollin

>> No.2356623

>>2356617
Perhaps.

ok, so nothing's really free, but when you get enough cash it's all free relatively speaking.

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>>2356613

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>>2356623
You can't buy knowledge or experience with all the money in the world

>> No.2356629

>>2356625
Fuck off Al, it's still all about Tim.

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>>2356629
U Jelly?

>> No.2356638

Not your fucking career counselors.

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>>2356629
u can't beat my meat faggot

>> No.2356641

>>2356630
Never said you could.

You can buy access to knowledge though, as you all know quite well I suppose. You can also buy time to acquire knowledge.

Also experience can come first, in fact employers tend to prefer it that way, as I'm again sure you guys know.

You can't buy intelligence, but for those ones we offer the honorarium...

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>>2356638
It's people

>> No.2356656

>>2356566
yeah, if you like doing research at a university

>> No.2356655

>>2356547

Why the fuck would you consider an MBA?

stupid OP is trolling

>> No.2356666

I'm a third year EE too. My plan is to keep going for my MS if I don't have a job when I finish. If I don't have a job by the time I finish my MS then... PHD...

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>>2356641
>buy access to knowledge

Yes, you can pay to go to university, just like everyone else. What is your point?

>buy time

Nope

>honorarium

You get a fake degree, that isn't worth shit. You can't buy qualifications bro.

>> No.2356670

>>2356655
>Why the fuck would you consider an MBA?

money.

business execs make it, researchers and professors don't.

>> No.2356684

>>2356669
>Yes, you can pay to go to university, just like everyone else. What is your point?

My dollar took less time to make than yours.

and you can buy time, what do you suppose money is?

You can't buy qualifications, on that I agree. But if you have money, don't you already have the one qualification that our little meritocracy values?

>> No.2356700

>>2356669
>You can't buy qualifications bro.

That's not the case actually. In some countries private institutions pay universities in other countries for their coursework/exams etc. and have pretty inept teachers teach on campus. The universities are pretty money hungry these days, so they basically pass everyone in order to keep up revenue.

My professor showed me some of the final exams from a private institution in Sinagpore. I think the average mark was about 8-10%. Every single student got offered a supplementary exams (if you pass the exam you get a pass for the unit). Pretty much every private institution in Singapore is like this.

>> No.2356726

college in america's just to show that you can stick with something for 4 years and follow directions. it's jumping through a hoop but it's better than working at walmart until you die.

>> No.2357759

get a job and have them pay for higher studies or a MBA

>> No.2357971

Just so you know OP, you're not alone in this kind of shit. When you happen to move into the US school system from a different country and you don't have proper guidance of resources, shit gets extremely difficult very fast.