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Why doesn't everyone just study Econ & / Math and work in finance? Life is all about money

>> No.11052688

>>11052681
Because it's hard and boring, people would rather watch tv, jack off to porn or play video games

>> No.11052697

>>11052681
I went into CS, I had thought CS grads earn more. Now I am questioning that, but I'm still satisfied with my decision. Not a fan of corporate culture personally. At least with tech jobs the product is the only thing that matters - I hope.

>> No.11052702

You need to know someone and have connections or come from a rich background otherwise they won't let you in.

t. Finance major with 3.85 GPA that ended up going into medicine because the idiots wouldn't even give me an interview. Even internships you need to know someone. I tried. I applied for hundreds.

>> No.11052718

>>11052702
Were you jewish?

>> No.11052724

>>11052718
No.

>> No.11052726 [DELETED] 

>>11052724
State school?

>> No.11052748

>>11052702
That's how it works for everything, unfortunately. Getting into a good grad school for physics is all about knowing the right professor / your undergrad PI having connections. If someone can vouch for you, it goes a lot farther than what some transcript says about your abilities.

>> No.11053241

>>11052724
That was your main mistake, sorry bro. Don't worry, this happens to the best of us. Next time just pick better parents

>> No.11053568

>>11052681
if it were easy, everyone would do it.

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>>11052681
Why doesn't everyone study life sciences and medicine? Money is all about being alive and well to spend it.

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>>11052681
>life is all about money
Lol, mankind isn't gonna last if we don't switch to a resource-based economy

>> No.11053817

>>11052697

The hipster-y culture at most tech startups is worse than regular finance culture

>> No.11053822

>>11052681

FinTech is a thing you virgins. Tons of people in STEM go into finance

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>>11052681
Not all of us have a cash register soul.

>> No.11053829

>>11053241
KEK
>>11052681
what the fuck can I do with money? lol
I study maths professionally and independently study other interesting areas for that polymath status.

>> No.11053905

Medicine is better if you have 0 connections or aren't already established.

You become part of the elite club and make good money. Unlike working in tech where you only make money but no social capital

>> No.11053926

>>11052681
I study software engineering to work in finance. They are throwing some insane bux to deep learning experts.

>> No.11053948

>>11052681
>Life is all about money
...not for everyone, you avaricious weasel.

>> No.11053987

>>11052702
You’re supposed to hustle and find an “in”.

>> No.11053993

>>11052681
whatever you do, do NOT study engineering
>be me
>study EE
>starry-eyed looking forward to a 70k job out of college
>first job was project engineer, laid off in 4 months after trying to save a doomed LNG job
>start a field service job (glorified tech support) and quit after a year because of draconian conditions
>job number 3, make the least money of all (55k/year plus "bonus" where conditions for payout are basically impossible) working again as glorified tech support
i havent been the best employee but my degree did me zero favors and was near impossible to acheive. i survived an 86% attrition rate to get outearned by a bunch of accountant bugmen. i contemplate suicide daily

>> No.11053998

>>11052681
>paying money to learn about money
you'll never make it, brainlet.

>> No.11054000

>>11052702
you're supposed to make connections while in uni you nigger

>> No.11054003

>>11053993
>he didn't go into management
are you, dare I say, retarded?

>> No.11054004

>>11053993

Sounds like you work in rural areas. 55k is like 70k to NYC normies

>> No.11054017

>>11053993
You never showed up to work because you were busy arguing on discord. Wah Wah Wah.

>> No.11054032

>>11053993
I feel like you people are just incompetent. EE is not a bad degree, you just probably played it in the worst way possible. How well you do in the job market after college is all about how you spent those 4 years. I studied pure math so in terms of job prospects I was behind all of you, but by just playing
>strategic internships from the moment I graduated high school
>international publications since my junior year
>creating a wide network who to this day recommend me for great jobs

I managed to get a top tier finance job the moment I was out of college. And I constantly get called by recruiters for other awesome positions that unfortunately I can't take because my current job is just too good.

>> No.11054036

>>11054003
How does it feel getting HIV+ semen squirted into your ass?

>> No.11054040

>>11052702
This post is incredibly antisemitic.

>> No.11054047

>>11054036
how's it feel being expendable trash tossed around from job to job?

>> No.11054053

>>11054032
You sound annoying

>> No.11054054

>>11054053
I'm sure it sounds annoying to you. Hopefully, someone who is still early in their college trajectory will find it useful.

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>>11054003
yes
>>11054004
i work in houston
>>11054017
never had a discord
>>11054032
this is the correct way of doing things. had i understood the importance of networking i would have made that my focus. i heard a lot about networking from the biz majors but dismissed this as something pertaining to their careers and not mine. i went all in on gpa and lost out there too, mostly because of poorly planned semesters and being too arrogant to drop a course

>inb4 ur an retarded
i KNOW. for all those with hope left do NOT make my mistakes. do an easier major and leave time to network. GPA only matters at fortune 500s and thats only if you dont know a guy

>> No.11054087

>>11052748
Are you serious? What do you mean by good grad school? You're starting to scare me.

>> No.11054130

>>11053993
>i havent been the best employee but my degree did me zero favors and was near impossible to acheive.
go cry to the cucks in med school

>> No.11054167

>>11053993
>>start a field service job (glorified tech support) and quit after a year because of draconian conditions
>>job number 3, make the least money of all (55k/year plus "bonus" where conditions for payout are basically impossible) working again as glorified tech support

Why did you take a job that typically requires an engineering technology degree and not a real engineering degree? Couldn't you just stay in your mom's basement for a month or two? Find a way out, man.

>> No.11054235

>>11054167
>Why did you take a job that typically requires an engineering technology degree and not a real engineering degree? Couldn't you just stay in your mom's basement for a month or two?
i could have and should have. my pride prevented me from accepting unemployment so i just took the first offer i got. there are many other qualified engineers in the same position who work at my company and theres such a surplus of engineering degrees now that my company actually requires a 4 year degree for this role. unfortunately this is job number 3 in 3 years so im stuck for at least 3 more or else my resume is toilet paper. do NOT repeat my mistakes

>> No.11054246

>>11052681
If you make enough money to keep the bill collector away (rent, groceries, gas, medical expenses) then you won't encounter any finance-related issues.

Having any more money than that will not bring extra happiness.

>> No.11054262

>>11054246
disagree. knowing that i am being outearned by others with similar qualifications drives me up the fucking wall. i am constantly looking for harder ways to hustle because clearly i wasnt doing enough. i would be happy to be making more money just for sanity's sake

>> No.11054270

>>11054262
I can feel you but you should drop this immediately because like it or not the richest people in the world are people who just inherited their money and have 0 qualifications in anything at all. If your problem is that people with similar qualifications make more money than you then your only solution might be investing into ropes.

>> No.11054271

>>11054262
Then money is clearly not making you happy. If the mere existence of the object is causing you stress as you constantly want more and more but can't have it, then you're no different than a drug addict. So how is money making you happier?

> i would be happy to be making more money just for sanity's sake

Nothing wrong with that. It's great to be happy when nice things happen to you. Your problem, however, is that you are unhappy when those nice things don't happen. You've become a slave to the rush you feel as you earn money, and you will always live to chase that dollar. How is that freedom or happiness?

>> No.11054274

>>11054235
Chill, you still make 55k a year before bonus. That’s not exactly flipping burgers. Plus, you have a bonus, and even though you said it’s "impossible" you also said college was impossible. Third, you can still search for better opportunities while working this job.

>> No.11054293

>>11052681
Sorry Mephisto, I want to keep my soul.

>> No.11054306

>tfw in finance with a shit gpa
its fucking over for me cause im a brainlet with 0 discipline
going to try and enter into info sec instead ,something im actually interested in and learn in my free time

>> No.11054839

>>11054271
i dont think you understand. other people are making more, im making less. its not the money i care about, its rank. if we were fighting over pennies it would make no difference. i should be making more but i played my cards wrong and now im on a mission to fix myself and my mistakes

>> No.11054842

>>11054270
>your only solution might be investing into ropes.
or maybe just hustle into a better job

>> No.11054868

>>11052681
nice try stem

>> No.11055386

>>11052681
>Life is all about money
Wrong. Life is about chemicals in your brain §;o)

>> No.11055559

>>11054839
Who cares?

>> No.11055787

>>11054246

>Having any more money than that will not bring extra happiness.

No, I'm pretty sure %99.9999 of humans would derive immense enjoyment from buying a private island and filling it with sex slaves. You can absolutely buy your way to happiness. Everything in life that brings happiness requires huge wads of cash, in gradually increasing increments, until you have a private island with on demand sex slave orgies.

>> No.11055789

>>11055386
I have a strong wish to die right now

>> No.11055793

>>11052681
>you will never be a hot rich young arab girl living on daddy's money in manhattan or london
give me one reason to continue living bros

oh and to answer your question econ is crazy competitive. i do think more stem students should consider finance though.

>> No.11056034

>>11052681
>Why doesn't everyone just study Econ & / Math and work in finance? Life is all about money
Not everyone is a sociopath

>> No.11056212

>>11055793
>give me one reason to continue living bros
to bang said girls perhaps?

>> No.11056513

>>11054053
why did this make me laugh. someone explain please

>> No.11058577

But what about peoples that have money ?

Besides studying is often far different from working.

(snake i know it's you, i'm calling the skulls on you, that is enough !)

Well time to shed your skin, snake.