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What are the employment prospects for a finance or econ major?

>> No.3656701

>>3656683
The noose or a gas chamber, whatever makes you suffer more.

>> No.3656717

Hedge fun manager. $500,000/year and a Mercedes starting.

>> No.3656732

>>3656717
fund*

>> No.3656738

Sadly I read "projectile" instead of "Prospects".

>> No.3656742

Grad school, or suicide.

>> No.3656753

>>3656701
Gas chamber I guess.

Better than burning to death.

>>3656742
>suicide
This is a recurring theme. Why? Are they looked down upon, or are there no jobs in these fields?

>> No.3656756

>>3656683
everytime I talk to a "econ" major, they tell me they went into it because of the economy. They went into it so that they could add that credential to their bullshit political opinions.

Anyway, unless you have a good network, you're fucked. The market is being flooded with teens wanting to respond to recent events.

Should have done engineering. Math scores are dropping, so you'll have less competition and a growing demand. Always a growing demand.

>> No.3656796

>>3656717

500k a year? Are you joking? Youd be running the shittiest hedgefund I've ever heard.

Typical hedgefund managers easily make in the millions, top-end ones reach billions.

It takes 100m to open a hedgefund though.

>> No.3656820

>>3656756
>They went into it so that they could add that credential to their bullshit political opinions
>The market is being flooded with teens wanting to respond to recent events

Damn. I'm actually just interested in finance and economics, but I guess I'll have to find something else.

How about Business? How is that? It's not to late for me to still decide.

>> No.3656844

>>3656796
>100m year
take that maths

>> No.3656873

>>3656796
Even better.

>> No.3656912

I think finance and econ majors have the advantage of being applicable to a variety of circumstances. I think that makes them over all fairly hirable.

>> No.3656950

>>3656912
That's good.

What are some good schools? ASU?

>> No.3657009

>>3656820
dont listen to them there is no evidence to suggest that employment prospects for econ phds are dwindling

1. go to a GOOD grad school
2. know advanced math to weed yourself out from the wannabe's
3. get an 800 on the quantitative section of the GRE.

"Median annual wage and salary wages of economists were $83,590 in May 2008. The middle 50 percent earned between $59,390 and $113,590. The lowest 10 percent earned less than $44,050, and the highest 10 percent earned more than $149,110.

In March 2009, the average annual salary for economists employed by the Federal Government was $108,010. Starting salaries were higher in selected geographical areas where the prevailing local pay was higher."
http://www.bls.gov/oco/ocos055.htm

Also the slow growth impacts those with bachelors only because they are retarded with math.

"There is no unemployment among Ph.D.'s in economics," declares John Siegfried, a Vanderbilt University professor.
http://www.usnews.com/education/articles/2009/04/22/for-economists-a-moment-in-the-sun

Do not get a BS or BA in econ. you might as well just get it in finance because that will be the only sector that will touch you. Masters yes, thats cool, it opens some positions. Im just going for my PhD.

Good Luck. Dont listen to people who dont back up what they say.

>> No.3657045

>>3656950
also choose what is important to you in a graduate school. I would suggest you consider reputation because that is what employers care about.. but here use this tool to help you decide... also GOOGLE. jesus christ.

http://graduate-school.phds.org/rankings/economics

>> No.3657100

>>3657045
Thanks.

>> No.3657385

>>3656950

I go to ASU and I like it. The business school is pretty good.