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CAREERS CAREERS CAREERS Anonymous Sat Oct 17 23:42:35 2015 No.7597483 [Reply] [Original]

Okay /sci/, career thread.

In here you will post:
>Your major in undergrad
>Masters and PhD (if any)
>Your dream job (and if you already have it or not)

Then proceed to defend your degree from the negative stereotypes people give your degree and the people with it.

And if it is not completely obvious, explain why the education you got helped you/will help you get your dream job.

>>	Anonymous Sat Oct 17 23:50:24 2015 No.7597496 >>7597483 cs/math nope. waste of time software development for banks, 300k starting, dolla dolla bills y'all

Anonymous Sat Oct 17 23:52:13 2015 No.7597502
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>>7597483
>Your major in undergrad
Geology
>Your dream job
Exploration Geologist
>(and if you already have it or not)
I'm pretty well on my way to getting it, given good marks, honours year nearly done, and research work with a group that will remain unnamed under my belt for the resume. I hate to be one of those "ooh i just love nature" types but getting out there boots in the field appeals a hell of a lot more to me than an office job.
I would have liked to do research in some geological field though, apparently there's a connection between crystallography and permutation group symmetries which hasn't had many papers of note published on it.

>Then proceed to defend your degree from the negative stereotypes people give your degree and the people with it.
uh, i guess the negative stereotype is that it's easy because all you do is look at rocks, which is probably true for some sub-fields. Stuff like petrology and geophysics can definitely be very advanced, though.

>>	Anonymous Sat Oct 17 23:52:16 2015 No.7597503 >>7597483 EE from PSU lolno tesla which i do

>>	Anonymous Sat Oct 17 23:52:56 2015 No.7597506 >biochemistry BS >pharmacology MS >interventional cardiology (far away from this) im 23, applying to medical school soon. my fallback is a career in pharmaceuticals.

>>	Anonymous Sat Oct 17 23:53:35 2015 No.7597507 >>7597502 >geology major >doesnt know its actually called minerals its ok, starbucks will always be hiring

>>	Anonymous Sat Oct 17 23:54:57 2015 No.7597511 >>7597507 What's actually called minerals? What are you talking about? I never referred to any minerals in my post.

>>	Anonymous Sat Oct 17 23:55:44 2015 No.7597513 >>7597483 >law >going for masters >working for UN, still a student and will be for a while

Anonymous Sat Oct 17 23:58:48 2015 No.7597520

>>7597483
Chemistry
Owning business in relation to chemistry.

Not much negative connotation with chemistry from other majors. Regarding the owning a business, helps to know an area that you plan to work in. Can not exactly start a chemical plant down-town without knowing what dihydrogen monoxide is.

>>	Anonymous Sun Oct 18 00:00:23 2015 No.7597525 >>7597513 Defend the stereotype that anyone working in law is a greedy moneysucking vampire with beady little eyes that makes plants wilt as they walk.

>>	Anonymous Sun Oct 18 00:02:13 2015 No.7597528 >>7597483 >Your major in undergrad Math & Physics >Masters and PhD (if any) No >Your dream job (and if you already have it or not) Daytrader who gets to sit at home getting rich. Then use all my free time working on theoretical physics.

>>	Anonymous Sun Oct 18 00:02:47 2015 No.7597530 File: 102 KB, 531x675, frcfusion.jpg [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] nuclear engineering (2016) nah pic related sent in resume and statement of interest it's a small team, so fingers crossed

>>	Anonymous Sun Oct 18 00:04:00 2015 No.7597533 >>7597525 I'm better than you therefore I don't need to defend myself. Lawyered

>>	Anonymous Sun Oct 18 00:07:25 2015 No.7597536 >>7597525 the stereotype may apply to guys who want to become attorneys or go for corporate law aka the people you see in movies law is a wide subject field you've got plenty of relatively idealist people in international law for example

Anonymous Sun Oct 18 00:10:33 2015 No.7597541
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>>7597528
Nothingtology
Nothing
Do nothing but eat moderately, listen to music, fuck hot girls and play music.
Nothing, i've reached nirvana/illumination and i live without fear, just love. I'm beyond happy.

>>	Anonymous Sun Oct 18 00:19:05 2015 No.7597553 >>7597541 >green man with but mouth to the right why are Asiatic religions such a meme?

>>	Anonymous Sun Oct 18 00:33:28 2015 No.7597569 >>7597553 >man

>>	Anonymous Sun Oct 18 00:35:03 2015 No.7597574 >>7597541 >hairy indians >asian you have to show more respect to the masterrace

>>	Anonymous Sun Oct 18 00:50:37 2015 No.7597595 Why is Computer Science mid tier? With where technology is going I would think Computer Science as top tier or even god tier. Considering that you could get a BSE in Computer Science.

>>	Anonymous Sun Oct 18 00:53:35 2015 No.7597600 >>7597595 too many indians

Anonymous Sun Oct 18 01:01:21 2015 No.7597606

>math undergrad, geology minor
>plan to get graduate degree studying numerical analysis, computational science, or geophysics (not sure which, they are all highly related)
>dream job would be to design algorithms to solve important problems in math and earth-science or to work as a geophysicist for the USGS or at NASA

Anonymous Sun Oct 18 01:04:00 2015 No.7597610

>casual biology pre-med scum
>applying to med school next year
>Infectious Disease (mixed with primary care) or Forensic Path or Field epidemiologist

Can't really defend myself. I've been lazy for so many years when it came to school. Only recently have I been taking a deeper interest in science. Now chemistry, physics, and biology seem far more... important? Interesting? I don't know.

>>	Anonymous Sun Oct 18 01:10:28 2015 No.7597622 >>7597606 >>dream job would be to design algorithms to solve important problems in math and earth-science how do you feel about the fact that the most important contribution your field has made to the world is inventing autotune??

>>	Anonymous Sun Oct 18 05:18:25 2015 No.7597858 Physics None Just wanna be NEET right now tbh I don't know the negative stereotypes but they are probably true

Anonymous Sun Oct 18 05:35:24 2015 No.7597882

>>7597483
>ChemE
>ChemE masters and also added a Physics BSc, currently PhD student.
>Running my own material science R&D lab in the private sector or tenure ChemE professor.

>Then proceed to defend your degree from the negative stereotypes people give your degree and the people with it.
ChemE is not about pipes you fucking retards.

>>	Anonymous Sun Oct 18 05:45:35 2015 No.7597895 >>7597882 >ChemE is not about pipes you fucking retards. It depends, some "ChemE" course are actually about developing processing units which is literally pipes

>>	Anonymous Sun Oct 18 05:51:18 2015 No.7597906 File: 52 KB, 596x643, 1431493138226-2.png [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] >Your major in undergrad Math and math.stats. >Masters and PhD (if any) none >Your dream job (and if you already have it or not) Being an international jew

Anonymous Sun Oct 18 05:58:49 2015 No.7597915

Your major in undergrad: Maths

Masters and PhD (if any): Econ, Econ, top 20.
Your dream job (and if you already have it or not):

Tenured prof, working somewhere for now, will probably get it.
More about making contributions really, the job and money is quite rigid once you pass a certain level of qualifications.
Most folks in top academia could make more in corporate anyway.

Defending stereotypes;
The attitude a lot of you high schoolers and undergrads have is very common.
All entitled and thinking you're worth shit.
Generally, it's very easy to top your class at undergrad courses, because most of your cohort aren't there because they enjoy the subject.
Also, because a lot of you aren't from Ivy/top 20 universities you're just bulky fish in a small-ass pond (anyone potentially recruiting you knows this well, you should too).
Worst part is, a good chunk of you think more of yourself by comparing your intelligence(/lack thereof) to that of people who don't care about their own.

Facing how inadequate you are compared to people who are actually doing research is going to be hard for most of you deluded enough to think you can make substantial contributions to academia.
Academia is HARD especially for scientists (given the funding you need).
You should be happy if you get accepted into any top 50 university since you'll need an almost perfect track record.

About Economics:
The good ones at Ivy Leagues are gods anyway, the average Economist is probably stupider than the average Physician or Mathematician but not to people in Chemistry and Engineering (check average IQ/GRE scores of PhDs).
Most Econs are pretty smart but the contribution we make to the world is largely crap.

The subject itself should be rather enticing for someone from pure math, as long as you don't get a shitty prof.

>>	Anonymous Sun Oct 18 06:02:40 2015 No.7597922 >>7597483 >>Your major in undergrad Physics (still doing) >>Your dream job University researcher (I would say NASA, but that's too cliché for phys and eng students)

>>	Anonymous Sun Oct 18 06:08:25 2015 No.7597927 >>7597922 I hope you're GPA is about 3.8 For real, it's insane how many undergrads don't know how competitive PhD programmes are. The world isn't going to pay you to think about things unless you're good at it.

>>	Anonymous Sun Oct 18 06:09:27 2015 No.7597928 >>7597927 >about above*

>>	Anonymous Sun Oct 18 06:20:04 2015 No.7597941 >>7597895 >Let me tell you about your field Piss off.

>>	Anonymous Sun Oct 18 06:26:16 2015 No.7597950 >>7597915 The impression I got about economists is that generally they say "guys seriously we need to do this" and most people in business and policy making tend to ignore them. Is this true ish.

>>	Anonymous Sun Oct 18 06:26:30 2015 No.7597951 File: 13 KB, 418x359, 1442252249513.png [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] >>7597941 >I'm one of you ;)

>>	Anonymous Sun Oct 18 07:01:41 2015 No.7597987 >>7597895 Currently studying chemE. Can confirm pipes.

Anonymous Sun Oct 18 07:17:15 2015 No.7598003

>>7597951
>>7597987
Process engineering is a small facet of ChemE and the pipes can be replaced by any arbitrary geometry and the transport equations will still work, it just happen pipes are the most efficient.

I'm a pipe fetishist myself, but the geometry of the unit processes is not important at all and isn't really considered in process engineering. The transfer process/thermodynamics and reaction kinetics of the process is.

Anonymous Sun Oct 18 07:20:14 2015 No.7598006
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How to be a fucking pleb:
>judging fields of study by the job opportunities they provide
>judging fields of study by how difficult they are
>judging fields of study by prestige
>not judging fields by their applications to problems

>>	Anonymous Sun Oct 18 07:24:10 2015 No.7598010 >>7598006 >not judging fields by their applications to problems >judging fields of study by the job opportunities they provide >judging fields of study by how difficult they are m8 those two are highly connected

Anonymous Sun Oct 18 07:26:32 2015 No.7598017

>Undergrad:
Comp Sci
>Masters:
I'm not sure about pursuing a Masters yet
>Dream Job
I would like to own a game studio or at the very least, do programming for one.
>negative stereotypes
Well I'm white, so that debunks the majority of comp sci stereotypes.

>>	Anonymous Sun Oct 18 07:26:50 2015 No.7598018 >>7598010 connected but not the same

Anonymous Sun Oct 18 07:40:56 2015 No.7598041

>>7597927
>I hope you're GPA is about 3.8

Surely they judge PhD applicants by how they did in their Honours/Masters years rather than an average that includes the pointless first year and isn't reflective of current skill at all?

or is this an american thing?

Anonymous Sun Oct 18 07:48:33 2015 No.7598054
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>Your major in undergrad
econ, quantitative finance, math
>Masters and PhD (if any)
currently in first year of econ phd
>Your dream job (and if you already have it or not)
Tenured professor at a b-school or law school with consulting $$$ on the side. Academic placement in econ is excellent compared to every other field (except finance and accounting), about half the students from my program get tenure-track jobs paying 80k+ starting

not much to defend from my field other than that nobody outside economics has any idea what the field is about and thinks we spend our time debating keynes vs hayek

>>	Anonymous Sun Oct 18 07:56:18 2015 No.7598068 >>7597915 hey fellow econbro sounds like you have a bad case of imposter syndrome take a break from your problem sets and chill out a bit

Anonymous Sun Oct 18 08:11:09 2015 No.7598083

>>7598054
>about half the students from my program get tenure-track jobs paying 80k+ starting

Hey another econbro here.
Which program might this be (what range).

International undergrad here, contemplating LRM/VLRM PhDs, don't know if worth.

Is everything not top 30ish that bad?

>>	Anonymous Sun Oct 18 08:35:43 2015 No.7598113 >>7597528 Are you literally me? >Daytrader who gets to sit at home getting rich. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Efficient-market_hypothesis Real life isn't so rose-tinted though

>>	Anonymous Sun Oct 18 08:50:36 2015 No.7598130 ME undergrad Working on AE master's I dunno mang. My current interests are in stress analysis/FEM and advanced composites. Any advice on which way to go?

>>	Anonymous Sun Oct 18 09:09:34 2015 No.7598152 >>7597483 Where does "dropout" go?

>>	Anonymous Sun Oct 18 09:12:23 2015 No.7598158 >>7598152 In all seriousness if you got a job then at least mid-tier. Definitely better than anything below it anyway.

>>	Anonymous Sun Oct 18 09:22:29 2015 No.7598168 >>7598158 I definitely feel mid-tier. Good job, decent (by college grad standards) pay, no crippling debt. But also fewer job prospects and harder to get past HR when applying for jobs that "require" a four year degree.

>>	Anonymous Sun Oct 18 09:40:18 2015 No.7598187 > comp sci > not yet > google

Anonymous Sun Oct 18 09:45:49 2015 No.7598199

>>7597483
>Your major in undergrad
Maths, currently in first year.

>Masters and PhD (if any)
Masters will be maths (I'm in an integrated Master's course).
I'd hope to get a maths PhD but...
>Your dream job (and if you already have it or not)
I'd like to get into research, but finance is my backup, the problem is, I really don't know much about the system for stuff like getting into research or becoming a professor in the UK... too bad that all of the info I get on /sci/ comes from the American tenure track. Can anyone from the UK here tell me more?

>>	Anonymous Sun Oct 18 10:19:51 2015 No.7598241 >biology >just starting first semester of biology master, probably majoring in neuroscience >neurotechnology seems pretty cool, have to check out the field more to be sure tho

>>	Anonymous Sun Oct 18 10:40:36 2015 No.7598273 >>7597882 What shitty ChemE education are you getting?

>>	Anonymous Sun Oct 18 10:46:37 2015 No.7598277 >>7598199 Oioi basically, it's fucking hard. Bachelors->Masters->PHD Scholarship->Building profile using grants->Applying to be lecturer at university

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Anonymous Sun Oct 18 11:47:09 2015 No.7598361

>>7597483
>major: Biological Life Science
>Masters: Applying for Bioinformatics
>Dream Job: Is to making money off web comics while contributing to science

I have an interview at some chemical company making care products and apparently I need to have experience on personal care applications, not sure what the fuck that means.

>>	Anonymous Sun Oct 18 12:24:41 2015 No.7598429 I'm doing joint honours Biochemistry and Pharmacology How likely am I to have a decent job when I graduate?

>>	Anonymous Sun Oct 18 12:33:44 2015 No.7598445 >>7598429 Decent if you look for graduate schemes (I'm assuming you're in the UK)

>>	Anonymous Sun Oct 18 13:16:55 2015 No.7598530 >>7598199 It's good to see you're interested in something and have lofty ambitions, FOR FUCK'S SAKE GET THE FUCK OFF /SCI/

>>	Anonymous Sun Oct 18 13:23:06 2015 No.7598536 >>7597483 change engineering to top, computer science to god, add software development to mid and it's good

>>	Anonymous Sun Oct 18 13:23:38 2015 No.7598538 >>7597927 >GPA >Ability to think heheh almost got me there.

>>	Anonymous Sun Oct 18 13:33:31 2015 No.7598566 >Studying BSc in Medical Biochemistry >Hoping to get onto a NHS postgrad scientist training scheme where I will also get my masters To become a >Clinical Biochemist Rate me /sci/

>>	Anonymous Sun Oct 18 13:57:44 2015 No.7598622 >when this post itself is the fulfillment of a stereotype that all STEM majors are smug, self-obsessed virgins who ostentatious with technical knowledge but aren't smart enough to defend a subjective opinion.

>>	Anonymous Sun Oct 18 14:09:59 2015 No.7598652 >>7598566 isn't clinical biochemist a medical specialty? >NHS is it different in the UK?

>>	Anonymous Sun Oct 18 14:17:37 2015 No.7598678 >>7598652 It's a specific clinical scientist role

>>	Anonymous Sun Oct 18 14:20:22 2015 No.7598683 >>7597525 He wants to work at the UN, so I'm sure it's not about making a ton of money for him.

Anonymous Sun Oct 18 14:20:55 2015 No.7598686

>>7597483
>Your major in undergrad
Air Corp Apprenticeship/Computer Science
>Your dream job
Fixing private jets for rich people and earn mad bank.

Right now I'm living with my rich Dad as NEET and don't want to do anything atm. Just want to listen to music and relax.

>>	Anonymous Sun Oct 18 14:20:56 2015 No.7598687 >>7598536 No you fucking retard, we might even lower CS and IT if anything. Both are neo blue collar tier jobs for non-white labour.

>>	Anonymous Sun Oct 18 14:24:55 2015 No.7598699 >>7598687 >cs is just like IT! >implying you know anything about cs the acm published a great delimitation of computing disciplines years ago, how about you go and check it out?

>>	Anonymous Sun Oct 18 14:24:55 2015 No.7598700 >>7597927 Yes academia is very competitive, but your 3.8 isn't going to get you beyond what comes immediately after undergrad.

>>	Anonymous Sun Oct 18 14:28:30 2015 No.7598709 >>7598277 Do maths researchers do post-docs? I have no idea.

Anonymous Sun Oct 18 14:42:04 2015 No.7598733

>be me
>be finance phd
>straight from undergrad, almost nobody does a master's
>strong job market, less than 200 US PhD's graduate per year, no need for post-doc slavery
>starting salary literally $200k in academia http://www.econjobrumors.com/topic/finance-ap-salaries-2015

feels good man

Anonymous Sun Oct 18 14:42:42 2015 No.7598735

>>7597483
major : maths
masters : pure maths (K-theory for operators), applied maths (cryptology, discrete log)

Also Agregation of maths, it exists only in France anyway. It tells people I know enough maths to teach up to 1st year of masters degree but nothing about pedagogy, so that they usually put us in high school or even middle school where math skills are close to useless to teach properly.

Currently : Ph. D. in crypto (discrete log on algebraic curves).
Dream job : who the fuck cares, I don't intend on spending my life on it.

Pure math is a pretty cool guy, eh does abstract shit and not afraid of anything. People there are socially challenged usually and absolutely not interesting if you try to go out the math world. This master pretty much destroyed any feelings I had for research. Moreover, don't expect any results until your 4-5th post doc, unless you're lucky as fuck. It's sad, because there are a lot of beautiful and interesting thing to learn/discover in pure maths.

Applied maths, if you're like me and not gifted at maths - compared to the people you'll met in pure maths, every body can tell that someone who has 2 masters in maths should have a particular affinity to his field - and you still want to do some mathematical related shit, it's the way to go. Close to limitless way of using maths skill for other purpose. I chose crypto because I also like computer science. Also it's one of the best way to self-learn maths, since all basic material can be coded in formal languages at least.

>>	Anonymous Sun Oct 18 14:43:16 2015 No.7598737 >>7598709 Yep, they do. Boring as hell tho. My college math dp has a even a quota on how and when the teachers should do the pos doc. And most people work with fractal. No idea why.

Anonymous Sun Oct 18 14:43:47 2015 No.7598740

>Your major in undergrad
Psychology

>Masters and PhD (if any)
Trying to apply for a masters program in experimental psychology and then hoping to get a PhD in behavioral psychology. Have a high GPA and did a lot better then the average psychology student preformed >>7598054 on the GRE's and will be preforming an independent study next semester.

Any advice on how I can increase my odds of getting into a good program?

>dream job
Preforming research on human behavior.

Anonymous Sun Oct 18 14:50:35 2015 No.7598750
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>>7597483
>Computer Engineering
>Something dealing with VLSI or a Focus on RF systems
>Tactical SIGINT operator for CIA/NSA (I don't have this job)

Engineers are mostly skinny/fat virgins, socially awkward and terrible public speakers.

I'm working on a minor in Arabic, I speak French, I have a top secret clearance and several years of experience as an intelligence analyst, and doing cybersecurity for the military. I'm also in excellent shape.

Anonymous Sun Oct 18 14:51:12 2015 No.7598751

Forgot to post the second half.

>>7598740
The most obvious stereotype against psychology is that it isn't a "real" science. Look, I get that psychology has an image problem from people such as Freud making it look unscientific, but psychoanalysim was only one of many psychological perspectives; modern psychology as a whole focuses on empirical evidence rather than just accepting anything someone says as factual.

One reason why I prefer the behavioral perspective over others is due to the fact that is focuses entirely on observable behaviors and considers mental activities such as thinking to also be behavior, rather than attributing behavior to some mental attribute that may or may not be able to be measured.

The other stereotype is that psychology doesn't have math in it; it certainly does, especially if you go into research.

>>	Anonymous Sun Oct 18 14:52:05 2015 No.7598752 >>7598006 >Why would anyone set themselves achievable goals? the post

>>	Anonymous Sun Oct 18 14:53:19 2015 No.7598757 >>7598735 >2 masters in math why.jpg? Couldn't get into phd programme with just one?

>>	Anonymous Sun Oct 18 14:54:28 2015 No.7598761 >>7597483 >undergrad CS and math double major >Masters Doing my masters in pure math now (alg. geo) >dream job Nojob

>>	Anonymous Sun Oct 18 14:55:10 2015 No.7598762 File: 116 KB, 839x650, fig05.jpg [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] >>7597483 Is geology any good?

>>	Anonymous Sun Oct 18 15:00:25 2015 No.7598772 File: 19 KB, 241x219, 1425954859761.jpg [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] >>7598762 >not being able to read OPs image

>>	Anonymous Sun Oct 18 15:01:50 2015 No.7598774 >>7598772 that image is for self absorbed ass faces that specialize in autistic fields.

>>	Anonymous Sun Oct 18 15:04:41 2015 No.7598781 >>7598774 I agree, I don't think a Physics degree is god tier tbh

>>	Anonymous Sun Oct 18 15:21:36 2015 No.7598811 >>7598750 >Engineers are mostly skinny/fat virgins, socially awkward and terrible public speakers. no, that's just computerfags. have you never met a fucking engineer before? or do you just sperg out with autistic compE and csfags

>>	Anonymous Sun Oct 18 15:27:40 2015 No.7598827 >>7597915 >IQ this IQ that spoken like a true economist, trying to model everything with shitty models that doesnt work

Anonymous Sun Oct 18 15:28:18 2015 No.7598830

>>7598811
>have you never met a fucking engineer before?
Before I started my Undergrad I worked as an engineering tech at an engineering firm for 2 years and all of my co-workers were mech/EE in their 30's-50's. My evidence is anecdotal but most of the guys I worked with were clearly nerds, but roughly 80% of them were married, had kids, and had their shit together for the most part.

>>	Anonymous Sun Oct 18 15:35:38 2015 No.7598846 >>7598827 is there any point to your post instead of useless bitching?

>>	Anonymous Sun Oct 18 15:45:28 2015 No.7598867 File: 65 KB, 648x486, 30000.jpg [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] >>7597483 >Your Major in undergrad Zoology >Masters & PHD no >Dream job Doctor or Systems Admin/Cybersecurity & Forensics Am I good /sci/?

>>	Anonymous Sun Oct 18 16:06:43 2015 No.7598936 >>7598846 incase it wasnt clear. I was shitting on you and your profession

>>	Anonymous Sun Oct 18 16:07:44 2015 No.7598940 >>7598867 >system admin >going to college u dun fucked up jimmy

>>	Anonymous Sun Oct 18 16:08:19 2015 No.7598941 >>7598940 what

>>	Anonymous Sun Oct 18 16:08:52 2015 No.7598943 >>7598940 lol i want high schoolers to leave

Anonymous Sun Oct 18 16:20:35 2015 No.7598977

>>7598757
did not get the funding in the first because I was not good enough in this particular field - non commutative geometry - basically. Could elaborate, but would serve no purpose, the main reason is enough even if it only accounts for 60% of the problem. Actually it's for the best, as I was really demotivated before applying for the funding, even if I did not tell my supervisors.
Actually I was forced to obtain the 2nd master to apply for the agregation, but I discovered a part of math were everything seemed "easy", a sign that it was something I was "designed" to do.

Anonymous Sun Oct 18 16:23:26 2015 No.7598987
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>Your major in Undergrad
Geology
>Master and PhD if any
If I do well enough in school, then my Masters. Doing okay-ish after 2 years.. (3.0 GPA major) (3.52 GPA cumulative), but I intend to intern and engage in field/research work soon.
>Your dream job
Hydrogeologist/Environmental Geologist.
>defend my degree from the negative stereotypes.
Extremely low unemployment rate, not confined to an office for the rest of my life, get to be on my own out in the field collecting samples, taking data, etc. From the sounds of it, I'm pretty sure the companies who hire geologists treat us well; especially in the oil industry.

>>7597502
That's awesome to hear that you're doing so well. And thanks for the sick wallpaper.

>>7598762
I like it quite a bit. Give it a shot, see how you like it.

Anonymous Sun Oct 18 16:37:53 2015 No.7599033
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>>7597483
>Your major in undergrad
Chemistry (pending)

>Masters and PhD
Analytical Chemistry or Biochemistry

>Your dream job
Either something environmental or cancer research. The work of this year's Nobel laureates really got me interested in the subject of Biochemistry.

>negative stereotypes
Not all people studying chemistry are enormous superjerks in lab coats. Actually, in my university, you have to help each other out in order to survive the exams. Also, it's not always about pouring stuff together and watching it changing colour. Most of the time, things are clear liquids and colour doesn't change. Actually, if it does, it is usually a sign that you fucked up somewhere, especially in undergrad OChem.

>And if it is not completely obvious, explain why the education you got helped you/will help you get your dream job
Well, I guess this is obvious so I can skip this.

>>	Anonymous Sun Oct 18 16:39:29 2015 No.7599035 >>7597483 MechE/AreoE No, should I? Rocket Surgeon.

>>	Anonymous Sun Oct 18 17:16:44 2015 No.7599122 >>7598083 Ejmr bro?

Anonymous Sun Oct 18 17:24:57 2015 No.7599143

>>7598083
I am borderline top 10 (think columbia/penn/nyu) but these problem sets are crazy (especially macro) and I'm worried about failing comps.

Also you can go outside top 30 if you're fine with having a low probability of getting a tenure-track job.

>>7599122
Not him but I think every econ grad student has browsed EJMR at least once

Anonymous Sun Oct 18 17:41:25 2015 No.7599181

>Your major in undergrad
Mechanical Engineering
>Masters and PhD (if any)
None (possibly will do aerospace/space/astronautical)
>Your dream job (and if you already have it or not)
Space industry (either awesome, innovative startup or somewhere like JPL); haven't graduated yet, but will apply to JPL
>defend your degree from the negative stereotypes
I haven't sucked a single dick in my entire life, I swear.

>>	Anonymous Sun Oct 18 17:46:21 2015 No.7599195 >>7597483 This ranking is retarded.

>>	Anonymous Sun Oct 18 17:47:46 2015 No.7599199 >>7597483 wheres graphic design im saying around top tier you can easily get like 20-30k jobs with that shit

>>	Anonymous Sun Oct 18 20:48:03 2015 No.7599536 >>7597622 this. I'm very strong in math--studying real analysis at age 16--and i think geology is useful. Do you know what useful subject matter geology is concerned with?

>>	Anonymous Sun Oct 18 20:50:56 2015 No.7599540 >Your major in undergrad Biochem. Minors in math and bio >Masters and PhD (if any) Hopefully a biophysics masters or even PhD one day. >Your dream job (and if you already have it or not) Research, already kinda doing it.

>>	Anonymous Mon Oct 19 01:39:15 2015 No.7600038 >>7598735 Tu as fait le concours général en terminale ?

Anonymous Mon Oct 19 01:51:21 2015 No.7600050

>>7597483

>Undergrad

Mechanical engineering

>Grad

MS aerospace engineering

>Dream job

Aerospace engineer in the defense industry (landed my dream job back in May)

I don't need to defend shit. I design missiles for a living. That kind of speaks for itself.

>>	Anonymous Mon Oct 19 02:05:44 2015 No.7600065 >>Your major in undergrad IT & Digital Media >>Masters and PhD (if any) None yet Justification? Trust me, I have nothing to justify.

Anonymous Mon Oct 19 02:17:39 2015 No.7600080

>>7597483
Dude, believe it or not, music is a pretty fucking difficult career to study. I majored in mechanical-electrical engineering, but I studied 3 years of music in a comunity college during high school because I played guitar as a hobby.

I ended giving up because it was too fucking hard, and I just treated it as a hobby but didnt want those shit grades to follow me to college, or to have that hobby affect my real high school grades. I learned to respect musicians, tho.

And I work in the navy (not USA)

Anonymous Mon Oct 19 02:43:08 2015 No.7600108

>>7598733
>getting a PhD in finance
>fucking finance

Literally why if you don't want to teach at the uni? I hope this is bait with the source you included that's literally named "rumors".

Here's a news flash: no one is going pay you 200k starting just because you have a degree. That 200k is there because you have some sort of importance. Importance worth 200k = stress + work worth 200k. I can tell you with 99% certainty that you will not be making over 100k starting out of school. The 1% chance you do, you are going to be working your fingers to the bone or be in a position where if you fuck up, you will be in deep shit.

>>	Anonymous Mon Oct 19 02:45:47 2015 No.7600110 >>7600080 I was about to write about this. MD or PhD in music is pretty serious

>>	Anonymous Mon Oct 19 02:48:41 2015 No.7600114 >>7599033 >analytical Jesus analytical is so fucking boring. There's a reason why there's a really good market for them in industry: the job is B O R I N G. Go into biochem.

Anonymous Mon Oct 19 03:00:16 2015 No.7600126

>Undergrad
Currently a Finance Major/Math and Econ Minor if they let me sub out diff eq for something else (hopefully like numerical analysis). I'd love to take diff eq, but I don't have the time, it conflicts with my schedule for graduation.

>Master's and PhD
Trying to decide between Financial Econ PhD and straight Finance PhD. Not sure which one I like better--Financial Econ is a lot more model building, research on market trends, while Finance is more financial pricing models and and profitability analysis. Gotta talk to a professor.

>Dream Job
Academia. I want to teach and research. I enjoy teaching and helping people understand things, I currently work as a tutor and it's a lot more rewarding than a corporate job. Maybe some consulting on the side to make extra cash.

>Stereotypes
It's true that a lot of Finance majors are knuckle-dragging, money hungry rich kids. It astounds me how no one cares about how a pricing model (like CAPM or Fama-French) is created and its fundamental assumptions, all they want is to know how to plug it into their calculator or excel. Saddens me a bit, because my focus is really on how and why these models work. Not all of us are like that (usually Econ or Finance majors who actually do some math are more inclined to want to learn why these models price a certain way and the violations of assumptions), but the majority are. Please just don't bundle me in with the >lol I just wanna be rich and not have to do algebra in my daily life crowd.

>Why my education will help me get my job
I realized that to get into a good PhD program, you need to be able to do math, at least on the tier of engineers. I was decent at it and found it interesting, so I decided I'd pursue a math minor on top of my Finance degree. Hopefully, I'll be able to get into a top 25 program, I know some people at the school I want to get into and my professors are on very good terms with me, so hopefully I can actually do what I want. Fuck corporate work.

Anonymous Mon Oct 19 03:07:01 2015 No.7600141

>>7600110
Yes. Most people thnk that music majors are street musicians or adult men pretending to be angry teen punk edgelords, when the reality is pretty different. Adding to the difficulty, these guys need to know a lot theorically and practically, training their ears and hands to work with your mind on what you're doing.

It's really impressive when you bring a sheet of music to a pro and he starts playing it right away perfectly, and sad to place those guys at the same level of political science majors, since some of those guys can't even read a speech to their class.

>>	Anonymous Mon Oct 19 03:23:38 2015 No.7600166 >>7598752 >"my goal is to seem smarter than other people"

Anonymous Mon Oct 19 03:48:15 2015 No.7600186

>>>Your major in undergrad
Physics and chemistry current 4th year
>Masters and PhD (if any)
Not yet, plan to go phys chem masters though
>Your dream job (and if you already have it or not)
A cushy academia job would be nice But I think I'm too naive to believe that I would firstly get this job and secondly that it would be as advertised, so I'll say environmental /physical chemist

>>	Anonymous Mon Oct 19 04:06:48 2015 No.7600209 IT >no regrets possible =3

Anonymous Mon Oct 19 05:53:58 2015 No.7600309

>Your major in undergrad
Completed: BA Japanese/Philosophy (Applied Epistemology)
Currently: (2nd year) EE Undergrad - unsure whether to try to get into the graduate engineering program at University of Melbourne so I have 1 undergrad and 1 masters instead of 2 undergrads

>Masters and PhD (if any)
Aside from trying to get into masters program for engineering, I should go out and get a job.

>Your dream job (and if you already have it or not)
Honestly, I enjoy academia: Critical theory, applied epistemology, etc. But as an EE probably network analyst shit. What makes big bucks in CE/NE?

>>	Anonymous Mon Oct 19 06:51:57 2015 No.7600365 >>7600166 This is what my hippie brother thought when i started a STEM career. You not-STEM faggots keep having the same inferiority complex. Piss off.

>>	Anonymous Mon Oct 19 06:57:44 2015 No.7600379 >>7600365 all I'm saying is that if you're going into STEM only for the money or so that you would appear to be more intelligent than other people with different majors(STEM or not) p.s. I'm also a STEMfag, you fucking faggot

Deez Nuts Mon Oct 19 06:59:03 2015 No.7600380

>Your major in undergrad
Mechanical Engineering

>Masters and PhD (if any)
I'm planning on moving into physics upon graduation, if not might just do an MBA or something idk.

>Your dream job (and if you already have it or not)
Join the Australian Defence Force as a Mechanical Engineer and gain work experience, then hoping to move onto mechanical engineering outside of the military, preferrably in motor vehicles and aeronautics. Obviously the industries sh*t in Australia, but it's nice to have goals.

>>	Anonymous Mon Oct 19 06:59:44 2015 No.7600383 >>7600379 ...you're an assfucking pleb*(as a cont. to the first statement)

Anonymous Mon Oct 19 07:43:57 2015 No.7600445

Undergrad was math, working on graduate stuff now. To be honest I just want a job as researching faculty at a school that's not too cuttroat (some people thrive in that environment; I do not), but also doesn't hate its math department.

Everyone and their mother has something to say about spergs in math, but those are still not really the norm, at least judging from my own anecdotal experience. We tend to tolerate them a little better than some other groups, sure, but visiting a math conference, most everyone at least gives the appearance of well-adjusted adults. On that same vein, math has the stereotype of being the field of loners, but that's not true either from a collaboration standpoint nor from a social standpoint (I don't know how many pleasant dinner parties various facultypeople at my school have hosted after events).

>>	Anonymous Mon Oct 19 08:31:06 2015 No.7600513 >Chemistry and molecular biology >Second-year grad student in biophysics PhD program >Director of a department of structural biology in industry

>>	Anonymous Mon Oct 19 20:13:21 2015 No.7601931 >>7597600 this better be a joke. indians are useless hacks. any half-respected company wouldnt hire some stupid indian

Anonymous Mon Oct 19 20:50:56 2015 No.7602003 [DELETED]

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>>7597483
> Mathematics / Philosophy / Classics
> Mathematics / Philosophy (Current)
> Research at the Munich Center for Mathematical Philosophy

Also, career chart updated by order of wisdom

>>	Anonymous Mon Oct 19 21:18:44 2015 No.7602046 >>7597927 Yeah i know. I just hope I can make honors

Anonymous Mon Oct 19 21:30:34 2015 No.7602064

>>7597483
>Your major in undergrad

Biochem and Genetics.

>Masters and PhD (if any)

None. Thinking about applying to a few places this year, but I'm not sure who's looking for a washed up grad.

>Your dream job (and if you already have it or not)

I don't know anymore. After graduating I felt like I knew nothing, and it doesn't seem like you can really move beyond being a research associate with just a BSc.

I also didn't take advantage of my time time as an undergrad to do any internships. After hearing from others in the class that you could get a lab tech job easy with an associate degree I didn't think there was any rush :^^^)

Anonymous Mon Oct 19 21:50:12 2015 No.7602105

>Your major in undergrad
Civil Engineering
>Masters and PhD (if any)
Structural Engineering
>Your dream job (and if you already have it or not)
fantasy: Researcher in R&D division of my own company (also CEO)
realistic: a professional head of some sort, planting my assprint on /comfy/ chairs, retire as a university lecturer
>Then proceed to defend your degree from the negative stereotypes people give your degree and the people with it.
Electrical/Mechanical Engs will say Civil is easy and therefore they are smarter. The people who actually believe this have insecurity issues.
>And if it is not completely obvious, explain why the education you got helped you/will help you get your dream job.
Discipline and knowledge tbh

>>	Anonymous Mon Oct 19 22:02:40 2015 No.7602141 >>7602003 best chart i have seen

>>	Anonymous Mon Oct 19 22:19:41 2015 No.7602171 >>7597927 You don't even know the difference between your and you're. Confirmed for engineer cuck.

>>	Anonymous Mon Oct 19 22:22:16 2015 No.7602174 >>7602171 >joke >you're head

>>	Anonymous Mon Oct 19 22:27:59 2015 No.7602183 >>7598867 now i miss my 300zx :/

>>	Anonymous Mon Oct 19 22:36:23 2015 No.7602194 >>7602003 >music >fine arts lmao

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>>	Anonymous Mon Oct 19 22:41:45 2015 No.7602203 >>7602194 Classical musicians do require a former higher training than any college degree. They usually study music since the age of 4 or 5 in order to be proficient by the age they enter university.

>>	Anonymous Mon Oct 19 22:42:53 2015 No.7602205 I'm a freshman Cybersecurity major. Am I fucked?

>>	Anonymous Mon Oct 19 22:48:25 2015 No.7602214 >>7602203 People start walking at 1, does that mean that runners require a former higher training than any college degree?

>>	Anonymous Mon Oct 19 22:54:33 2015 No.7602227 >>7602203 Good thing that's even less intellectually stimulating than a Psychology BA.

>>	Anonymous Mon Oct 19 23:07:11 2015 No.7602245 >>7602203 cool claim, source or fuck off

Anonymous Mon Oct 19 23:09:09 2015 No.7602246

>>7602194
high degree in music is demanding, you really know your shit after you're done, and it's also in demand, you certainly won't be jobless with it

same with fine arts really. note, FINE arts, not liberal arts or some fucking "creative writing" degree

don't be so fucking ignorant

>>	Anonymous Mon Oct 19 23:11:38 2015 No.7602248 >>7602227 >>7602214 you are the worst example of the stereotypical STEMfag with no capability to appreciate the ability required in any other area of expertise than your own

>>	Anonymous Mon Oct 19 23:17:26 2015 No.7602253 >>7602246 >demanding lmao i've seen the workload from Julliard compared to a physics degree at a top 20. it's a complete fucking joke. >>7602248 stay asshurt with your joke major I respect artists and musicians, not the majors.

>>	Anonymous Mon Oct 19 23:18:40 2015 No.7602255 >>7602248 Birds can sing. Show me a bird that can write a proof, and we'll talk

>>	Anonymous Mon Oct 19 23:18:46 2015 No.7602256 >>7602248 >make a false implication >get told >YOU ARE THE WORST provide evidence or fuck off

>>	Anonymous Mon Oct 19 23:19:52 2015 No.7602258 >>7602248 /lit/ here. STEM is usually harder, especially at top schools. Just accept it, already.

Anonymous Mon Oct 19 23:23:11 2015 No.7602262
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>>7602214
Also true, how common is for sportsman to have started training at a late age (15+)?
But the comparison you've made is naïve, because it only take into account the dexterity needed -which takes a very long time as well- without considering the technical knowledge needed to be able to interpret classical pieces.

>>7602255
Show me a STEM major who can compose and interpret a decent piece, and we'll talk.

>>7602258
I am a STEM student, I just happen to appreciate art students more.

>>	Anonymous Mon Oct 19 23:25:36 2015 No.7602265 >>7602262 >No people in STEM are good composers You keep making unsourced bullshit claims. Provide source for EVERYTHING or FUCK OFF with your stupid ass bullshit. You really shouldnt be a STEM student

Anonymous Mon Oct 19 23:27:38 2015 No.7602268
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>>7597483
Guys... I had a phone interview today. Nothing too bad just basic HR stuff.

Have another interview ( data analysis position (math major)) and I'm nervous as fuck. It's my dream job but I have no experience. Very little database/SQL, programming is pretty good, excel is fine, but other than that nothing.

R I was supposed to be learning as a side thing but other than that I'm worried. Is SQL something I should be worried about not knowing for an inteo position?

Cut cat pic as thanks

Anonymous Mon Oct 19 23:29:34 2015 No.7602270

>>7602256
>>7602258
I don't even study music lol

>>7602253
>I respect artists and musicians, not the majors.

yes exactly this

the major doesn't really mean anything, it's what you do with it

this is not really about the major itself, its about the competence pro composers have, which is significant

it's the combo of having INTERNALIZED(not just rote learned) a metric shitton of musical theory and then applying it creatively<-a lot harder than most people think it is

really the major itself doesn't mean anything, again it's about the competence required to do shit like composing for large orchestras

Anonymous Mon Oct 19 23:31:21 2015 No.7602272
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>>7602265
I would provide sources but I'd be deprived of this fun.

>You really shouldnt be a STEM student
I am sorry if I don't think that studying mathematics makes me smarter than everyone else.
In your defense I can say that you're probably young and when I was an undergrad I used to be like that. You'll grow up.

Anonymous Mon Oct 19 23:33:07 2015 No.7602275

>>7602265
>You keep making unsourced bullshit claims. Provide source for EVERYTHING

lol

"an objective measurement of talent and intelligence required in high level musical composition in comparison to scientific fields: a study"

that shit don't exist

how about you learn a little bit of musical theory, get an instrument, try to compose shit, apply theory creatively, you'll get an idea of the amount of mastery good composers have. there's really no other way to get a grasp on this shit

>>	Anonymous Mon Oct 19 23:34:08 2015 No.7602280 >>7602272 I didn't make any claim faggot, I'm asking you to provide evidence for yours. If you can't then fuck off. You're putting words in my mouth because you're dumb, which is the same reason you believe bullshit with no evidence.

Anonymous Mon Oct 19 23:34:18 2015 No.7602281

>The researchers also found that, overall, the musicians had higher IQ scores than the non-musicians, supporting recent studies that intensive musical training is associated with an elevated IQ score.

http://news.vanderbilt.edu/2008/10/musicians-use-both-sides-of-their-brains-more-frequently-than-average-people-65577/

>>	Anonymous Mon Oct 19 23:36:22 2015 No.7602284 >>7602275 >I can't provide evidence, I know what I'm saying is bullshit with no real support >But it's totally true! Right now your only argument is "You'd know if you did music!". But I do music.

>>	Anonymous Mon Oct 19 23:37:18 2015 No.7602285 >>7602281 jocks dont play the oboe and correlation does not imply causation. i played trumpet for 7 years it didnt make me smarter. i was smart and happened to play.

>>	Anonymous Mon Oct 19 23:37:20 2015 No.7602286 Computer Science and Motion Design Going to be applying into Human Computer Interaction Grad, dunno about PhD or Masters, would probably return for that after some years working. Hoping to work in virtual reality tech and practical applications.

>>	Anonymous Mon Oct 19 23:38:31 2015 No.7602287 >>7602281 Thanks for at least an attempt. I can't find the actual research, please find it instead of media coverage, which is meaningless.

>>	Anonymous Mon Oct 19 23:38:43 2015 No.7602289 >>7602285 >i was smart lol Sure thing buddy.

>>	Anonymous Mon Oct 19 23:39:39 2015 No.7602291 >>7602284 m8 we can discuss this like adults, no need to resort to baiting, I'm not biting it

>>	Anonymous Mon Oct 19 23:40:14 2015 No.7602292 >Television/Film being poor scares me so Im looking to aim higher in the sciences, even though my dream is to make movies ;~;

>>	Anonymous Mon Oct 19 23:40:52 2015 No.7602293 >>7602289 scholarships for full tuition and 8k/year for room and board

>>	Anonymous Mon Oct 19 23:54:35 2015 No.7602312 >>7598006 is Rose a decent physicist

Anonymous Mon Oct 19 23:59:44 2015 No.7602323

>>7602284
I'm guessing the issue here is that you've never had an experience with music that could be described as "transcendental". When a piece of music hits you like a bag of bricks and you feel and recognize how a combination of melodies, harmonies, timbre, rhythm etc., dozens of interconnected things form a whole that's greater than the sum of its parts.

You have a sudden insight of exactly what the artist wanted to say with the piece, for a brief moment you share the same mind, same feelings with the artist, even though he might have lived hundreds of years ago, you "know" how the artist composed the piece and why, but this understanding doesn't leave you with a feeling "oh know I know how this works, I can do it myself now too", instead it is "oh shit, this is truly inspired genius".

I am sorry if this offends your sensibilities of objectivity but it's the best I can do

Anonymous Tue Oct 20 00:23:33 2015 No.7602373

>hey guises my major is better than your major
THIS IS EVERY FUCKING THREAD. There is no one working in the real world on /sci/. I work and graduated a few years ago. Let me tell you neets/college fags something; no one cares about your major. Your first job out of college will pay shit and you'll work in a shit company. The person you hear working at lolgole, faceshit, bleeter, or any big tech company/engineering company was the top of his class at a top 10 university. Everyone you're competing for the same job that pays less than 50k, with meager benefits. Your internships/coop didn't panned out because you were promised things by word of the mouth, not on paper. ALWAYS GET EVERYTHING ON PAPER. Engineering jobs are very unreliable for job security. Your whole job depends on the success of the project you're in or if the company didn't take a shit in their quarterly report. You want job stability? Work in accounting or sucking dicks. Also engineering salaries top out their earning potential five years after college graduation. By mid- career you're making less than a below average nurse. I always laugh at these threads because its filled with delusional kids with no life experiences.

>>	Anonymous Tue Oct 20 00:35:33 2015 No.7602388 >>7602281 Now compare those musicians with physicists. :^)

>>	Anonymous Tue Oct 20 00:41:01 2015 No.7602399 >>7602281 Before the 1950s. The US used put music and math together. This is why old timers play an instrument and know math really well; if they're college professors.

>>	Anonymous Tue Oct 20 00:43:29 2015 No.7602405 >Major Underwater Basket Weaving >PhD Masters in Women's Studies >Dream Job CEO at stock trading company

>>	Anonymous Tue Oct 20 00:51:42 2015 No.7602429 >>7597858 I feel you fam. Just started upper division courses from community. I didn't ask for this.

>>	Anonymous Tue Oct 20 00:54:28 2015 No.7602435 >>7602373 Not even made shit grads like you in community college Jamal...

>>	Anonymous Tue Oct 20 00:56:06 2015 No.7602438 >>7598295 seriously fuck this kid. fucking autism made manifest

>>	Anonymous Tue Oct 20 00:59:09 2015 No.7602443 File: 731 KB, 805x609, 1445079629554.png [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] >>7602312 no, she only as a B.Sc

Anonymous Tue Oct 20 01:04:32 2015 No.7602450

Is a Ph. D a huge pain in the ass?

I'm in my last year of undergrad. Did well. I just hate the fact that the work never ends. I like studying the subjects, I just wish I had time to learn and experiment rather than finishing some BS lab or writing some BS report.

Anonymous Tue Oct 20 01:05:30 2015 No.7602452

>civil engineer
>only undergrad
>dream of self employment which is one of the better reasons to do civil over other engineering disciplines

I got lucky as fuck cause my uncles are CEOs of a construction company and their sons aren't the engineering type. I'm basically the heir to a fortune

Anonymous Tue Oct 20 03:19:01 2015 No.7602643

>>7602262
>Show me a STEM major who can compose and interpret a decent piece, and we'll talk.

Dan Snaith aka Caribou has a PhD in mathematics. http://wwwf.imperial.ac.uk/~buzzard/maths/research/notes/sp2n.pdf is his thesis.

I think he is very good, although "muh art music" /classical/ nerds probably won't. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Yq_tDOFU5tY

Anonymous Tue Oct 20 03:32:49 2015 No.7602652

>>7602643
he's good

mathematical and musical ability aren't mutually exclusive. actually I would say that talented musicians also have above average raw talent in math, even if it's uncultivated, and the anon you're replying to was an idiot in saying that STEMfags can't into music at all

Anonymous Tue Oct 20 06:05:32 2015 No.7602784

>>7597483
>Your major in undergrad
Theoretical Physics and Pure Mathematics

>Masters and PhD (if any)
Not any yet. I'd like to do a masters in pure mathematics, and phd in pure mathematics whilst I work as a maths teacher for high schools. Physics doesn't excite me much, I feel like I'm not learning anything new or learning new techniques, and the labs are annoying. Maths is where its at for me. Even though they are more opportunities for physics than maths when it comes grad and postgrad research stuff.

>Your dream job (and if you already have it or not)
University/college Maths Lecturer for first years. Calc I, II, and III. okay I admit im a little egotistical, but it feels good showing to a large crowd people of what you can do.

>>	Anonymous Tue Oct 20 06:07:17 2015 No.7602785 >>7597520 I heard a rumor that 100% of people who consume dihydrogen monoxide die. Be careful buddy.

Anonymous Tue Oct 20 06:29:21 2015 No.7602805

I always wish the math undergrads at my school were more visible, as there's not much of a community here for the undergrads but all the grad students know each other. Then I come to /sci/ and just imagine them all as self-absorbed little shits thinking they're superior because they're passing calc 2.

>>	Anonymous Tue Oct 20 07:16:57 2015 No.7602846 >>7602652 >STEMfags can't into music at all there are always exceptions most of them can't

>>	Anonymous Tue Oct 20 07:24:27 2015 No.7602855 >>7602643 >recording jungle noises No discernible talent. Actual music https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PrIQbadXX74HWIFyLsE

>>	Anonymous Tue Oct 20 07:34:11 2015 No.7602860 >>7602855 >>recording jungle noises >No discernible talent. fuck you m8 regards the other anon who's arguing for the talents of musicians

>>	Anonymous Tue Oct 20 07:44:28 2015 No.7602870 >>7602003 im laughing so hard at that chart. Holly shit im ou of /sci/

>>	Anonymous Tue Oct 20 08:15:19 2015 No.7602915 >>7602870 you're probably in a plebeian career

>>	Anonymous Tue Oct 20 09:27:22 2015 No.7603028 >tfw lawfag with no job. >need experience to get job >need job to get experience fucking how

>>	Anonymous Tue Oct 20 12:21:25 2015 No.7603325 >>7597483 >womens studies kek

>>	Anonymous Tue Oct 20 12:24:45 2015 No.7603334 >>7602003 History over medicine >wat

>>	Anonymous Tue Oct 20 12:26:54 2015 No.7603335 >>7603028 Unpaid work

Anonymous Tue Oct 20 12:32:58 2015 No.7603351

>>7597483
only finished highschool

nope

smoking weed & have money magically appear, investing & shit
>don't have that job, believe it or not

I ain't gonna defend shit. The stereotypes about NEETs are mostly true. I'm 23. Too late for college and shit?

>>	Anonymous Tue Oct 20 12:33:57 2015 No.7603355 What does luthiery count as?

Anonymous Tue Oct 20 12:56:32 2015 No.7603397

>>7597483
Dropped out of high school, got a GED, then got an associate's degree in computer network system from ITT Tech.

How did this help? Well because I learned nothing of value through formal education, I had to git gud on my own. Now I broker commodity trading and infrastructural development deals and engineer the related logistics in developing nations. I would not have considered this my dream job five years ago, but after falling backwards into it, it's endlessly fascinating, and the money is obscene.

>>	Anonymous Tue Oct 20 13:23:57 2015 No.7603451 >>7597507 Silly cop, those are rocks.

>>	Anonymous Tue Oct 20 14:01:01 2015 No.7603541 File: 166 KB, 800x601, 61_copy1_lg.jpg [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] >>7602855 >recording wobbly strings and reeds no discernible talent. Actual music https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8inB7FAPHc4 that's how retarded you sound.

>>	Anonymous Tue Oct 20 14:17:06 2015 No.7603587 File: 618 KB, 245x185, fuckingminerals.gif [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] >>7597507 >>7597511 >>7597502

Anonymous Tue Oct 20 14:18:43 2015 No.7603590
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>>7603541
>>7602855
You're both stupid cunts, all music is inherently good and separating yourselves through taste is fucking vapid and idiotic. Accept that preferences are primitive animalism and that enjoyment of all music no matter what the sound is the future.

>>	Anonymous Tue Oct 20 14:21:25 2015 No.7603596 >>7597600 >computer science >monkey coding pick one

>>	Anonymous Tue Oct 20 14:22:59 2015 No.7603601 >>7603587 i lol'd

>>	Anonymous Tue Oct 20 14:24:59 2015 No.7603604 >>7603590 >all music is inherently good no. like in all fields, most material produced is shit.

Anonymous Tue Oct 20 14:28:27 2015 No.7603613
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>>7603604
There you go again with your one-dimensional scrublordism. Accept the facts, if you didn't have mass-produced shite music the beautiful music wouldn't even have anything to be compared to and thus it wouldn't even be considered beautiful.

Everything is inherently good. Get used to it.

>>	Anonymous Tue Oct 20 14:36:18 2015 No.7603634 >>7597483 [math]OP=faggot[/math]

>>	Anonymous Tue Oct 20 15:26:03 2015 No.7603722 >>7598566 Sounds interesting m8 >Biochemistry >Not sure yet which master, maybe biotech or bionanotech. At least something that's more applied >Something in the medical field If anyone knows some cool labs in europe for an internship, let me know

Anonymous Tue Oct 20 15:56:57 2015 No.7603781

>Undergrad
Chemistry(pending)
>Masters/PhD
Possibly get a masters if I can keep my grades up, dont think Im good enough to get a PhD
>Dream Job
Working in a research lab somewhere, or at a chemical synthesis company I'm not sure yet
>Stereotypes
Not every chemist watches breaking bad you fucks.and blowing shit up in a fume hood is usually an accident. Usually.
Not every professor keeps deadly chemicals in their office, although my professor has enough cyanide to kill the everyone at my college.

Anonymous Tue Oct 20 16:33:35 2015 No.7603853

>>7597483
I'm not an American so I don't know what a 'major in undergrad' is or why it would be different from my master, but I'm a medical student, gonna start my PhD next year(Radiotherapy) and my dream job is to be some kind of doctor/researcher. Probably oncology.

>>	Anonymous Tue Oct 20 16:40:37 2015 No.7603866 >Math >Math (starting my master's) >I don't even know anymore..

Anonymous Tue Oct 20 16:41:45 2015 No.7603867

>>7597483
>Undergrad major
My undergrad majors are Philosophy and Dramaturgy, but I have a lot of secondary studies in Political Science.

>Masters or PhD
I don't have my masters yet but I'm looking at either neuroscience or evo psych, and then I might or might not go for a PhD.

>Dream job
I want to be a communicator of knowledge, science and rationality. Teach the value of attempting to look at the world without biases, and ways to teach yourself to do so. I also want to help fight the shit nonsense that modern politics has become, and the horribly deformed look of the world that the media offers.

As far as negative stereotypes go (like I see in OPs pic related), I'd like to say that philosophy does have great value, particularly when it comes to logic, positivism and the justifications and deductions that lead us to value objective reality over subjective principles. It has a lot to say about the usefulness of different ethical models and how to make use of them in an effective manner. Perhaps more importantly, not all of us are post-modernist ideologues who insist in asserting unfalsifiable nonsense for the sake of their vanity and pretense of depth. What philosophy needs is to ally itself with the forces of rationality. I think the time for it to stand as a discipline of its own is past. It's value lies in being able to translate the goods of science and applied knowledge to language and ideological points that the humanity majors and politicians can understand, so that the bounties of rationality can be better and more systematically exploited in our society, as opposed to the more incidental nature of our technocracy, which is certainly efficient, but seems dilapidated and distant from the rest of society and our media apparatus (except for when they want to inject politics in it).

In short, I think science could use a bulldog they can throw at the ignoramus who want to play politics with it. Philosophy is equipped to be that bulldog.

Anonymous Tue Oct 20 17:08:28 2015 No.7603915

>>7597483
>>Your major in undergrad
cs right now, thinking about doing either a minor in math or completely switching over to actuarial, (if I don't just end up doing both)
>>Masters and PhD (if any)
lol, waste of time any direction I go
>>Your dream job (and if you already have it or not)
Nothing specific yet.

Nah, stereotypes exist for a reason.

>>	Anonymous Tue Oct 20 17:33:22 2015 No.7603965 >>7597483 Where is linguistics? You know, as in becoming a translator and such.

>>	Anonymous Tue Oct 20 17:48:07 2015 No.7604008 >>7603781 I'm a potential chemistry major, but a future of working in a lab doing synthesis seems so sterile and boring to me, I don't think I could take it. Which is a shame because chemistry is so fascinating

>>	Anonymous Tue Oct 20 17:52:56 2015 No.7604027 >>7597483 >do CS >take AI courses (Machine Learning, Computer Vision, Multiagent Games, Neural Networks) >it's mostly probability, statistics, numerical analysis, etc. >mid tier fuck u faget

Anonymous Tue Oct 20 19:08:55 2015 No.7604203

>>7597483
>Your major in undergrad
Electrical engineering

>Masters and PhD (if any)
Materials Science/Engineering

>Your dream job (and if you already have it or not)
I'm going to want to do some work in energy materials, how things turns out over the years will determine the specifics.

>>	Anonymous Tue Oct 20 19:32:24 2015 No.7604262 File: 36 KB, 592x578, ?u=https%3A%2F%2Fpbs.twimg.com%2Fmedia%2FByyCVgLCEAAcTb2.jpg%3Alarge&f=1.jpg [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] >>7597483 >Physics >Planning more Physics >I just want to know more

Anonymous Tue Oct 20 19:36:27 2015 No.7604271

>>7604008
My older sister got her b.s in Chemistry two years ago and has since worked in a water treatment plant and is currently working for Honeywell. She hasn't said anything about working in a lab all day being boring.

I love the lab experience to be honest. Like, this shit is mine, I am the alpha and omega of this fume hood/bench top or whatever. Where I can do science for the sake of science rather than having to think about the ramifications of how it can be used.

It's good you have an interest in chemistry but not necessarily in a laboratory setting. There are plenty of careers in chemistry that don't have to involve sterile white walls and fume hoods.

Anonymous Tue Oct 20 19:37:01 2015 No.7604272

>>7597483
>Major in undergrad
Aeronautical Engineering

>Master's
Integrated Master's degree in Aeronautical Engineering (working towards it, in Bongland)

>Dream job
Corporate finance/investment banking analyst. Yes it's soulless but there's shitloads of money

>>	Anonymous Tue Oct 20 19:41:20 2015 No.7604279 Isn't chemistry a precursor to pharmacology?

Anonymous Tue Oct 20 19:44:10 2015 No.7604290

>>7604027
The idea behind this is, I think, that most CS programs are not like that. Comparing it to CS programs that I have seen, you either went to a really good university or took only the best ellectives... or both. Probably both.

Most people in CS learn barely more than "how 2 do dis in piton". Proved by how, even today, CS graduates fail the fizzbuzz test in job interviews.

While in, at least, mathematics and physics probability, statistics and numerical analysis is literally mandatory.

You yourself may not be shit, but in general your major is shit and the people in it are complete retards.

>>	Anonymous Tue Oct 20 19:45:49 2015 No.7604292 >>7604272 look into Sales Engineering. if are business savvy you can make 250k+ out of grad school.

>>	Anonymous Tue Oct 20 19:53:31 2015 No.7604307 >aero >none yet >astronaut >have not achieved, have better chance than most but I'm not gonna say it's likely >not sure what stereotypes to defend against

>>	Anonymous Tue Oct 20 19:58:45 2015 No.7604324 >Game Development & Computational Physics >Planning on getting a Master's degree in "Computer Simulations for Science and Engineering" >Game Physics Programmer

>>	Anonymous Tue Oct 20 20:09:43 2015 No.7604339 >>7602785 It's true. My grandpa used to drink it all the time, now he's dead.

>>	Anonymous Tue Oct 20 20:41:30 2015 No.7604403 >>7604203 Are you me?

>>	Anonymous Tue Oct 20 21:11:47 2015 No.7604477 >>7603590 >all music is inherently good https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kfVsfOSbJY0

>>	Anonymous Tue Oct 20 21:26:15 2015 No.7604514 >Ecology (in progress) >No >Dream Job Wildlife Enforcement Officer >Defense I am a fucking idiot who is depressed all the time and literally just want to be outside all the time.

>>	Anonymous Tue Oct 20 21:27:55 2015 No.7604517 >Nothing >Nothing >Nothing How fucked am I /sci/?

>>	Anonymous Tue Oct 20 21:43:04 2015 No.7604550 File: 62 KB, 800x450, 800px-Karlheinz_Stockhausen_par_Claude_Truong-Ngoc_1980.jpg [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] >>7602855 >percussion is "jungle noises" Stockhausen is that you?

Anonymous Tue Oct 20 21:58:08 2015 No.7604586
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>>7604290
>Most people in CS learn barely more than "how 2 do dis in piton"

Are you trolling, retarded, or have no idea what you are talking about? What CS programs only teach Python? Pic related is electives at my university.

>>	Anonymous Tue Oct 20 22:00:58 2015 No.7604597 >>7604586 Those are the electives. Show the core curriculum.

>>	Anonymous Tue Oct 20 22:03:57 2015 No.7604608 >geology above molecular biology >life science includes biology, microbiology, microbial biology, and biomed It's shit

>>	Anonymous Tue Oct 20 22:04:41 2015 No.7604610 >>7603867 Hi fellow Philosophy friend. I think you're spot on, besides a bit of mental masturbation. For the reasons you've outlined, I got into Math and Physics.

>>	Anonymous Tue Oct 20 22:06:40 2015 No.7604611 File: 181 KB, 400x888, requirements.jpg [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] >>7604597 Here you go.

>>	Anonymous Tue Oct 20 22:07:09 2015 No.7604613 >Chemistry/Genetics >Working on undergrad >Surgeon

Anonymous Tue Oct 20 22:17:30 2015 No.7604626

>>7603867
I'm a philosophy student too.
I find it hard to come to /sci/ because of the permanent bashing against humanties in general. It is true that the behaviour of a reduced number of people like /sci/'s poster can hardly account for most stem students, but making the dissociation of ones and the others becomes harder and harder as the so called pop-scientists -physicists in particular- always seem to have negative comments on philosophy. It isn't a new matter -it's pretty much the same place philosophy always had- but the influence of the media which indirectly seems to have influence on students of stem disciplines, sometimes endorse those views -without wanting to be associated with pop-scientists- because intelligence is the university's dick size rule, and everyone is psychologically predisposed to accept views that flatter own's caring-matter.

>>	Anonymous Tue Oct 20 23:29:31 2015 No.7604721 >>7603590 >all music is inherently good and separating yourselves through taste is fucking vapid and idiotic no, just fucking no, some music is objectively better

Anonymous Tue Oct 20 23:31:13 2015 No.7604722

>>7603867
> I also want to help fight the shit nonsense that modern politics has become, and the horribly deformed look of the world that the media offers

not going to happen, it's that way for a reason

have you read Propaganda: the Formation of Men's Attitudes by any chance?

>>	Anonymous Tue Oct 20 23:49:15 2015 No.7604752 >>7604721 ok

Anonymous Tue Oct 20 23:56:16 2015 No.7604764

>>7604722
>not going to happen, it's that way for a reason
I understand why it is the way it is, and I'm not so naive as to expect to change politics en masse, but it's perfectly possible to enact some degree of change in the way it's discussed and communicated.

And no, I haven't read Ellul, tho it's in my to-read list.

>>	Anonymous Tue Oct 20 23:58:17 2015 No.7604769 >>7604610 >mental masturbation what do you mean?

Anonymous Wed Oct 21 00:03:19 2015 No.7604780

>>7604764
maybe I am a cynical asshole but I'm starting to think that most people don't even want a rational logical discussion on politics

they simply can't deal with all the complex relationships of issues but their ego prevents them from admitting that "I don't have the competence to have informed opinions on this shit" so they go out and look for the most easily digestable soundbites that conform to their preconceptions

the public political discourse is essentially a theater to make the "plebs" believe their opinions matter and that the people up top listen to them

god forbid you actually tell the public to truly educate themselves on all that shit, you'll get crucified

so it's absolutely necessary to have this infantilized public discourse about all the complex issues so that the actual experts can do their job in peace

>>	Anonymous Wed Oct 21 00:09:44 2015 No.7604793 >>7604752 m8 I can take a shit on the keyboard but no one sane would say it's better than this https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B8JEWfpPnRQ inb4 hisaishi a pleb

Anonymous Wed Oct 21 00:16:50 2015 No.7604807

>>7604626
Eh, I think a lot of it has to do with pop scientist like Lawrence Krauss not really having the patience to try to understand philosophy. It's fine, I get it. Besides, it's not like there's not a bunch of "philosophers" out there spewing the stupidest bullshit imaginable (plus the cronies of some old philosophers--equally stupid--trying to "apply" that cultish nonsense to other areas). I think it's up to responsible adherents of the discipline to rescue it from what ideologues would want it to become. I really think it's the least polluted of the humanities, at this point, and it's up to us to ensure it remains so.

Anonymous Wed Oct 21 00:38:05 2015 No.7604840

>>7604780
Hmmm, I see where you're coming from, but I don't think what I'm looking for is trying to get people to be *more* informed as it is to get them *differently* informed. I'm more interested in communicating methods to at the very least fight off some of the worst memes in modern politics (most of them nested in bland, lazy relativism or in a discourse of inescapable subjectivity). It's no secret that everyone grows more and more tired of typical, bland political discourse, so I have hopes that more and more people will be looking for alternatives more conducive to concrete (or at least alternative) solutions and away from the anti-positivism of the modern social and political discourse. It's not like newer generations aren't smarter, and a lot of fights have already been won. Of course, I don't pretend there's a way I will personally engineer a new enlightenment or anything like that, but I think it's possible for me to at least try and help fill what I think is a void in the public discourse and a demand for ways of engaging with data that are more effective at providing actionable solutions and/or are more able to help you either as an individual or as a society. Besides, I think we're moving away as a society from the old timey governmental apparatus and into a sort of more upfront technocracy. Maybe political discourse really *can't* be changed, and, as such, will die with it's presumptions and aspirations of power. If that's the case, then there will be a need for alternatives, which is also something that will need ideas and people to introduce and make those ideas more palatable, so that those not in the fray can understand the motivation behind them.

Anyhoo, this is all very grandiose and whatnot, but I think in practice it will look much smaller. I'd just like that some of the big ideas discussed behind the scenes, can be brought forward and into the public as I believe that both a) they could handle it, and b) they need it.

Anonymous Wed Oct 21 00:38:23 2015 No.7604842
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>Your major in undergrad
Geology
>Masters and PhD (if any)
Hopefully going to start it next year but probably in both Paleontology/Museum Studies
>Your dream job (and if you already have it or not)
Head of Education at a Museum, I've worked as an Assistant Educator at a few smaller museums but they were temporary

>>	Anonymous Wed Oct 21 00:57:04 2015 No.7604888 http://www.uky.edu/registrar/content/2015-16-majors Help me pick a major, /sci/

>>	Anonymous Wed Oct 21 01:03:42 2015 No.7604903 >>7604888 double in public health and health sciences tho l have no idea what the latter is, never heard of it before

>>	Anonymous Wed Oct 21 01:07:51 2015 No.7604914 what's your most despised major? mine is anthropology, I absolutely hate it, it's like a poor man's astronomy.

>>	Anonymous Wed Oct 21 01:10:32 2015 No.7604922 >>7604903 Not sure if you're trolling but from what I've seen, public health has lots of job openings in my state. A master's in public health brings up a shitload of openings in online job searches.

Anonymous Wed Oct 21 01:12:25 2015 No.7604927

>>7604914
>it's like a poor man's astronomy.

What the fuck does that even mean?

Anthropology is the study of the social and cultural development of humans.

Astronomy is the scientific study of matter in outer space.

They literally have nothing to do with one another, other than the fact that the Earth's gravitational pull made it possible for humans to stay on the Earth long enough to develop cultures and social mannerisms.

>>	Anonymous Wed Oct 21 01:18:42 2015 No.7604940 >>7604914 I hate art majors, they're all punk-ass ochem wannabes.

>>	Anonymous Wed Oct 21 01:22:47 2015 No.7604948 >>7597483 as a software developer, I would like to remind you all that software develoment is not a real engineering discipline nor is it a science. We live in the "Information Technology" group at low tier.

>>	Anonymous Wed Oct 21 01:26:43 2015 No.7604956 >>7604914 Torn between English lit and Gender studies. Gender studies I guess. English lit at least could potentially be in a different world a cool subject to study.

>>	Anonymous Wed Oct 21 01:31:18 2015 No.7604965 >>7604914 do you mean astrology newfriend? definitely gender studies

>>	Lame Guy Wed Oct 21 01:31:56 2015 No.7604966 I'm in PoopTier

>>	Anonymous Wed Oct 21 01:33:47 2015 No.7604969 >>7604922 yes public health is a good degree, I might have gotten one myself if the closest decent program for it wouldn't be in another country

Anonymous Wed Oct 21 01:35:35 2015 No.7604974

>>7604279
"The subject involves elements of toxicology,biology,chemistry, and physiology, and is a broad scientific field applicable to many careers in thelife sciencesarea."

Pulled from a quick Google search. You could get a BS in chemistry before applying to a pharmacology graduate program if your university doesn't offer anything specific to pharmacology as an undergrad.

>>	Anonymous Wed Oct 21 03:10:29 2015 No.7605207 >>7597483 >CS >n/a >either comfy tenured academia doing AI research or industry job in a field I enjoy My dreams aren't very big, but did I fuck up taking a CS degree? I'm in a top 25 uni based on IT rankings.

>>	Anonymous Wed Oct 21 03:15:33 2015 No.7605220 >Math and Economics >work in an MLB front office

>>	Anonymous Wed Oct 21 03:19:46 2015 No.7605228 >BSc (Hon) Biochemistry >MSc Biochemistry Going for graduate entry medicine next year.

Anonymous Wed Oct 21 03:48:08 2015 No.7605292

>>7598199
>I'd like to get into research, but finance is my backup, the problem is, I really don't know much about the system for stuff like getting into research or becoming a professor in the UK... too bad that all of the info I get on /sci/ comes from the American tenure track. Can anyone from the UK here tell me more?
Anyone?

Anonymous Wed Oct 21 04:06:43 2015 No.7605334
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>>7597502
>>7598987

>Your major in undergrad
Geophysics

>Masters and PhD (if any)
Starting fieldwork for PhD project next month.

>Your dream job (and if you already have it or not)
Had it. Was a geophysicist managing in-house data acquisition and interpretation for a nickel-copper project in East Africa. Small exploration team, good camp, great salary, awesome location and exciting project in a virtually unexplored part of Africa.

Unfortunately everything went bust when the commodity prices dropped so went home and am now heading into academia.

>negative stereotypes
Most okes don't even know what geophysics is. If anything they'll confuse it with geology. Usually say it's similar but with less coloring in..

Pic is somewhat related, it's a work vehicle the crew decorated with camel bones when working in central Australia.

Anonymous Wed Oct 21 04:11:15 2015 No.7605337

>>7600038
le bac général ?? Ouais. Suis allé à la fac après. D'ailleurs, 70% des gens en L3 venaient de prépa, 80% en M1 + des normaliens, 98% en prépa agreg (sans normaliens) et finalement en M2 j'étais le seul de fac. Mais c'est possible d'arriver à avoir tout ça en passant par "la voie de garage" des études supérieures.

>>	Anonymous Wed Oct 21 04:22:23 2015 No.7605346 >>7597541 >reached nirvana >fuck hot girls you are a slave to your desires and do nothing but delude yourself into thinking wasting your time is achieving something

>>	Anonymous Wed Oct 21 04:46:38 2015 No.7605368 > Engineering > None > Coastal Scientist ( working unpaid in marine conservation while in last year of undergrad)

>>	Anonymous Wed Oct 21 06:12:13 2015 No.7605449 Geology's no longer top tier since the hydrocarbon commodity drop out. Even mud loggers are staying put.

>>	Anonymous Wed Oct 21 07:45:19 2015 No.7605540 >>7597483 Where would programmer/software developer fall?

Anonymous Wed Oct 21 08:07:55 2015 No.7605571

>>7597483
>Your major in undergrad
Dropped out!
>Masters and PhD (if any)
Kek!
>Your dream job (and if you already have it or not)
Film director, fuck no. Goal is to stay at my current job as a software developer until I can get a better paying job and hoard currency.
>Then proceed to defend your degree from the negative stereotypes people give your degree and the people with it.
Get @ my $0 in student debts, bitches.
>And if it is not completely obvious, explain why the education you got helped you/will help you get your dream job.
It won't!

>>	Anonymous Wed Oct 21 08:57:18 2015 No.7605644 >>7597483 anyone do geology here? Whats it like? would you recommend it over Environmental science/ geography

>>	Anonymous Wed Oct 21 09:03:20 2015 No.7605655 >>7605334 That's metal as fuck. Living the geophysics dream, anon.

Anonymous Wed Oct 21 09:12:11 2015 No.7605673

>Your major in undergrad
Biology/Philosphy
>Masters and PhD (if any)
Will be going back for M.S after a year or so of this awesome internship/temp at a local Hospital. After that, hoping to do a concurrent M.B.A/Pharm.D.
>Your dream job (and if you already have it or not)
Either running my own clinic (hence the M.B.A) doing phase 1 and 2 pharmaceutical trials, or working as a research professor at a uni doing rodent trials. Not entirely sure what disease/disorder I'd prefer to work on though.

The CIO of the Hospital, who is my boss's boss, thinks I should get into pharmaceutical management/sales. She claims I have the personality to make it big, and potentially get into big shot administration. I also wouldn't mind doing some work and then being an administrative pharmacist at a hospital, overseeing purchasing, management, and phase 3 and 4 clinical trials.

If I can land myself anywhere between those 3 points in the next 2 decades or so, I'll be happy. My problem is that I'm always going to think "there's a better position, a bigger hospital, something better". I can't settle, it's a blessing and a curse.

>>	Anonymous Wed Oct 21 09:18:55 2015 No.7605682 >>7597483 >Computer Engineering with specialization in networking and web engineering >About to finish the major itself >Sysadmin

>>	Anonymous Wed Oct 21 09:59:54 2015 No.7605749 >>7605682 >wanting to become a glorified janitor

>>	Anonymous Wed Oct 21 10:04:16 2015 No.7605751 >>7605682 >sysadmin But why? What the fuck?

Anonymous Wed Oct 21 11:12:51 2015 No.7605880

>>7597483
>>Your major in undergrad

Biomedical Engineering

>>Masters and PhD (if any)

None yet, haven't decided if it's worth it or not.

>>Your dream job (and if you already have it or not)

Pharmaceuticals or developing prosthetics probably, haven't really figured out where I want to go with this yet. Any other Biomeds here?

>>	Anonymous Wed Oct 21 11:20:13 2015 No.7605890 >>7605655 Cheers m8.

>>	Anonymous Wed Oct 21 11:37:19 2015 No.7605909 >>7597483 >>Your major in undergrad Agricultural biotechnology >>Masters and PhD (if any) Fuck no. Academia is boring as hell. >>Your dream job (and if you already have it or not) Agricultural biotechnologist

>>	Anonymous Wed Oct 21 11:44:02 2015 No.7605919 currently at UB studying CS as an undergrad but they only have a BS should I transfer to a better school for a BSE or is it just shit smearing either way.

>>	Anonymous Wed Oct 21 11:45:19 2015 No.7605922 If you can even get a career in philosophy, that's quite an achievement

>>	Anonymous Wed Oct 21 11:47:12 2015 No.7605926 Nsa data mining thread For claiming to be so smart, you're all pretty fucking dumb tbh fam

Anonymous Wed Oct 21 11:54:13 2015 No.7605947

>>7605922

As an UG degree Philosophy is usually supporting another major for whatever reason. It is also a sound base for pre-law students, opposed to criminal justice. CJ+PHIL is generally the most common type of degree people have before going into law, unless your uni actually has pre-law; which to be honest is just a medley of CJ and Phil. with a title that can help you get laid.

You're right though, if you ONLY have a phil degree and you have no interest in academia, better pick up a trade. You'll be a tradesman, but at least you'll be a smart tradesman.

Anonymous Wed Oct 21 13:41:10 2015 No.7606121

>>7605334

That's awesome dude. I majored in Geophysics (Bachelor's only) and worked offshore on a seismic acquisition boat. It was a dream job like yours was, for me at least. I love the marine side of it.

But yeah, that company went bust so right now I'm just teaching in the mean time until I figure out what to do next. You think I should get a masters?

>>	Anonymous Wed Oct 21 13:42:32 2015 No.7606125 >>7598987 >Extremely low unemployment rate anon have you been living under a rock the past year?

Anonymous Wed Oct 21 14:11:38 2015 No.7606179

Is it stupid of me to pursue a degree in mech engr. despite the fact that I dont want to work in a cubicle? I want to become an astronaut so I'll earn my college degree first, go to the Navy/Chair Force and do my service, get my GI Bill to cover grad school tuition and then start my own company and do extra shit until I feel Im qualified enough to apply for NASA by 2030-35. Im 19 btw.

Anonymous Wed Oct 21 21:23:46 2015 No.7607263

>>7606121

Sounds dope man. I would recommend upskilling now while the industry is down, so yeah go ahead and do your masters. You'll come out of it significantly more employable.

Are you thinking a coursework or thesis type masters? If your thinking about academia after masters I'd recommend doing a thesis type. Unsure how the system works where you are though.

I'm in a fortunate position in that the system here allows a fast-track to PhD from a bachelor with 1st class honours. Have been told that it doesn't work like this in North America.

>>	Anonymous Wed Oct 21 21:36:11 2015 No.7607287 >>7606179 Just do Aerospace. It's basically the same, except you'll get to be surrounded by other "imma gunna bee a astroonut" types, better connections, more relevant courses, etc

>>	Anonymous Wed Oct 21 23:17:12 2015 No.7607451 >>7602268 Turns out they'll be training me in SQL Thanks /sci/

>>	Anonymous Wed Oct 21 23:23:00 2015 No.7607465 What Navy jobs have good training? Please don't say nuke

>>	Anonymous Thu Oct 22 06:31:31 2015 No.7607964 >>7597483 EECS \|\| Applied Mathematics UC Berkeley gunning for that phd tfw too stupid

>>	Anonymous Thu Oct 22 10:15:35 2015 No.7608202 >>7604339 Yeah It's a extremley slow acting agent, I have been drinking it for 20 years now. And its probably gonna kill me in about 65 years

>>	Anonymous Thu Oct 22 10:39:00 2015 No.7608227 physics/math nuclear/particle physics experimental physics with a theoretical background or work with thorium research

>>	Anonymous Thu Oct 22 10:42:54 2015 No.7608230 >>7608227 >thorium research lel we 1950s now

>>	Anonymous Thu Oct 22 10:47:49 2015 No.7608237 >>7607465 From a buddy of mine, claims that these are best branches for higher level programs as an officer. Navy = Medicine/Nuclear Army = Engineering/CJ AirForce = CS/Tech Coast Guard = Don't know/can't remember Marines = Killing shit

>>	Anonymous Thu Oct 22 10:55:40 2015 No.7608241 File: 10 KB, 211x246, wtf.jpg [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] >>7608230 >tfw researched since 1950s >still stuck with inefficient reactors using a metal which is almost as rare as platinum (hint: it's uranium)

>>	Anonymous Thu Oct 22 11:00:50 2015 No.7608244 >cs/math >one day >researchin dem algorithms

>>	Anonymous Thu Oct 22 11:29:24 2015 No.7608288 >undergrad Computational Science >grad idk yet >dream job idk yet someone pls help

>>	Anonymous Thu Oct 22 12:08:07 2015 No.7608329 >>7604626 please use "--" instead of "-"

Anonymous Thu Oct 22 12:50:56 2015 No.7608379

>Your major in undergrad
CS

>Masters and PhD (if any)
MS in Quantitative Finance

>Your dream job (and if you already have it or not)

Hardcore quant job programming models created by math and physics PhD's. I want it but I don't have it and might never have it (I just doubt I'll ever put in the effort to get good enough to pass the insane interviews).

There's very little to defend. CS at an undergraduate level is pretty lame. I wish I had double majored, or at least minored in math, physics, or EE, or just majored in something else and minored in CS (the only classes I would keep for sure are OS, compilers, algorithms, networks, and Objects and design).

I went to gradschool after 2 years of working in the industry. Between that and the fact that as a CS major I wasn't required to take a lot of calculus-based math (besides the bare minimum calcs 1-3 and probability and statistics, all of which I took in the early years), I didn't do well in the beginning, so my GPA wasn't stellar. I still need to get a lot better at math to get through those quant interviews.

I've nearly given up on my dream job and think I would remain content with just making applications, but being good enough at it that I can get a job somewhere else or make a startup when I come up with a good idea.

>>	Anonymous Thu Oct 22 13:27:18 2015 No.7608430 >>7605880 Biomed engi student here, my dream job would be R&D in prosthetics, especialy electronic ones.

>>	Anonymous Thu Oct 22 13:39:30 2015 No.7608455 >>7597595 I am a Computer Science major. Literally anyone can do it. Like all of it...

>>	Anonymous Thu Oct 22 13:43:49 2015 No.7608462 >>7597483 >Biochemistry >Materials Science >Make new toys for biology and medicine

>>	Anonymous Thu Oct 22 13:52:46 2015 No.7608478 >>7608237 thanks

>>	Anonymous Thu Oct 22 14:32:35 2015 No.7608545 >>7597927 >GPA kek

>>	Anonymous Fri Oct 23 00:12:36 2015 No.7609629 >>7597541 What if you get bored of doing useless things? You tire eventually and wonder where all the time went.

>>	Anonymous Fri Oct 23 03:44:47 2015 No.7610001 >>7597483 Master Microelectronic,PhD Nanoelectronic engineering, job Senior Engineer at Intel, Dream job Watching anime

>>	Anonymous Fri Oct 23 03:47:52 2015 No.7610005 >>7597927 >GPA CGPA

>>	Anonymous Fri Oct 23 09:13:20 2015 No.7610306 >>7597541 Now, this is a genius, you plebs.

Anonymous Fri Oct 23 17:54:07 2015 No.7611280

>Medicine/Medical Sceinces (my country uses the European system)
>MD-PhD (Still have a couple of years before I am done)
>Combining medical research and clinical practice, currently most excited about Neuroendocriniology, but it will probably change by the time I get to practice

>>	Anonymous Fri Oct 23 18:13:51 2015 No.7611299 > history and philosophy in shit tier I find this offensive.

>>	Anonymous Fri Oct 23 19:49:23 2015 No.7611478 File: 69 KB, 800x560, 1428398999274.jpg [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] >>7598003 >I'm a pipe fetishist myself confirmed for faggot

>>	Anonymous Sat Oct 24 00:38:29 2015 No.7612002 >>7597483 Does systems engineering qualify as top tier?

>>	Anonymous Sat Oct 24 07:40:56 2015 No.7612280 >>7608455 You're talking about IT. You're not doing CS.

Anonymous Sat Oct 24 08:22:35 2015 No.7612308

>>7601931
We had an Indian engineer for a bit. Asked him to help solder some cables because regular guys were overwhelmed for an order. He finished really fast. Everyone was impressed. Later they found out he used hot glue gun to attach wires to connectors.

>>	Anonymous Sat Oct 24 08:50:18 2015 No.7612325 >>7612308 If it's stupid and it works then it's not stupid.

>>	Anonymous Sat Oct 24 10:03:24 2015 No.7612396 >>7597483 molecular biology dreamjob is fuck off to the middle of nowhere and study birds or fungi or marine biology thinking of switching

Anonymous Sat Oct 24 10:13:13 2015 No.7612403

>>7597483
>Your major in undergrad
Atmospheric Sciences, currently working on an associate's in Computer Science. And before you
>associate's
me it's almost entirely to enhance my resume for meteorology applications
>Masters and PhD
Someday when I have a steady-ish job in my field I will revisit this
>Your dream job
Working at the Storm Prediction Center or National Severe Storms Laboratory. Not even close to there, that's at least a decade of experience in the National Weather Service down the road.

>>	Anonymous Sat Oct 24 11:18:00 2015 No.7612460 >>7598687 >implying engineering isn't like that

>>	Anonymous Sat Oct 24 11:20:41 2015 No.7612463 >>7598751 >social """""science""""" kiddie thinks empirical evidence is all there is to science

>>	Anonymous Sat Oct 24 11:20:50 2015 No.7612464 >>7612460 ayy lmao

>>	Anonymous Sat Oct 24 11:26:37 2015 No.7612472 >>7600309 >Applied Epistemology wut

>>	Anonymous Sat Oct 24 11:28:58 2015 No.7612477 >>7603613 >beauty only exists in comparison >but everything is inherently beautiful nice logic there bro

Anonymous Sat Oct 24 11:34:53 2015 No.7612482

>>7611280
No one criticizing, so I'm going to attack myself.
>It's not actually practical to combine both basic research and medicine unless you decide to work yourself to death
>PhD is probably not going to be related in any way to my eventual specialization due to starting on it 7 years before residency, so it's probably not going to be related to what I research in the future

>>	Anonymous Sat Oct 24 11:58:29 2015 No.7612504 >>7603965 Being a translator falls under foreign languages, more than linguistics

>>	Anonymous Sat Oct 24 15:55:59 2015 No.7612813 >>7597483 >law in top tier into the trash it goes

>>	Anonymous Sat Oct 24 15:57:12 2015 No.7612816 >>7597483 >women studies in shit tier >into the trash it goes

>>	Anonymous Sat Oct 24 16:03:38 2015 No.7612825 File: 67 KB, 500x491, 1435251303753.jpg [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] >>7612813

Anonymous Sun Oct 25 00:39:05 2015 No.7613600
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>>7597483

I'm doing my bachelors of science in psych and am applying to med school. I think it's a pretty cool major, alot more stats and math than I thought.

Got a 4.0 gpa

>>	Anonymous Sun Oct 25 01:59:06 2015 No.7613731 Is programming viable?

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