What Degree should I go to school for?

Trp2727272 · 2021-03-26T15:07:09+00:00

DO NOT choose your degree based on what Will ‘make you a lot of money’

Source: I made that exact fucking mistake because I was a stupid naive 17 year old too at one point.

RunawayGrain · 2021-03-26T16:13:08+00:00

I want to get a degree that will make me a lot of money.

Lots of people define lots of money as having a six figure job, though. What you have to consider are the inputs. As an example:

http://www.er-doctor.com/doctor_income.html

This guy figures out that a UPS driver makes more over the course of his career than a nonspecialist doctor. That's because the UPS driver doesn't have to pay back loans and spend years making nothing to be able to perform the job.

So don't just base it on the expected pay of the job, also consider debt, how many hours you will have to put in, and your possible 'career lifespan' as in how long you could conceivable do that career before having to switch gears. One of my boys did some sort of underwater welding for an oil company, and he could only do it for a few years before his body just couldn't tolerate it anymore. He wound up switching to teaching others how to do the same, but the pay scale wasn't quite the same.

xxx69harambe69xxx · 2021-03-26T15:42:54+00:00

cs+finance

tetrachromancy · 2021-03-26T15:36:02+00:00

Degree won't make you lots of money. Being an owner of a successful business will make you lots of money. Otherwise you're essentially an employee and depending on the field, top out at $100k - $200k.

What are you passionate about

Ethman2k9 · 2021-03-26T17:43:08+00:00

Well.... Electrical engineering would be a good way to go 😂😂.

My suggestions would be to first NOT waste any more money till you know what you’re gonna do. Second. Take what you can at community college and invest the savings (stocks, real estate, your own businesses, etc). Third - wealth isn’t about how much you make. It’s about how much you spend. Plenty of plumbers have bigger bank accounts than doctors or lawyers. Money made - money spent x growth. Living is a lot cheaper than you think it is. Point - don’t buy dumb shit and you can be a millionaire on a 50k salary given enough time.

All that aside. As for your career field. All the suggestions about the trades are correct. If you go to community college for 6 months and get a welding certificate. Take a job and In 5 years you ARENT making 100k, the reason is either you’re too lazy to work overtime, or you have no ambition. The same is true of any of the building trades. You’ll get time and a half for overtime, and there’s always travel work that pays per diem. That said. Depending on which trade, the work itself and the stress can make you age prematurely and die 5-10 years sooner than you otherwise would. Cancer, Alzheimer’s. Really think about if you wanna be a grandpa...

For those reasons could always go the Computer programmer route. You’ll be more pampered And prolly only have to work 40 a week but I’d imagine your testosterone levels would fall through the floor and your dick might fall off. Similar pay. Neither one requires a degree.

If you’re dead set on college stick to stem fields or psychology. Basically if you need the degree for the specific knowledge you get from it then college is worth it. I’d it’s a A degree that says hi I’m not an idiot you’re wasting your money.

benhurensohn · 2021-03-26T15:05:14+00:00

What are your skills/interest?

jeromeantoinecarter · 2021-03-26T15:08:20+00:00

You have to figure out your priorities. Something your passionate about, which why would you be asking this forum about, or a degree that will make “a lot of money”.

You were already headed down the right path with engineering, if you wanted a high paying job. A surprisingly high number of upper level executives have engineering degrees, even if they don’t work directly in their degree path. Anything STEM is good. I went accounting 20+ years ago and after the first few years of burnout hours getting my CPA, life gets better every year. Money is great and the higher up you go in management, the less actual work you do.

PhilistineAu · 2021-03-26T18:27:07+00:00

...finish the electrical engineer degree. Get a job but be open to lower salaries so that you enjoy it.

In your shoes, I would finish my electrical engineering degree and then go to law school to become a patent attorney. If you don’t have good grades though, that’s not a viable path.

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BidenSniffer6969 · 2021-03-26T19:02:28+00:00

Start a company for fellow RP men to join

KingGerbz · 2021-03-26T19:44:42+00:00

My degree got me an interview with the current company I’m working with. That’s it. That’s probably the entire use of my degree. 4 years of school just for an opportunity to interview. Now it’s up to me, my skills and work ethic to sink or swim.

Mktg degree working in sales. You can also work sales without a degree but I landed a really fucking nice gig straight out of college bc of my degree.

2021-03-26T20:02:55+00:00

Gender Studies.

roryburlon · 2021-03-26T21:27:03+00:00

Computer science, software development, finance,economics, architecture, medicine

Those are the best ones from the top of my head

bumbuff · 2021-03-26T21:32:57+00:00

Honestly, it's not what you do. It's how you do it.

There are million dollar landscape companies out there.

There are $80,000 a year software companies (1-man, 1 client) out there as well.

I did electrical engineering for 3 years as well. I did not enjoy it either. I then got a 2-year mechanical engineering diploma and went into sales.

Then for all the years since I learned and specialized as much as possible about niche products and how to design them. VRF, Pool HVAC, Ice area HVAC, Grow Ops.

I no longer chase sales, currently make about $120k

I've grown tired of it though, there's no creativity to the actual job. The money is basically what keeps me going.

I've started a side gig making wood furniture and other products and I'm developing a bit of a waiting list. I'm tempted to rent a small warehouse with some savings and see what I can do. But I'd have to also invest in larger-scale manufacturing equipment.

I just sold a bed for $2,200 (after material costs). To match my $120,000 a year earnings I'd have to sell 55 of those. That doesn't account for overhead. Took me about 20 man hours to make it with more or less hobbyist tools - and the sanding and painting clearly took me the longest. I imagine with a drum sander running 150 grit belts, a good spray gun, and a larger pocket hole jig I could actually get one put together and have a first coat of paint on it in about 5 hours. Doesn't seem so far away when you plan and think about it. (My current hurdle is making the jump and getting a warehouse)

Anyways, I digress with humble bragging.

There are million dollar landscaping companies, there are million dollar cleaning companies.

I use these two as an example because I worked for the former when I was in my late teens, and I play hockey with a former medical doctor turned cleaning business owner.

An hold hockey coach of mine said in practice one day (I'm sure he nicked it from somewhere else), "Good players show up for practice. Great players stay out there longer to hone their craft."

And it's true in any industry.

Be the guy that stays the extra 15 minutes (figuratively) and you'll make coin.

AND if you're still unsure because you're young (not a bad thing), go into a trade. Creativity meets money. And if you specialize in niche areas of the trade you'll make tons.

My brother is a mobile welder and makes 6 figures. I deal with refrigeration techs that are specialized in VRF with one or two brands and make a ton(pun) servicing large buildings. Another friend is an electrician, started his own company and making a killing.

It's all about those extra 15 minutes. Don't finish your shift and simply wait for your next one.

power_cleaner · 2021-03-26T22:39:37+00:00

Degree doesn’t matter connections and work experience do

funkeysnow · 2021-03-27T01:44:46+00:00

The logical solution would've been to go back and finish that degree if u only had a year left. Working in the field and engr school are 2 completely different things. Also finishing that degree could've opened the option of ecep or whatever military program that's there. Shoot ur shot at internships and/or regular jobs after service. Heck it's even possible getting a software engineering gig with with an ee degree.

Changing majors that late to start from scratch seems dumb. Also with an ee degree u could've shot ur shot at military contractor job and maybe start building relationships with the ones that are at ur vase or whatever. All that shit in engr school is redundant for the most part. If u do want to do smth else, then it would've been smarter to do that as a masters. Either going the business route or even the cyber security route. But my recommendation would've been to finish if u were that close. The people talking abt doing passions in college are dumb teenagers. U know what's fun? Making more than that shitty e4 pay or whatever u're on rn

kdsflyfree · 2021-03-27T05:19:51+00:00

A degree won’t get you a job that makes six figures. YOU have to show 100k worth of value. A degree is just part of a bigger picture.

That said, anything in STEM is a good start.

2021-03-26T15:19:31+00:00

Don't, joint the military.

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