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| re: 13 most useless majors "The moral of this story is basically to get an engineering degree. Nearly everything else can be self-taught." 35 years ago it was not common, but there were people with as little as a HS diplomia that basically apprenticed for a engineering firm then took and passed the PE exam. The ones I knew were civil and mechanical, had one for an instructor in college, was the only time he had ever been inside a college classroom. At some point just like the CPA and bar exam, they changed the rules where you must have the associated formal degree to take the PE test. Reply • Back to Top |
| I know a guy with an engineering degree, worked as an engineer for a long time then decided it wasn't for him anymore. He studied and took the CPA exam and finished his career as an accountant. Reply • Back to Top |
quote: I can't say I agree with this. Reply • Back to Top |
quote: I kick myself everyday for not having my priorities straight in college. I wouldn't say I was lazy, just uninformed. I came from a small town where everyone has the mindset, "just get the degree, that's all that matters." Bull shite. I started college too early and had no college prep. I fell behind and lost interest too easy. Ended up graduating in 4 years with a solid GPA and a GS degree, but I know I have mental capability of so much more. Luckily I didn't graduate in debt, but I did think the insurance industry was a good in to the corporate/business world. Bull shite. Now I'm 4 years out of college and can't find anything outside of insurance (and nothing in the insurance industry outside of sales). I'm back in school getting an MBA, but I fear it is a mistake as well (an expensive one). Now I tell everyone that will take my advice, to make sure they know what they want to do in college. DON'T PICK A BS MAJOR. If you don't know what you want to do, sit out a year, join the military, get a trade, something other than a BS major. Reply • Back to Top |
| The advice I will give my kids. A) Get an engineering degree from a school in the south and go work for an oil & gas company to start off. B) Get an accounting or finance degree, get involved, and network hard. Masters degree in the future (MFIN/MACCT/MBA). Reply • Back to Top |
| If I started over, I'd go Petroleum Engineering and then get an MBA. Reply • Back to Top |
| If I started over, I'd go Petroleum Engineering at LSU, work 3-5 years and then get an ivy league MBA. Reply • Back to Top |
You'll notice all the people who work in acct/fin have said that.  Reply • Back to Top |
quote: Me too. Reply • Back to Top |
quote: No. I was using the comparison to explain the unique value of arts degrees. I am pro-education, whatever the degree may be. Reply • Back to Top |
quote: I don't think you can do much better than that for a career in anything O&G. For a LA resident, LSU undergrad is the way to go unless you get nearly a full ride at a top 30 university. Reply • Back to Top |
| If I could do it over: 1. Stanford 2. Software Engineering 3. Silicon Valley 4. Island Reply • Back to Top |
quote: Yea, the market may be saturated at the moment, but that is definitely not a "useless" major. I know plenty of people who get direct use of that degree. Reply • Back to Top |
quote: I think that was a good decision. I can't imagine not learning the many engineering fundamentals in an academic setting. There's no time to teach somebody statics and mechanics of materials on the job. Reply • Back to Top |
I would have just followed through with the idea I had in over the second half of Xmas break in early 2007 to use twitter (still in its infancy as a popular tool, only exploding on the tech world) to set up a website where people could "check-in" to different bars around nola so you wouldn't have to send a mass text to 40 different people to figure out where every one was. I had this idea about gathering up all the drink specials for various bars on various nights, using geo-location and sticking a neat hot spot map on there, selling ads to bars on the website and doing some datamining. Use then newly created facebook open-login to get people in easily. Then I talked to my roommate, who probably would have written about 99% of the code (EE major and giant, giant computer nerd) and he convinced me no one would use it because people would think it was creepy, and I relented. God only knows where that could have gone, seriously.  Reply • Back to Top |
| Excellent article: LINK Reply • Back to Top |
quote:I do not see the appeal, what does a day in the life as an architect have to offer? Reply • Back to Top |
quote: You get to design buildings and watch your vision get constructed and come to life. That's pretty cool, IMO. There are plenty of headaches along the way, though. Reply • Back to Top |
| I'll be honest, I'm absolutely fascinated by things like tall buildings and bridges. I was thisclose to majoring in arch. Reply • Back to Top |
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