re: Gen Z will end up more successful than millennials

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Again I had alternative routes in HR or get an account degree but the pay raise was minimal and the work load tripled not worth it and something I’m not interested in doing. I know many people would choose that route but I’ve spent too much time in careers I’ve hated.

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You want to compare the bottom of the barrel most expendable “professional” jobs to best case scenario trade jobs. You are truly an idiot, which is probably why you had that job in the first place.

Do whatever you want dude, $45/hour ain’t bad, and good for you if you like it, but learn to use some context. Holy shite

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That shite smelled just like money to your dad!!!

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every night when I got home from work he'd want a full progress report for the day, it was about a two hour drive to get to the site to start at 7am, work all day, come home, clean up, now not every single day was like working in the tanks, but when I started to get a little frustrated he would remind me of how close we were to completion and how much we were going to net off the job, took a little of the stench/sting out

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I 100% don’t want to be an accountant the most depressing unfulfilling job I’ve witnessed with a degree

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I hear you. When I was in college, I did everything I could to avoid the accountant path and was adamant that I would not become a CPA. Ended up with a degree in finance and realized that dean's office were more interesting in pushing me through to graduate than provide actually guidance. They saw the C in my first accounting course, and the 3.7+ average in Finance and said keep pushing for the Finance degree, this is what you can earn.... Numbers looked great, and I was bought in and would even talk about the potential to family & friends.

As a am graduating, the roles that I am interning for in the banking industry start getting taken up by more senior people because there was a major layoff in the banking industry (at least in NO area) during the spring/summer before I graduated in the fall. Hit a major rut, ended up doing insurance work and hated my trajectory. Decided to go MBA route, and did some major self-reflection during Katrina and realized EVERYTHING I wanted to do required an accounting degree. Made sure I had the required courses to sit for the CPA without an accounting degree; and it was the best decision I ever made. I knew the public life was not going to be for me, but I also knew the best approach would be to put in my 5 years (ended up being 7) before switching to industry. Had my fair share of burnout on the way but had a plan in my head of the path I wanted to go.

It is not for everyone, and it appears you have realized that the accounting world is not your forte. Good for you, keep your head up and you will find your path.

With that said, you probably should not compare your future job to blue-collar workers. They will eat you up and spit you out, while making 1/2 to 2/3rd of what you do

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my dad made a "shitload" of money off of that job though

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I have a friend who used to have a small pulpwood business in Heard County, Georgia (West Central Georgia). When his son was 16 he came to him and said "Daddy, I quit school". This was in January. My friend said "son, I am so happy to hear that...I have waited since the day you were born for you to become a man and learn the family business. I am so proud son. I will get you up at 430 in the morning and we will go to work together. Damn I am proud son".

The son worked alongside his dad through the middle of August. He told his dad "Daddy, I have thought about it and I am only about 3 months behind in school....if I go to summer school next summer I can graduate on time. I am thinking about going back to school". The Dad said "and leave all this pulp wood to your daddy"? to which the son replied "I can help on weekends and after school". The dad said "son, that ain't necessary....uou have seen what not having an education looks like and are fotunate enough to get one if you want it". That bot went on to get an engineering degree at Auburn and go to law school and is making some serious bank as a lawyer with a pipeline company. One summer of pulpwooding convinced him that school was a cake walk LOL....

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Gen Z will end up more successful than millennials

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Well if they don't have something similar to the 2009 crash and Covid, this will all but guaranteed

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Millennials were the last generation to be sold the college scam.

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Scam?
Our kids all got degrees and are making good livings with them.
And one did learn to code - is making a great living in that area.
No problem if you get a degree in something which will empower you to earn a good living.
Or get certified and enjoy a blue collar career.
The point is to wisely figure what you want in your career and make it work for you.

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Wait I’m stupid for comparing entry level pay to what I’m going into


To mid level pay for a job of have years of experience in.


Are you listening to yourself?

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are you listening to yourself?


1) what you are going into isn't the trades
2) you prolly don't even get that opportunity if you didn't have your degree and prior education. they aren't offering jobs that require nicet to just anyone so stop acting like its entry level. it may be entry for that specific role but its not an entry level position.

and stop calling it a trade, it isnt dumbass

and listen to yourself.....mid level pay of true trademan is not shite at mid career compared to mid level pay of anyone with a college degree


but hey lets compare tradesman to professional tradesman....

lets compare plumber to an mechanical engineer

lets compare hvac to a lawyer

lets compare an electrician to an electrical engineer

lets compare a rodbuster(does rebar for concrete) or a concrete finisher to a civil engineer

hell we can get real technical if you want, lets compare a directional driller(dont include per diem pay) to a doctor

lets compare the foreman to an accountant

lets compare on a pay per hour worked and get back to me.

but you want...you are too stupid to even understand what the trades are

you are going into an engineering tech job making 42/hour when you could have been in technical sales and made double that in half the hours....how smart do you really think you are?

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Zero government loans or funding should go to liberal arts degrees.

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I would bet a million dollars that at the time you typed this, you could not accurately define a liberal arts degree.

FYI, biology, chemistry, math, and physics are all liberal arts.

economics is often a BA

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Sounds like you were not actually doing accounting work but more AP or AR processing which is depressing.

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You are correct, I could go into accounting and get my CPA but it’s not my thing. Most people I know just jump firm to firm due to burn out.