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If you had a son starting College.

Posted on 5/8/26 at 7:17 am
Posted by The Torch
DFW The Dub
Member since Aug 2014
30435 posts
Posted on 5/8/26 at 7:17 am
With AI coming to wipe out most white collar jobs, what suggestions would you give him as far as a major ?

Posted by Vood
Member since Dec 2007
8623 posts
Posted on 5/8/26 at 7:18 am to
Engineering.
Posted by W2NOMO
Member since Jul 2025
3221 posts
Posted on 5/8/26 at 7:19 am to
Don’t take loans.
Posted by Trapped in time
Member since Mar 2023
629 posts
Posted on 5/8/26 at 7:20 am to
Nursing
Posted by tigerinthebueche
Member since Oct 2010
38229 posts
Posted on 5/8/26 at 7:21 am to
Midwest Welding Academy.

You’re welcome.
Posted by adamau
Member since Oct 2020
4337 posts
Posted on 5/8/26 at 7:21 am to
Dont go

Learn a hard skill trade and build a business
Posted by forkedintheroad
Member since Feb 2025
2699 posts
Posted on 5/8/26 at 7:22 am to
AI management
Posted by MFTPC
Member since Apr 2026
149 posts
Posted on 5/8/26 at 7:22 am to
Plastics
Posted by AlextheBodacious
Member since Oct 2020
4022 posts
Posted on 5/8/26 at 7:23 am to
quote:

what suggestions would you give him as far as a major ?

Knuck checkin’
Posted by NIH
Member since Aug 2008
124905 posts
Posted on 5/8/26 at 7:26 am to
If he doesn’t want to listen to libturd professors, send him to vo-tech. Make sure he can drive home while drinking tallboys and is up to date on the current child support laws.
Posted by FliesByNight
Whale, wail, well
Member since Apr 2026
444 posts
Posted on 5/8/26 at 7:28 am to
quote:

Learn a hard skill trade and build a business


Most people that recommend the trades have never done the trades. It destroys your body.
Posted by dstone12
Texan
Member since Jan 2007
41289 posts
Posted on 5/8/26 at 7:29 am to
Sales

Industrial sales was my minor. It helped me more than my major did.
Posted by Raging Tiger
Teedy Town
Member since Jun 2023
1325 posts
Posted on 5/8/26 at 7:32 am to
Nurse Anesthetist… this is the way.
This post was edited on 5/8/26 at 7:33 am
Posted by Slevin7
Member since Sep 2015
2833 posts
Posted on 5/8/26 at 7:33 am to
Sales

Or quantum computer engineering
Posted by TROLA
BATON ROUGE
Member since Apr 2004
14981 posts
Posted on 5/8/26 at 7:38 am to
If he’s really smart… some type of bio engineering or aerospace engineering.. I firmly believe top end finance people will be in high demand but ultimately the most important aspect is making the connections and positioning yourself in the next wave.. Regardless of what people believe… AI will not completely decimate the white collar market.. capitalism requires continuous economic expansion via personal spending and . , Unless we can sustain a universal income which we can’t presently, we will have a middle class of office workers albeit scaled downwards

These of course don’t include the blue collar skilled and maintenance workforce
This post was edited on 5/8/26 at 7:40 am
Posted by dyslexiateechur
Louisiana
Member since Jan 2009
36758 posts
Posted on 5/8/26 at 7:40 am to
Chemistry.
Posted by ipodking
#StopTalkingAboutWomensSports
Member since Jun 2008
59038 posts
Posted on 5/8/26 at 7:43 am to
Tell him that college is a failed institution and the economy will collapse soon.

Tell him to stay at home, start a regenerative farm, and learn as much as you can about homesteading and living off the land

Learn how to shoot, workout, and prepare for what’s coming
Posted by HubbaBubba
North of DFW, TX
Member since Oct 2010
52633 posts
Posted on 5/8/26 at 7:44 am to
We had this discussion a long time ago. My wife is a cloud, data systems and SAP architect. My daughter received a finance degree in 2023 with an emphasis on commercial real estate. She's working as a financial analyst with the Investment Management Group at Greystar, where they manage an $80 billion portfolio.

My son is in his sophomore year and deep into finals, in engineering, and his emphasis is automotive and aerodynamics. He already holds a ton of auto mechanic certs.

Posted by gptigers
East Tennessee
Member since Dec 2010
234 posts
Posted on 5/8/26 at 7:46 am to
Definitely something in the STEM disciplines. I would argue that what he chooses as his major is less important than his ability to build a network amongst students & faculty and to learn how to be independent, both as a person and in the 'workplace.'
Posted by GeauxGutsy
Member since Jul 2017
5994 posts
Posted on 5/8/26 at 7:53 am to
CRNA’s name their price
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