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re: If you were 18 & going to college in todays environment, what major/career would yo go to?
Posted on 12/27/25 at 4:16 pm to ShunnedHuman
Posted on 12/27/25 at 4:16 pm to ShunnedHuman
Plastics
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Posted on 12/27/25 at 4:19 pm to ShunnedHuman
Electrical Engineering. You can make a lot of money being one of the 10 or so people required to maintain one of those thousand acre data centers.
Posted on 12/27/25 at 4:38 pm to ShunnedHuman
Louisiana : lawyer
Everywhere else: computers or finance
Everywhere else: computers or finance
Posted on 12/27/25 at 7:00 pm to saintsfan1977
I surveyed for a while and being on the road was the only way to make money. I went offshore until the downturn and went Project Management. Still isn’t a dream job, but it’s easy and pays well. I wish I had went E&I straight out of high school
Posted on 12/27/25 at 7:12 pm to baytiger11
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Gonna have to learn how to fly a drone cause that’s where it’s headed.
seen some drone surveys pick up elevations within +/- centimeters to create a 3D surface without putting guys on the ground
Can't set property corners from a drone. Drones are a big part of the profession today though. There will always be a need for surveying.
Posted on 12/27/25 at 7:20 pm to GeorgeTheGreek
Production Technician. Be a Plant Baw
Posted on 12/27/25 at 7:25 pm to ShunnedHuman
Trades or Oilfield while earning a business or finance degree. Make dollars make babies.
Posted on 12/27/25 at 7:29 pm to Popths
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Production Technician. Be a Plant Baw
Lol I'm a plant baw ex contractor no ptech. Hate it, not the job mainly the people that are in these places. The money is crazy for what we actually do though.
Posted on 12/27/25 at 7:31 pm to AlextheBodacious
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Being a huge pussy
Bet you have your PhD in this, don't you?
This post was edited on 12/27/25 at 7:32 pm
Posted on 12/27/25 at 7:34 pm to ShunnedHuman
Child care administration in Minesota.
Posted on 12/27/25 at 7:43 pm to ShunnedHuman
Engineering, work for 5 years, MBA from a top school, investment banking
Posted on 12/27/25 at 7:56 pm to ShunnedHuman
I’d go the vo-tech route and look at welding or electrical work.
I considered underwater welding years ago.
Posted on 12/27/25 at 8:02 pm to ShunnedHuman
Engineering then law school. Patent lawyer.
Posted on 12/27/25 at 8:11 pm to ShunnedHuman
From the information I have, I would really use a mechanical engineering degree if I could do it again.
I suspect and electrical engineering degree is among the best paying.
I cant sit at a desk all the time and Engineers seem to get a good mix of field amd office work to stay entertained while being physically easy
I suspect and electrical engineering degree is among the best paying.
I cant sit at a desk all the time and Engineers seem to get a good mix of field amd office work to stay entertained while being physically easy
Posted on 12/27/25 at 8:22 pm to NIH
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I’ve always got a kick out of the dynamic on here. Blue collar adjacent jobs like engineer/construction management telling people to go to trade school. Trade school graduates making money to send their kids to college.
Both paths can offer careers with great compensation. Trades tend to be more physically demanding jobs vs. college degrees working in their respective fields.
My dad had a trade school degree and worked in oil and gas. I have an engineering degree and ended up working at the same company.
Having that experience, I support my kids pursuing either option that suites their personality and skill set best.
Posted on 12/27/25 at 8:39 pm to ShunnedHuman
CM Degree, work in power generation/data center or water/waste water for those that want to enjoy their college.
Mech E or EE for those that want to grind their way thru school.
My Cm degree and subsequent work experience has put me in a better position than most people I know. School was relatively easy/low stress and the types of work you can go into is endless.
Mech E or EE for those that want to grind their way thru school.
My Cm degree and subsequent work experience has put me in a better position than most people I know. School was relatively easy/low stress and the types of work you can go into is endless.
Posted on 12/27/25 at 8:45 pm to Centinel
quote:hell yea…
The impact of whiteness on indigenous transnational genderqueer
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mathematics
You racist piece of shite…
Posted on 12/27/25 at 8:50 pm to ShunnedHuman
Today I’d learn a trade probly welding
Posted on 12/27/25 at 9:53 pm to ShunnedHuman
Cosmetology, because the future is in space.
Posted on 12/27/25 at 9:58 pm to ShunnedHuman
Either nursing or math. Math would have probably gone the actuary route or been a teacher and pursued my dream of coaching basketball
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