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re: What degree program would you steer your kid towards??
Posted on 4/23/19 at 12:26 pm to Tyga Woods
Posted on 4/23/19 at 12:26 pm to Tyga Woods
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Assuming he/she were a junior in high school with no real interest in anything particular.
What current career with a positive job growth outlook has the best work/life balance while also allowing you to earn a decent living?
What state or metro area would you steer them towards for best quality of life but also a lot of job opportunities?
Thanks
TW
Would probably steer him towards a job and something while he figures out what he would be interested in. Getting a random degree without any real direction is quite an expensive undertaking these days.
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Posted on 4/23/19 at 12:27 pm to BeerMoney
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I find most younger technology professionals Come in thinking their in the technology business not realizing they’re really in healthcare, construction, aerospace, etc.
Yep, be able to speak business (hopefully a specific business, healthcare, finance, etc...)to business folks, and technology to technology folks and you're set.
Undergraduate degree in informatics with a concentration in whatever business field they are interested in, and an MBA.
Posted on 4/23/19 at 12:28 pm to ColoradoAg03
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Computer sciences/programming, etc.
The kid doesn’t even have to Goto college for this. Fork over the $15k for a 13 weeks boot camp and he’ll be making $65k+ when all his friends are starting undergrad
Posted on 4/23/19 at 12:28 pm to Tigeralum2008
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That's what I'm hoping.
He's currently breaking into WAPs and learning how to build "Man in the Middle" data capture techniques using various exploits.
Sounds like he's got the right motivation already. More so than any other technical field out there, if you're not constantly learning and improving your skillset you're going to get burned in the cyber world.
I spend at least half of my day every day just doing research/testing. Thankfully I work in an environment that understands my role is vastly different than the rest of the IT department.
Posted on 4/23/19 at 12:29 pm to Tyga Woods
Dr. Vagina Builder/Penis Chopper
Posted on 4/23/19 at 12:30 pm to Gaston
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They should study what love, and do it well. College is for an education
Eh, if I looked at it this way I would've probably ended up with a dual degree in English and History, and I'd probably be a barista right now
Posted on 4/23/19 at 12:30 pm to ellishughtiger
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The kid doesn’t even have to Goto college for this. Fork over the $15k for a 13 weeks boot camp and he’ll be making $65k+ when all his friends are starting undergrad
However for any sort of upward mobility you need the degree.
Posted on 4/23/19 at 12:30 pm to Tyga Woods
Lot of great answers in here. Thanks fellas
Posted on 4/23/19 at 12:41 pm to ellishughtiger
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The kid doesn’t even have to Goto college for this. Fork over the $15k for a 13 weeks boot camp and he’ll be making $65k+ when all his friends are starting undergrad
Not so much these days, market is still flooded with entry level coders, very few have any real skills (like debugging their own code...its not taught in those bootcamps) and they do not last long in the industry.
Posted on 4/23/19 at 12:42 pm to Epic Cajun
Or the CEO, who knows?
Posted on 4/23/19 at 12:44 pm to ellishughtiger
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The kid doesn’t even have to Goto college for this. Fork over the $15k for a 13 weeks boot camp and he’ll be making $65k+ when all his friends are starting undergrad
yeah, .....that's one option and maybe the best option for some.
but long term it would definitely be worth it to have a degree if they want to make a full time career out of it.
Posted on 4/23/19 at 12:51 pm to Tyga Woods
Show him/her how to change and install new electrical breakers, lights, etc. In series and parallel.
That by itself will make good money.
That by itself will make good money.
Posted on 4/23/19 at 12:57 pm to Tyga Woods
EE ECE CSC, for when skynet takes over the human race they will see worth in these specialties
Posted on 4/23/19 at 12:58 pm to Tyga Woods
Stripping is recession proof
Posted on 4/23/19 at 1:00 pm to Cocotheape
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Accounting
Logistics
sure, if you want to hate your job/life, do these
Posted on 4/23/19 at 1:01 pm to DrunkerThanThou
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Stripping is recession proof
Posted on 4/23/19 at 1:02 pm to Tyga Woods
Information systems and decision sciences ( business intelligence track)
Can go healthcare IT, any analytic or data analysis job, the options are endless
Can go healthcare IT, any analytic or data analysis job, the options are endless
This post was edited on 4/23/19 at 1:06 pm
Posted on 4/23/19 at 1:06 pm to Tyga Woods
Get an ag eng. & business degree, become well rounded and then make friends with (and demonstrate your worth to) wealthy people, then work for them, then become well-off themselves in both work and finances. (And I mean showing their worth to/working for the TRULY wealthy; NOT "having the time to join the OT 50k post club wealthy" and/or "financing everything to the max wealthy.")
Aka, pursue only what they have interest in, and by interest I mean a career that quite literally fits in with their worldview and their lifestyle that exists outside of their "9 to 5'er". They'll need to buckle their chinstrap though; because that will usually mean rice and beans for some amount of time. That said, old King Solomon said it best in Ecclesiastes 5:12, "Sweet is the sleep of the laborer whether he eats little or much, but the rich man's full belly will not permit it."
For some prudent men, they chose option B: working in a field that they don't necessarily love like option A, but one that allows a great income with the flexibility to continue living the lifestyle that exists outside of work, but imo that's far behind option A regarding complete quality of life. Their is no option C regarding healthy, fulfilling work-life balance.
In this country, the key to successful people is the people they surround themselves with. Success is a lifestyle, and so is self-pity, failure and strife. Prove that wrong and I'll give you some turkey hunting land.
The OT Twitter length option is to become a plumber and only deal with new construction and big install jobs like water mains, boring, etc., and move to a mid-sized city with only 1 or maybe no such enterprises and monopolize. Some of the richest people I know are plumbers who only do the big stuff and new builds and who are one of, if the not the ONLY, option in town. Most are backed up for months.
Aka, pursue only what they have interest in, and by interest I mean a career that quite literally fits in with their worldview and their lifestyle that exists outside of their "9 to 5'er". They'll need to buckle their chinstrap though; because that will usually mean rice and beans for some amount of time. That said, old King Solomon said it best in Ecclesiastes 5:12, "Sweet is the sleep of the laborer whether he eats little or much, but the rich man's full belly will not permit it."
For some prudent men, they chose option B: working in a field that they don't necessarily love like option A, but one that allows a great income with the flexibility to continue living the lifestyle that exists outside of work, but imo that's far behind option A regarding complete quality of life. Their is no option C regarding healthy, fulfilling work-life balance.
In this country, the key to successful people is the people they surround themselves with. Success is a lifestyle, and so is self-pity, failure and strife. Prove that wrong and I'll give you some turkey hunting land.
The OT Twitter length option is to become a plumber and only deal with new construction and big install jobs like water mains, boring, etc., and move to a mid-sized city with only 1 or maybe no such enterprises and monopolize. Some of the richest people I know are plumbers who only do the big stuff and new builds and who are one of, if the not the ONLY, option in town. Most are backed up for months.
Posted on 4/23/19 at 1:07 pm to Tyga Woods
Nursing. Anywhere in California.
Posted on 4/23/19 at 1:07 pm to Tyga Woods
Plumbing
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