I’ve always been interested in Philosophy, and Social Science rather then earning money. However, I’m in a dilemma of going to a Business School, since it seems like it could be a a good endeavor.
I like things where deep intellectuality is rewarded, so I’ve always been more interested in the Arts and Sciences. However, its hard to make it as an Artist, but that would be a really rewarding endeavor as either an Artist or an Academic.
I’ve also not really been much of an outgoing or people person, and a lot of managers and Human Resources anger me. I was working as a Dietary Aide in a Nursing Home and I wasn’t aware I was doing a bad job. All of a sudden one day, I get a call that I wasn’t expecting from the Human Resources Manager telling me that I’m fired for being an incompetent worker. This made me really upset and depressed, she didn’t care because she was psychologically stable. I’ve felt worthless since then.
I’m not sure I like the idea of viewing individuals as machines or mindless drones as workers. Can anyone tell me their thoughts if they have majored in Business, or have gone into a career in the field?
What do you plan to do with the degree? One of my assistant managers recently graduated from Standford with a degree in business—she does not make more than $25,000 per annum, I can guarantee you that. To be fair, she is probably looking for the experience while she can get it, to get a better job down the road.
Well, I spent 3 years of my life majoring in marketing only to realize that I hated marketing and would hate my life If I pursued it professionally. Basically, you spend a lot of time learning about nothing, taking various courses in finance, accounting, international business, ect, to the point where you know very little about each specific field. I decided to switch my major to economics, which was very costly and took up a lot of time, but was ultimately the correct choice. It may sound corny, but you should study whatever interests you. Also, America has plenty of business majors; we could use more engineers (don’t want to sound Veblenesque here).
Not at all. That’s the only way to go. Studying something that isn’t interesting or motivating causes the student to put in sub-optimal effort, and usually results in a waste of time or a damaged spirit.
Bear in mind, I just draw that conclusion from my experience. We all have the facilities to judge what we want either through intuition or reasoning or a combination of them. Don’t be quick to trivialize that judgment as an impulse.
Study what you are interested in… or what you value. If it is more important to be rich than happy in your job, crunch hard on the studies for the highest paying jobs. But if you are looking for intellectual pursuits, and that’s what you value most… perhaps you should study philosophy, or social sciences. It won’t be lucrative or glamorous, but in the end you will find it more fulfilling.
Anyway, I’m a deep-creative thinker. What are the odds I will become a TV talk show host? If I become a writer an major in the Humanities, what are the odds my publications will get an NY Best Seller? If I decide to become an Entrepreneur what are the odds my Business will grow multinational, or big?
Also, while I appreciate the TV talk show host comment. I complain about things a lot in real life so I’m afraid I will end up being some raging lunatic on TV like Glenn Beck.
Bachelors with a major in economics fair well on the job market. Entry-level positions often pay $40-50k.
Besides that, if your interest in economics increases, I think you’ll become interested in business. First, you might like macroeconomics, then, microeconomics, until you finally boil down to plain business and entrepreneurship. That is what’s happening for me.
I am as confused as you are with my career too. So you can’t expect anything useful from me.
The only thing I can tell you is, buy a couple of lottery tickets per week. You never know when luck strikes. But the odds in this case matches up with that of Glenn Beck naming you his successor.[:P]
I’m a Phd student in a field I love, but I’d be lying if I said I held out much hope for getting a relevant job when I finish. To go to school, you have to like the journey - or be really sure about your forecasts as to what will be demanded in 5 years. My fondest hope at this point is that, when I finish, there will be a place available at my old job, which I left to go back to school. Oh well, at least I have 5 years of semi-guaranteed employment.
About right, but also consider how you are going to sustain yourself/ what you are going to do later in life. Raised differently the question would be, what do you like to do, what are you good at and how are you going to make a living from that. Stated that and considering that I’m at an Austrian Economics forum. I’d raise the question, who of you has got their own business here and do you earn a living from it?
so I’m afraid I will end up being some raging lunatic on TV like Glenn Beck.