So...Now that accounting is no longer a "safe" major...What is?

[NapBizzy]

Nice try, but engineering, nursing, and computer science are in the toilet bowl as well.

I'm beginning to think post secondary education, of any form, is a waste of time. What's the point of going through 4 years of school to end up unemployed and competing with baby boomers for entry level, 30K/year 55 hours a week jobs who have 30+ years of experience?

I've heard ALOT ALOT ALOT ALOT lately about how everyone majoring in the most "practical" majors still can't find jobs.

I'm thinking data entry is the only surefire job now, or just moving somewhere else that isn't the United States where everyone and their Uncle Steve are "going back to skool xD" and getting "ma accounting degweeee" and all the hipsters that majored in liberal arts are going back, with fists clenched, and majoring in accounting trying to get that 4.0 GPA to spite the system.

I'm getting the impression that there aren't any jobs anymore.

[Ooga]

Dentistry?

[Brenden061]

here op:
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[LowestScum]

Petroleum engineering

[BrocepCurls]

Dentistry?

this + medicine, probably two most guaranteed ways to get a well paid job

also engineering is sick wtf u on

[Nhlfanforlife]

how is nursing going down?? i see adds all the time in my city for nr nurses

[VTheKing]

In 5-10 years nearly all baby boomers will have retired

just saiyan

[brown_man]

Dentistry?

Sure if you want to accrue a crushing amount of debt, only to find that jobs are spares, and unless you want to take a 500k loan to open your own practice, you will be working at a "dentistry mill" making 120k if you are lucky.

[angelora87]

I expect a ton of dropouts from people who recently went into accounting programs. The first 2 years are just easy general bs, but then they'll get to real courses and realize that they're not very smart.

[AxATexas]

Theres jobs you just have to know people. Or work min wage.

[jml945]

It's a waste of time. Employers care about experience much more than education.

If you have the means, start your own business and write your own ticket. Depending on someone else for a paycheck will just screw you over.

[throwyo]

accounting is not equal to engineering or computer science....... lol

[agile321]

Please explain to me why accounting is no longer a safe job.

[v3n0r]

In 5-10 years nearly all baby boomers will have retired

just saiyan

this.

op, as long as you're not studying fine arts, you'll be fine.

[NapBizzy]

this + medicine, probably two most guaranteed ways to get a well paid job

also engineering is sick wtf u on

Engineering is getting hit the hardest from what I've gathered. Even my uncle, a chem eng has been out of work for 3 and a half years and still can't find a job. Look up engineering outsourcing. It's on the rise.

[KayCeee]

how come engineering is going down
you lost me there buddy.

[GALICKGUNVEGETA]

If you're going to say that engineering and computer science are in the toilet bowl, could you at least cite why you think so? It's pretty absurd to claim that with no supporting source or anything

[angelora87]

accounting is not equal to engineering or computer science....... lol

It's not, but for the average older person who hasn't done school in years (and wasn't that smart to begin with) or liberal arts majors going back to school, it's going to be tough. It's a lot more doable than any real STEM degrees, but still provides a challenge.

[MUFC]

Degrees cost more, and are worth so much less now a days.

If I was 18 again, I'd probably do an apprenticeship as a mechanic, carpenter or plumber (srs). As it stands, I'm toiling away at a fruitless Applied Math/Stats degree.

[BrocepCurls]

Engineering is getting hit the hardest from what I've gathered. Even my uncle, a chem eng has been out of work for 3 and a half years and still can't find a job. Look up engineering outsourcing. It's on the rise.

Perhaps, but compared to most degrees, engineers are still doing very well for themselves. as for your uncles situation, isthisreallife.jpg not sure how thats possible

Sure if you want to accrue a crushing amount of debt, only to find that jobs are spares, and unless you want to take a 500k loan to open your own practice, you will be working at a "dentistry mill" making 120k if you are lucky.

this is just BS

[FSUFAN11]

If you're the best at what you do, you'll get a job in accounting. if you are a dipsh*t, it doesnt matter what your degree is in. Find me a 4.0 in accounting at a good school that doesnt have a job.

[Scrizzle]

Age: 19

ITT: OP is using anecdotal stories from slack off jackasses to form generalizations about career availability in good fields.

Don't know where the **** you're getting your information from, but those are still great fields to find jobs in.

[nick187]

Fcuk school !

Time to learn a trade !

[guyonaforum]

engineering is in the toilet bowl?

Who are these retards that you are consulting with in regards to how the world works, son?


You're talking to dumb people/angry losers. Nursing jobs are everywhere and so are engineering jobs. And sh** so are accounting jobs. Wtf you talking about son?

Nothing is a sure thing like it was a decade ago, but the industries at-large are all flourishing...

[NapBizzy]

Degrees cost more, and are worth so much less now a days.

If I was 18 again, I'd probably do an apprenticeship as a mechanic, carpenter or plumber (srs). As it stands, I'm toiling away at a fruitless Applied Math/Stats degree.

This is what I'm thinking. Trades/vocational schools are the only surefire ways to find a job these days without having to go through three-phase, multi-tier, essay required job interviews that only intend on hiring 1 out of 150 applicants.

[BurrowedLurker]

IMO, you should get minors in statistics, applied math, and basic programming. Then choose Engineering, Chemistry, Biology, or Economics for your major. The math and the programming minors would probably help you out in the long run more than anything.

[CalumDoesntLift]

engineering is in the toilet bowl; any half-decent engineering company will have about 250-300 applications for each vacant position, most with 1st class degrees (based on personal experience with building services & industrial engineering firms)
notice most of these are degrees that were seen as safe = massive numbers of people taking them = hugely competitive now, there are other confounding factors like reduced spending, and jobs in law being subsumed (subsumed? is this the right word?) by the growing IT sector

[HMFIC_BROWSIN]

barista @ starbucks

[jesuittiger]

If you can get into medical school or dental school then you're guaranteed to make big money. That's only if you want to study your ass off in college though. If you're gonna get a liberal arts degree, just forget it and attend a vocational trade school or something. The average person will never need a philosopher or writer, but they'll always need a carpenter or plumber.

[RMI]

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