career choice

[Shankaroon_614]

The same thing happened to me for while..walahi I didn't know what I wanted to do or study...I even thought of dropping out one time...I am not the school type but I don't want to end up as a loser!!...So I finally decided teaching...I want to become a postsecondary teacher...2 year/4 year college, career/technical institudes. I have worked in couple of schools now as a teacher assistant...Alxamdulilaah I am getting the hang of this teaching...I am planning to get Master of Arts InshAllah...

So walaal u gotta search deep within urself and find out what u really like...hadaana ka baxi kartit!..I hope u find one/I wish u the best..

[Captain24]

I am studying Drafting and Engineering. Pretty promising career. You'd design the parts before it hits the market. No matter what you do, don't go for financing it's shitty job and it has a lot of competition

For the draft and design, you have to be good at trigonometry, geometry and physics. Also Calculus one and two wouldn't be required. After you master those and learn how to sketch parts in orthographic third eye angel(top, front and side), everything else would be done through Software. I like Solidworks, but Pro-e is also a very good one in which i am currently studying. Autocad is annoying and it ain't user friendly

two years of that, and You start getting paid 48,000 a year to start

[HAUDflower]

Like others said, do a job that takes SKILL. Don't do psychology or sports medicine or some other retarded shit.

Math is my worst enemy, but I manned-up and headed straight for Electrical Engineering, which is by far the toughest field of study - but also the highest paying field (70k w/bachelor's to start). 4-6 years of school for that kind of money isn't time wasted in my book.

I don't know why anyone is recommending a business major, they're probably some of the least promising fields - average salary is in the lower 30k range.

Go for medicine or engineering, there is really no other option. I wish it wasn't true, but that's just the truth. Any other field is a waste of time and is really just about training as opposed to skill.

[RebelLion]

Paidmonk

That's a weak attitude, you can make any field work for you if you're truly interested and have the ambition.

[HAUDflower]

Paidmonk

That's a weak attitude, you can make any field work for you if you're truly interested and have the ambition.

Tell that to someone you hate.

I'm talking about a BACHELOR'S DEGREE.

With a BACHELOR'S DEGREE, someone in engineering or nursing makes $50-80k first year. Someone in accounting is lucky to find a job, let alone make above 30k. I know many accountants and many engineers - guess who is complaining about salary and job placement?

Lets be honest here - can you even compare science/tech jobs to business or some other pansy ass, skill-less job?

[FAH1223]

paidmonk, not true

I know people who graduated last semester from my Uni in econ/govt degrees and are making $50k entry level

hell my cousin does marketing and makes over that

different strokes for different folks

shiet

[Ashlee]

Fah, most people don't make that amount of money though. Engineering and Nursing is the way to go as Paidmonk said.

[FAH1223]

Fah, most people don't make that amount of money though. Engineering and Nursing is the way to go as Paidmonk said.

Its all relative, thats the way the job market is.

I hate Engineering (been there, done that), and I don't want to be a doctor.

Too bad, guess I'll be poor. And if I go to lawschool I'll be $120k in debt

oh well

[dawwa9]

If you do economics and go to an investment bank, you'll make more money then all other degrees, how are economics majors useless??

The current richest man in the world has a master's degree in economics...

I've a cousin in london who does that and he only worked there for 3 years and makes about 50k pound thats 90k usd..

[Captain24]

Daww, One, It involves Riba, and I'd be sad to go for school 4 years and end up working in haraam environment

Two:You income is pretty much depends on the market, a big drop in currency value, and you are pretty much fcked up

Three: A lot of competition: Almost 98% Business, Finance and Economics students manage to finish the degree, and you'd have a lot of people competing for positions.. Engineering and Medical has about 60% graduation rate, and it's almost guaranteed you'd end up with a job

Just to give you an example, when I frist started my Engineering design school, we were 380 people, guess how many people dropped in the first and second semesters? 139!. That's just my school

[dawwa9]

In my country (UAE) there is actually an extreme shortage of qualified Business administration/Economic professionals, all the corps and banks are looking for them...It is so high they have to get their employees from Europe, America etc and pay them 25% more then their home country wages with no tax, for them to consider moving to the desert

Too many Indians here who know their way with computers and engineering

[Madd_Scientist_]

If you do economics and go to an investment bank, you'll make more money then all other degrees, how are economics majors useless??

The current richest man in the world has a master's degree in economics...

I've a cousin in london who does that and he only worked there for 3 years and makes about 50k pound thats 90k usd..

3 years and already 50k? you sure about that? and i thought i had a good salary...

[Executive]

Madd_Scientist_



If you going into Investment Banking, Merges&Acquistion, etc with a decent IB company you can make a lot more than 50k...I have a Ethiopian friend who works for BNP paribas he was pissed when he got just 20k as his annual bonus, thats just his bonus ka waraan??

[HAUDflower]

Business/Economics degrees are USELESS, I repeat. Finding a job will take more luck than skill, that's for sure. Anyway, how can you be a good analyst after just 4 years of school? Who would hire a kid when they can hire an older guy to look over the ENTIRE operation. With engineering/medical jobs, you're one piece out of dozens of other employees in the group, so anyone with SKILL can do the job as opposed to ONE super-person.

And another thing - you can go to community college or Harvard for engineering or nursing and you'll still make the same money. But if you want to be a good economist, you MUST go to a major school that specializes in it. That's another big factor. College is a lot cheaper for science/tech majors since they have a CHOICE in where they want to go. Do you think anyone will hire an economist from a state school? No. But they'll give a nurse or engineer the same chance as Mr. Harvard. And virtually all state schools and even community colleges have a big focus on tech jobs.

There's no point in debating, if you want a stress-free, straight-forward, respectable, stable career, go for science/tech.

[FAH1223]

Graduates with technical degrees, such as computer science majors, saw their average offers rise 7.9 percent to $56,921. Marketing graduates saw a 5.2 percent increase, bringing their average offers to $43,459.

Collectively, engineering graduates enjoyed a 5.7 percent boost, with average offers of $56,336. Specialized majors saw even higher increases: Chemical engineering grads' average offers rose 6.2 percent to $63,749.

Civil engineering grads experienced a 4.8 percent rise to $49,427; 3.5 percent for electrical engineering majors at $56,512; and mechanical engineering grads saw the smallest increase of 3.4 percent, bringing their average offers up to $56,429.

Offer amounts are up 1.9 percent for finance and accounting graduates, to $48,795 and $47,413, respectively. Salary offers for business administration and management graduates rose by less than 1 percent to $43,823.

Here are 10 other starting salaries for 2008 graduates:

Economics - $52,926

Career options for economics majors vary from private consulting for businesses to working for government agencies.

Nursing - $52,129

Nursing majors can find job opportunities in hospitals, clinics, doctor offices and other medical facilities.

Chemistry - $52,125

Chemists can find work in laboratories, pharmaceuticals, chemical manufacturing or research and development -- to name a few.

Political science/government - $45,594

Political science and government graduates have the option of working in the state, local or federal governments, as well as private sectors or non-profit organizations.

Human resources - $40,250

Human resources majors work as HR assistants, payroll or benefits coordinators, and in diversity training.

History - $35, 956

A degree in history (aka liberal arts) means you can be an educator, researcher, communicator or editor, information manager, advocate or even a businessperson.

Communications - $35,196

Communications has much of the same focus as public relations, advertising, journalism, marketing and business management. The skills you learn in this major are transferable to many areas.

English language and literature - $34,757

English majors typically work in education, but other traditional fields of work include writing and editing for newspapers and publishing firms, public relations and broadcasting, or technical writing for advanced industries.

Journalism - $32,250

Journalism majors will find successful careers in print, broadcast or radio journalism, as well as opportunities in media relations.

Psychology - $30,877

Psychology graduates can put their degree to use in the mental or social services sectors, as well as in business or education.

Public relations/organizational communications - $30, 667

Careers in public relations vary from orchestrating the PR for large, small or non-profit organizations; writing the communications for companies or even working in advertising.