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I wish I would have known then that a BS in mathematics is only a stepping stone and cannot be used by itself - of course, hindsight is always 20/20.
I know someone with two college degrees -- math and biology -- and she works in retail/inventory, scanning clothes at slutty teenage girl stores at the mall in the midde of the night. Seriously, the degrees are that worthless.
I wish I would have known then that a BS in mathematics is only a stepping stone and cannot be used by itself - of course, hindsight is always 20/20.
I know someone with two college degrees -- math and biology -- and she works in retail/inventory, scanning clothes at slutty teenage girl stores at the mall in the midde of the night. Seriously, the degrees are that worthless.
Did you guys do any career research at all? Are you doing some now? Why not look into taking some of those actuary tests? Why not look into how much you can make with that? You have the internet --do you have any idea what life was like before that? You had to go to the library. Or, pick mathguy's brain--he's obviously doing something right.
Did you guys do any career research at all? Are you doing some now? Why not look into taking some of those actuary tests? Why not look into how much you can make with that? You have the internet --do you have any idea what life was like before that? You had to go to the library. Or, pick mathguy's brain--he's obviously doing something right.
I did take actuarial exams. I didn't finish, because I can't study and work full-time simultaneously. I took the exams while I was a university student.
With some exams passed, getting a job was pretty easy, but not anymore. The few job openings are in healthcare and require healthcare experience, which I don't have.
While it's true that for some people, their employer pays the exam fees and gives time off to study, it's pretty rare. I've been looking for a job in the study program for 14 years and have yet to even interview.
My interest and incredulity are always piqued with threads like this. I see people with bachelor's degrees from respectable state schools struggling and wondering if their collegiate efforts were all worth it. Then I see people with Ivy and post-graduate degrees crowing about their successes.
So, one has to be a blue-blooded New England family legacy WASP or a superstar in their field to even get a second look? Jesus...I'd almost rather be a loser and work a **** job than to deal with such pressure and potential for failure.
I watch our nation and our evolving economy with trepidation and horror. It used to be that one could walk out of high school and into the local mill and support a family off of one income. Now, what do we have? What is our future - a nation of service industry drones barely scraping by and the hyper-educated elite who run the whole machine. Is this healthy for our society?
My interest and incredulity are always piqued with threads like this. I see people with bachelor's degrees from respectable state schools struggling and wondering if their collegiate efforts were all worth it. Then I see people with Ivy and post-graduate degrees crowing about their successes.
So, one has to be a blue-blooded New England family legacy WASP or a superstar in their field to even get a second look? Jesus...I'd almost rather be a loser and work a **** job than to deal with such pressure and potential for failure.
I watch our nation and our evolving economy with trepidation and horror. It used to be that one could walk out of high school and into the local mill and support a family off of one income. Now, what do we have? What is our future - a nation of service industry drones barely scraping by and the hyper-educated elite who run the whole machine. Is this healthy for our society?
I think this is a perception bias. Lots of threads around where the ivy folks have 150k in debt and jobs are tight.
P.S. I work as an actuary and it's true the field has tightened up since it got flooded with people a while back.
I think this is a perception bias. Lots of threads around where the ivy folks have 150k in debt and jobs are tight.
P.S. I work as an actuary and it's true the field has tightened up since it got flooded with people a while back.
I would have to say of all the people we went to college with and now our KIDS that are in college, those that went to private schools come out with MUCH less debt then those that went to public/state schools.
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