sightradius
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Medical. Engineering. Finance/accounting.
I'm doing well with a PoliSci degree ... but I work in engineering.
I'm doing well with a PoliSci degree ... but I work in engineering.
Good backup degrees
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Kestrel452
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:wtf?::tease::chair::argue::whatever::rotfl::laff::bandit::soapbox:
Tram
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China is going to own us.......
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LatitudeDancer
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Exactamundo! I went to www.tradingacademy.com a while ago and since Monday's market open have made $5,000 off of a $100,000 trading account. I've only made 3 trades, each risking no more than $1,000 a piece...all based on the very 1st interview of that clip. Not bad for 3 day's work, and yes, that amount of money is common to make off a $100,000 account (hell, it's only > 0.5%, < 1.0% a day, the market moves more than that usually)
LatitudeDancer
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On a serious note: if you choose business school, choose management or accounting. I've got a finance degree and it works fine for me because I've got my own accounts to trade. If I needed a "finance" job right now, no dice. Same would go for marketing, both economically sensitive.
Other than that, choose an education or medical field...or an engineering field, ='ing maths.
Other than that, choose an education or medical field...or an engineering field, ='ing maths.
We need people with the right balance and degree of "nutcase-ness" to join up in our quest for flying in places no sane person would go.
Killtron2000
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I'm working on core classes right now almost entirely online. I think eventually I'll go for some kind of engineering degree.
majorityof1
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I love me some Firefly/Serenity... almost as much as I dig Dr. Who!
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Thank you. Firefly FTW.
You can't take the sky from me.
Kestrel452
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av8or91
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Has anyone actually used their "backup degree"? If you major in business and fly for the airlines for 10 years and lose your medical, are you really going to be able to use that degree to your advantage? This versus someone who majored in aviation worked managerial or business related positions, fly's for a few years, loses his/her medical and applies for a business related job. Who has the better advantage?
jtrain609
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Headed to law school in about 2 months.
(It's about all a philosophy degree is good for, graduate work of some kind)
I went from Mechanical Engineering>Economics>PoliSci. I did a great job of making myself less and less marketable as college progressed. Besides law school, I don't see what else can be done with it. I really enjoy the classes. But is probably wise to pick something that meets both the enjoyability and marketability factors.
hahahah, you sound just like my grandpa....
seagull
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The aviation degree at that point. Your experience is all airline, you are most employable in the aviation industry, whether it is in a non-flying airline job, airport management, flight safety work, FAA, consulting firms, aircraft manufacturers, etc. The first choice would be aero engineering, followed by an aviation degree to get a decent choice. The people that say get a degree in a different field for a "backup" are basing that on emotional logic rather than the basic reality, IMO. I agree it sounds good on the surface, just like raising the min wage to "help the poor" sounds good until you dig a little deeper....
Murdoughnut
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I'm a statistician, and I can tell you that there's a heavy demand for people who can think in numbers. I hated stats in grad school - but it ended up getting me into my current career.
Tram
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Maybe your grandpa knows a thing or two..
WacoFan
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No, no. Math sucks! Quite telling about how careers centered on mathematics pay well and provide good QOL!