Comments on: Choose Your Major Carefully https://didacticmind.com/2013/06/choose-your-major-carefully.html Strategic Defence of the Mantle of Responsibility Sat, 29 Aug 2020 20:56:07 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 By: Mark https://didacticmind.com/2013/06/choose-your-major-carefully.html#comment-4299 Tue, 15 Apr 2014 18:54:57 +0000 #comment-4299 This is a good article.

Just wanted to give a heads up on the CPA thing. In public accounting, they work you like a dog and starting pay is usually UNDER what other technical bachelor business degrees (e.g. supply chain) get even though you usually now need your masters to get hired.

The private sector (like being a CPA at Google, Walmart, any fortune 500 company, or even a mid-sized company) isn't an option until you get a few years of public accounting under your belt.

Good news with public accounting is your pay increases every year. Bad news is if you don't get promoted each year you get fired.

Not to mention a lot of the public accounting jobs are going to India. This is causing a lot of areas in the US to be over saturated with recent graduates who can't find a job. That was about two years ago. Maybe things have changed.

]]> By: Jonny H. https://didacticmind.com/2013/06/choose-your-major-carefully.html#comment-4298 Fri, 27 Dec 2013 03:19:05 +0000 #comment-4298 Very sensible advice. I'm an applied math major at a top 25 university in the U.S. and have seen too many of my humanities friends graduate with no job offers or practical skills to show for it.

I am currently debating between becoming an actuary and an investment banker. The earnings ceiling as an investment banker is much higher (though by no means do actuaries make a meager living), but I value balance and having time for hobbies and women. The hours in the Wall Street world sound brutal (upwards of 80/week) whereas actuaries hear work around 40-50. It's a bit of a dilemma for me and I would really appreciate your thoughts on it.

Thanks

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