What are you wanting to do as a career?

I was going to go into Accounting but figured I'd get sick of the monotonous work. I wanted to be a Sales Rep. or Marketing Schemer for some big company. Hopefully I can latch on to an apprenticeship, and my minor in advertising will help. I'm an idea man, and it would never get boring. Sure, there is a set process for it, but in general the work is different. Starting salary is > 40,000, but I can't quite remember the figure. It's more if you've had an internship/apprenticeship while in school.

Willkill, Titus only makes that much because of the area he is living in. The standard of living is much higher, and sometimes the wages there are 3 to 4 times as much as they are in my town, and most likely in yours.


My goal is to make it so I don't have to worry about money at all, and just do what I want to. I hope to find a nice girl to settle down with and have a couple of kids. That won't happen for awhile; I want to be financially stable.

I was considering marketing but it's a lot more competetive. If I have my GPA > 3.5 or so I've got a pretty good shot at getting in a big 4 firm and making 47k a year or so starting out (which is really good for starting out in my area) + a couple grand signup bonus. Actually, the GPA cutoff is 3.2 I believe (for big 4 firms).

The very big con for accounting is lots of unpaid overtime. Also, potentially (depending on the individual) the travel.

The very big pro is the sheer number of jobs out there. You're most likely going to find employment. One or two promotions later you can be making 70-80k+ and will have opportunities to be controllers or assistant controllers at different corporations. If you make it to an audit manager you could be looking at over 100k a year and if you make it to a partner (which is a 2% chance I think) then you'll be making 200k+.

If you're a people person and don't mind working a lot of hours, it has some good opportunities. It won't make you rich unless you're good enough to make it to partner, but at 28 or so potentially making 70-80k a year isn't too bad.

Although it's insanely rare, there are some partners who made it to being partners of the BIG firms from like 30-32 years of age. Do you know how insanely sweet that would be? Making 200k a year living in a low standard of living area like Cincinnati? That'd be insane.

I was originally planning to major in philosophy which would mean my career would either be a philosophy professor (requires a Ph.D and makes like $45k a year,) or something that is completely unrelated to philosophy but requires a liberal arts degree of some sort.

Pretty much, I was heading down a dumb career path.

Now I'm planning on majoring in Chemical Engineering. The place I work at currently has like 3 job openings for chemical engineers(not that they will be open 4 years from now, but that just shows that there are chemical engineering jobs here.) If I work here, I'll get to work on lots of cutting-edge stuff, like fuel cells, stuff like that.

Oh, and with a bachelors in Chemical Engineering, I'll start off making ~$70k a year. I think the average is $69k starting out. Compared to making $45k with a Ph.D in philosophy...

I'm going to see if they will let me work 60-70 hours a week. I just want to save up for a house, pay off my college shit, put some money in the stock market, and try to make money not an object.

Im majoring in Finance with a minor in accounting. I already applied to a couple financial firms and have interviews set up. If i can get at least 2 companies to hire me, i can minipulate my salary anywheres from 50- 100k. I had an internship this summer and made out fairlly well. I made alot of contactsand many want me to leave the big firms in a few years and go into hedge funds, where there is a real large amont of money to be had. If i make it to hedge funds within 3 years, i could be making 6 figures annual with bonus's, etc well into 500k. So yea, if all goes to plan then ill be well off, but knowing how life is a bitch, ill probably be making somewhere close to 55k.

55k in New York? Also, I know a lot of people who are wanting to go into investment firms. Investment bankers laugh at accountants who bitch about 80+ hour work weeks a few months out of the year. Be expecting to work -all of the time- but make good bank doing it IF YOU GET A JOB. You'll be going against some VERY qualified people for investment jobs.

What school are you going to? You'll be going against Ivy leaguers and all that bullshit whose daddy's work at the firms > : (.

Why get a job that makes a lot of money but requires you to work 16 hours a day? You'll never have time to spend or enjoy your money.

My dad was a missile defense contractor for the Air Force, and by the time he retired he was making 250,000/yr plus a pension for 22+ years of service. I could do that but I hate armed forces.

55k in New York? Also, I know a lot of people who are wanting to go into investment firms. Investment bankers laugh at accountants who bitch about 80+ hour work weeks a few months out of the year. Be expecting to work -all of the time- but make good bank doing it IF YOU GET A JOB. You'll be going against some VERY qualified people for investment jobs. What school are you going to? You'll be going against Ivy leaguers and all that bullshit whose daddy's work at the firms > : (.

Investment banking is not my field. I know people that do work in that industry and they never get any sleep. My field is more of financial services with specialization in portfolio diversification and research methods.

Ah okay. Got any stock tips for me?