What is your career/career to-be?
- Thread starter Yenster
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It depends. If I end up finishing my degree early, I'll probably declare a law major as a second major and hopefully go to law school. If all that goes well, hopefully I want to work in the government helping to make positive changes towards our government's ideas on immigration from Latin and Central America, and help on the reforming of our drug laws.
If I don't go to law school, I'll just try to find work utilizing my language skills and my love of sport.
That is, if I don't hit it big making generic (crappy) house/dance music, which is pretty much all I've been doing these days outside of school and stuff since I hurt my back. It won't happen but who knows?
If I don't go to law school, I'll just try to find work utilizing my language skills and my love of sport.
That is, if I don't hit it big making generic (crappy) house/dance music, which is pretty much all I've been doing these days outside of school and stuff since I hurt my back. It won't happen but who knows?
diredesire
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dude u my hero....btw what are u doing around here? i mean on this forum...civic responsibility? j/k...kinda.
I've been on the forums at TW for a looooooong time. I've even taken extended breaks from it, but I keep coming back. I guess it's a sickness
subz
Rookie
BSc in Electronic Enginnering, an MSc in Micro and Nanotech and now started my PhD in Nanotechnology.
If given the chance, I would probably move to green energy systems or sustainable development etc.
To the OP, civil engineering is a great option, specially if you move into the development of energy efficient homes and materials for construction....
If given the chance, I would probably move to green energy systems or sustainable development etc.
To the OP, civil engineering is a great option, specially if you move into the development of energy efficient homes and materials for construction....
LuckyR
Legend
Uhm, depends on the people
why?
Uummm there are those in your chosen profession who are decidedly not. There are also those who are and are ultimately dissatisfied with their career choice.
Just sayin...
Yenster
Rookie
Thanks for the heads up haha
Just wondering
Currently pondering on becoming a civil engineer. For any current civil engineers out there on TT, please answer my questions: do you like your job? how much do you make? thanks
You'll be happier if you learn things you enjoy, not because you want a large paycheck.
All you need is $2000 per year at 11% and your net worth is 1.2mln in 40 years (assuming 11% return). If you want to factor in volatility, and you should, let's be generous... in 40 years you're "only" worth $600,000. How much money do you *really* need?
A McDonalds worker can save $2000 per year.
In sum, learn things you enjoy. Not because it's a high paying job (few jobs pay more than 80k per annum anyway) or because it will "garner respect". Money will come. Happiness is something you cannot buy.
Photoshop
Professional
not sure how you got 240k but don't you think that's too little? $2000 every year for 40 years at 11% return better be more than a quarter million or I'd be very very disappointed haha.
eph is right. It's amost 1.2 million.
mikeler
Moderator
If somebody can point me to an investment that annually returns 11%, please let me know.
mikeler
Moderator
My financial calculator is so screwed up. I can't figure out what settings are wrong with it. But I just put in basic single digit values and still got absurd numbers. Eff.
Still. Good luck on the 11% return thing.
Yenster
Rookie
k me too, you can get safina and i'll get wozniacki and ivanovic okaybye
dennis10is
Banned
If somebody can point me to an investment that annually returns 11%, please let me know.
Yes, it is called a Ponzi scheme.
How do you figure? I did not factor in inflation.
maggmaster
Hall of Fame
Systems Engineer for a fortune 500. Currently working on Client Virtualization and Operating system deployment. I love my work.
I really think I want to be a teacher. I don't think I'm one of those people whose job will define them. I want time off, to feel I'm doing something rewarding, and to challenge myself in a way that doesn't sacrifice my humanity. It seems like a good road. Then there's the billion to one shot that someone will pick up my band \m/
ramseszerg
Professional
Trying to become a dentist.
It very much is (I did my undergrad there in electrical engineering). First quarter was 3 labs... you really go right in. Some of my EE friends in 4 years completed fewer labs than a CPSLO EE does in their first year (which is kind of sad). Amazingly, I even knew one that through their entire undergrad had not learned to use an oscilloscope (even a modern one - which is much easier!). Beats me how that one worked... the first time I used an oscilloscope I think was the second week of my first quarter.
CPSLO or not, I do encourage that if you go engineering, you choose a school that heavily emphasizes on the labwork instead of just theory.
That is OK if you don't plan on going further in your studies. But even then, lab skills become obsolete quickly.
SalvadorVeiga
Rookie
If somebody can point me to an investment that annually returns 11%, please let me know.
A diversified portfolio in the market.
It won't give you 11% a year EVERY year... it can give 0 , then -10, then +30 and so on...
but the average long term is around 10-11%.
And that is if you don't try to do much... because if you go more specialized in terms of market and you know what you're really doing, you can do way more than 10% a year...
What do you do primarily as a high school guidance counselor? Help people get into college/votec programs and/or jobs? Do you provide emotional counseling?
Do you have a full-time school psychologist and/or social worker?
I am curious because it seems depending on the area of the US, or even just the school, guidance counselors do almost everything or only write recommendation letters for college.
Thanks!
caesar66
Professional
Apologies for the late reply. Guidance counselors do different things in different regions, as you suggested, but even further than that they do things differently at different schools. I do basic emotional counseling ("emotional first aid") crisis management, and college/career counseling, but I also coordinate the advanced placement program, rti (behavioral and academic strategies/interventions) and section 504 (non special education disability accommodations) at the school where I work. Lots of different hats!
chrischris
G.O.A.T.
Im studying Business with emphasis on sustainable business practises and ecological economics.
Its fun , relevant and the future.
Its fun , relevant and the future.
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HurricaneDominic
Guest
Just wondering
Currently pondering on becoming a civil engineer. For any current civil engineers out there on TT, please answer my questions: do you like your job? how much do you make? thanks
I want to be a Civil Engineer as well.
I'll go to University next year so will be making choices in a few months.
I want to move abroad as soon as I've qualified. Maybe Aus/USA or Singapore/HK/S.Korea
Leelord337
Hall of Fame
the best profession, imo, is in sales. its very tough w/today's economy but there are ways to make a good living if you play the right cards.
Clay lover
Legend
Finished my Uni last year, worked in the education field this year, gonna study for a teacher's diploma next year to become an English teacher in a non-native English speaking country.
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HurricaneDominic
Guest
That's awesome, I'd do the same thing in your position.
I could not cope with teaching in the country I live in right now, it's just so dull and depressing. I'd have to move abroad at least for a few years.
OTMPut
Hall of Fame
over the last 40 years an investment in S&P 500 index would have returned 6.6% p.a. (cagr). so $100 would have become roughly $1300.
throw in fund management fees (entry/exit loads), taxes, capital risk (i.e. your investment might generate 6.6% p.a. but there is a danger $100 might become $10 when you really need it), the picture is not that rosy.
diredesire
Moderator
Not to mention his simplified model has a +30(%) on a -10%, which is not == 30% of the principal
pageltennis
New User
i wanna be an aerospace engineer and/or pilot, anyone else?
ramseszerg
Professional
But why do you say it is the best?
tennisnoob3
Professional
any accountants here? which field did you like the best and why?(tax,audit). is it really as boring as its made out to be where you literally plug in numbers all day?
Clay lover
Legend
Thanks for the reply. Where are you planning to move to?
