Current Events > I still don't know what I should study in college

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I was thinking anything that let's me get rich and WFH

gender studies

That's only a, masters degree here so I couldn't do it for 4 years first
I could do sociology and like something else I suppose

How about you study some bitches?

Physics baybee

Pogo_Marimo posted...

How about you study some {REDACTED}?

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Garioshi posted...

Physics baybee

Anon, I would like a job out of it

dolomedes posted...

integrated pest management

WFH (your home is earth)

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RealityDose posted...

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Anon, I would like a job out of it

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computer science, and start learning to write code. You could start getting work before you even graduate.

RealityDose posted...

Anon, I would like a job out of it

Physics Bachelors can easily transition into CS and engineering jobs though

Mechanical or chemical engineering

You're supposed to get laid in college. My advice (if you have any brains) take science classes since you will have a lot of nursing majors, or girls that need tutoring help. Also, even an associates in science works on a resume for corporate jobs since the corporate world is filled with morons that struggle with simple tasks. I always blow them away in interviews because they knew I had to do math to get my degree.

What are you good at? Start from there and run up the score at something you're good at and that's white collar and lucrative.

If you're good at math and science, go with the suggestions so far in this topic. If you're better at writing/reading/communication, law could be a good idea if you can get into a top school and get a government or firm job. Consulting could also be a good goal if you have people and mental math skills for the interview process. Not sure if they let you work from home with Accenture/BCG/McKinsey etc level consulting though.

Try to avoid struggling through something just for money, unless you don't have a clear strength. Even then, try very hard to pick something that won't make you hate your life.

Anything STEM

I mean CS might be a good idea since I've like 8 months before I need to apply so could see if I like it

The only downside is that there's not much teaching potential there since only really math is the subject you could teach in addition and you're basically fucked if you don't have two subjects to teach

Waitso you want to job that pays really well that you can work remotelybut you also want to teach?

Work remotely is the back up incase I get fired *checks notes* calling parents stupid fucks in emails. As a teacher I'm pretty sure I won't have the leeway of 'I run the fucking IT in the school, you can't fire me' like I did when I call them stupid fucks before.

Study how to be a non-shitty human.

So what is your situation like? Have you just graduated from high school? Are you a returning adult student? You really ought to have some kind of plan worked out before you ever set foot on campus. Otherwise, what are you doing with your time and money? STEM programs and the path to becoming a teacher are both pretty strict and don't leave much wiggle room. You can't just take a bunch of generals and then randomly decide to go for engineering in your second year.

There are college-level open textbooks now for subjects like chemistry and physics, so you can see over a couple of days whether or not you might have any interest if you've been out of school for a long time. You can get started right now doing something like making your first app or simple website to see if you might enjoy computer science. If you find you can't learn on your own or with minimal help from others, you might be in trouble as the field requires constant learning. Interest helps a ton, because even if you manage to land a job, a person who enjoys doing it and stays current will end up replacing you sooner or later.

If you are even thinking about engineering or physics, how is your math? If you've never taken calculus or precalculus, you're already in trouble. Anyone taking engineering classes or physics as a major likes doing math, is good at it, and comes to college with calculus already under their belt. If you don't like doing math, go ahead and cross physics and literally any kind of engineering off your list of possibles. And you have to be able to at least stomach it to get a CS degree (advanced stuff like machine learning requires gobs of math, whereas someone building a simple website just needs to survive calculus and discrete to get the degree done).

I'm less sure about education. I think we have a teacher or two around here who might be able to comment? From what I saw in college, you have to really want it to survive the rigors of the program, but that might vary between schools.

There is no degree that is going to print money for you. You need to at least like what you are doing enough to throw yourself into it and become good enough to ask someone to pay you a decent salary for doing whatever that thing is with a straight face. If you see any opportunities to pick up more soft skills or general business skills, make sure and take those too. You don't need to be at the top of your class, but you need to not suck and get ahead of most of your peers or else how are you going to get a job?