Five Graduate Degrees That Don't Pay Off

[GoodOdor]

Whatever you do, don't drop 20k on getting a masters in accounting because someone told you its really hard to pass the CPA test without taking the masters classes. Getting your CPA is all that matters in accounting, a masters in accounting is worthless. Once I'm done with school I'll only need like 9 more units to get my CPA assuming I don't find a job in finance that I like.

Definately, Masters in accounting in useless(lol is there even such a thing?) best thing to do is get CPA+at least 3 years doing actual accounting work(not bookkeeping, I'm talking about month/year end close, payroll, general ledger entries etc) and then get a masters in something like business management or finance. If you have all that, then you really won't be making less than 70k.

Still, I'm bitter that I could have been making 70k straight out of college if I did engineering.........even though I don't like doing that stuff

[Wild Cobra Kai]

Definately, Masters in accounting in useless(lol is there even such a thing?) best thing to do is get CPA+at least 3 years doing actual accounting work(not bookkeeping, I'm talking about month/year end close, payroll, general ledger entries etc) and then get a masters in something like business management or finance. If you have all that, then you really won't be making less than 70k.

Still, I'm bitter that I could have been making 70k straight out of college if I did engineering.........even though I don't like doing that stuff

You'd have burnt out in short order.

[GoodOdor]

You'd have burnt out in short order.

Yeah, I guess I can look at it that way........

[MannyIsGod]

You'd have burnt out in short order.

Yup. I'm not sure why people are so worried about making 70k out of school anyway. Put some time in and work hard and you'll likely make a decent living.

[Agloco]

Yup. I'm not sure why people are so worried about making 70k out of school anyway. Put some time in and work hard and you'll likely make a decent living.

Instant gratification. We're surrounded and saturated by shortcuts to the good life.

Anyone who lacks life experience will fall for this trap more often than not.

[mavs>spurs]

Agloco are you the worlds smartest mexican

[Agloco]

Agloco are you the worlds smartest mexican

Am I? Unlikely tbh

[Edward]

Instant gratification. We're surrounded and saturated by shortcuts to the good life.

Anyone who lacks life experience will fall for this trap more often than not.

I really don't think an engineering degree is instant gratification. It's by far more work than any other undergrad degree and likely means a lot of Saturday nights where you can't go out.

[mavs>spurs]

Am I? Unlikely tbh

I've never met another mexican who was even halfway there. Most of em struggle to tie their shoes and roof houses tbh.

You may very well not only be the smartest mexican in the world today, but the smartest mexican of all time.

[Edward]

well CBF is an astronomical be@ner

[mavs>spurs]

looking through a telescope doesn't require any real intelligence tbh

[GoodOdor]

keep sucking on the street corner. that pays cash right away

What's your annual income doing that?

[mavs>spurs]

ccrofl

After hearing what goododor has to say about 80 hour work weeks in accounting, I'm really glad I didn't go that route. Don't get me wrong I don't mind hard work, but that's 2 fulltime work weeks crammed into one. If you account for time and a half and overtime, you're probably making 10 bucks an hour tbh.

[spursncowboys]

Am I? Unlikely tbh

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[Agloco]

I really don't think an engineering degree is instant gratification. It's by far more work than any other undergrad degree and likely means a lot of Saturday nights where you can't go out.

We will agree to disagree about difficulty. That's in the eye of the beholder.

As for instant gratifaction, I meant that many choose this route specifically for the promised payday coming out of school, not the work that went into obtaining the degree.

[Agloco]

I've never met another mexican who was even halfway there. Most of em struggle to tie their shoes and roof houses tbh.

You may very well not only be the smartest mexican in the world today, but the smartest mexican of all time.

Again, doubtful.

I thought you were
black

Lies!!

[Agloco]

looking through a telescope doesn't require any real intelligence tbh

Making meaningful inferences about said observations does however.

[mavs>spurs]

Making meaningful inferences about said observations does however.

CBF ain't no real astronomer, he's a be@ner with a telescope set

[Edward]

We will agree to disagree about difficulty. That's in the eye of the beholder.

As for instant gratifaction, I meant that many choose this route specifically for the promised payday coming out of school, not the work that went into obtaining the degree.

compared to other majors, it's more difficult. You don't agree?

[Edward]

ccrofl

After hearing what goododor has to say about 80 hour work weeks in accounting, I'm really glad I didn't go that route. Don't get me wrong I don't mind hard work, but that's 2 fulltime work weeks crammed into one. If you account for time and a half and overtime, you're probably making 10 bucks an hour tbh.

Being an "analyst" at an investment bank (i.e. stapling papers and putting do ents together) is pretty ty the first few years as well with ridiculous hours. If you're not willing to put in 2-3 years of ridiculous work weeks early on you're only gonna get so far.

[MannyIsGod]

I really don't think an engineering degree is instant gratification. It's by far more work than any other undergrad degree and likely means a lot of Saturday nights where you can't go out.

LOL yeah right. I mean don't get me wrong; It definitely is a lot of work but my two best friends here are both engineering students and life doesn't stop.

Its harder than most other undergrad degrees but the people who can't hack it are weeded out extremely early (for the most part).

[MannyIsGod]

ccrofl

After hearing what goododor has to say about 80 hour work weeks in accounting, I'm really glad I didn't go that route. Don't get me wrong I don't mind hard work, but that's 2 fulltime work weeks crammed into one. If you account for time and a half and overtime, you're probably making 10 bucks an hour tbh.

doing something like accounting for 80 hours a week. Stuck in a ing cubicle, bleh.

[Edward]

Well then maybe the engineering majors I know are just dumb

[Edward]

doing something like accounting for 80 hours a week. Stuck in a ing cubicle, bleh.

Big 4 audit accounting you're almost never in a cubicle. New associates often times don't even have cubicles as they're spending all their time at the client's site inquiring about stuff and performing tests. It's a myth that all accounting is behind a cubicle.

[MannyIsGod]

Possibly.

We've all sat at bars near campus drinking at 12 in the afternoon with our laptops open doing homework. They're both a bit older like me, though (passed their mid 20s) so we're all probably better at making the most of our time.