College Advice I Wish I’d Taken

Re:College Advice I Wish I’d Taken by ianai on Saturday October 21, 2017 @08:05PM (#15524328)

I remember being told my generation were going to have it rough. One old man in particular seemed to single out my profession (mathematics) as some sort of ultimate cure all that should feel the burden of solving all of societies problems. Pretty heavy to lay that on anyone.

And yet I don’t know what I would actually suggest people consider. Health care does have good, local growth prospects at least. But that’s very much not for everyone, myself included. It just seems like more than ever that outside of very few localities work and the “American dream” are way off from the realm of possibilities.

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Re:College Advice I Wish I’d Taken by Buttes on Saturday October 21, 2017 @08:07PM (#15524336)

Healthcare and tech are basically the two "jobs of the future". "Local growth" pfffft. More people need more healthcare. There are few surer things.

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Re:College Advice I Wish I’d Taken by irrational on Sunday October 22, 2017 @12:25AM (#15525153)

Especially with all of the baby boomers getting old and needing care. If I was in college I'd figure out what kind of health care old people need the most and go into that. At least, that's what I would do if I was in it for the money. I studied Ancient Near Eastern Studies in college, so obviously I wasn't in it for the money ;-)

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