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10-08-2007, 08:58 AM
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#1 | | New Member
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| Top paying career?
I am going to university and I need to choose a program to study.
I want a realistic career (ie not CEO or celebrity), that pays a lot.
Also, I am not interested in anything that has to do with biology (ie doctor) or law.
I am considering a career in engineering or math or business.
Could anyone recommend me a program to choose in University and possible careers that will almost gurantee a job and good pay good?
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10-08-2007, 03:08 PM
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#2 | | Senior Member
Join Date: Oct 2004 Location: Champaign, IL
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| petroleum engineering
but really, you sound like some foreign kid that studies all day and only cares about prestige so you don't forsake your family name..... ENJOY YOUR LIFE. | |
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10-08-2007, 03:14 PM
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| Computer engineering. The gap between the amount of knowledge we as a people are accumulating and what we are able to retain is growing exponentially on nearly a daily basis. Accessing the information is key to utilizing it and computers are the only way to interface between humans and the info we rake up. | |
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10-08-2007, 03:18 PM
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#4 | | Senior Member
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| I second petroleum engineering, but the lifestyle isn't for everyone. | |
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10-08-2007, 07:12 PM
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#5 | | Senior Member
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| the OP doesn't seem to care about lifestyle.
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10-09-2007, 03:03 PM
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#6 | | Junior Member
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| If you work as a petroleum engineer, you most likely won't be working in an office environment that a typical electrical/computer/mechanical engineer would work in. You'll be out in the field a lot, traveling to different areas.
Engineering has a high starting salary initially, but you can't go as high as you'd like, unless you pursue a MS. Another option is an engineering degree and a MBA - that can earn you lots of money, depending on your location/MBA school/previous work experience/personality.
Most of the high paying jobs are in medicine, so you've restricted yourself a lot. I'm studying to be an EE and hopefully will get a MBA (which I'm banking on my future employer to pay for!). | |
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10-11-2007, 05:57 PM
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| Do more research, you dont need to be biology to be a doctor, you can major in anything and go to med school....
someone up there said alot of highpaying jobs are in medicine.... name a highpaying realistic career besides a doctor that pays high that is in medicine... and if you call 200k in loans a 7yr residency making only 40k a yeaar and a 5 yr fellowship untill you finally can work one your own, than having to build up your rep untill you can acually make over 200k a yr well paying, than go for it....
high starting salarys are in engineering, but as someone already said, there isnt much chance for improving your salary, 80k a year is pretty much the max on average. dont expect to ever make more than 75k though. | |
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10-12-2007, 08:42 PM
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#8 | | New Member
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| Thanks for the tips
So what careers other than medicine related will pay more than 80k? | |
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10-13-2007, 12:15 AM
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#9 | | Member
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| lawyer at top firm and IB-er, hedgefunder, private equity-er pay pretty well, maybe better than your standard doctors. | |
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10-13-2007, 05:29 PM
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#10 | | Junior Member
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| What type of college classes would someone to be a petroleum engineer | |
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10-14-2007, 08:26 PM
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#11 | | Junior Member
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| There are a number of undergraduate petroleum engineering programs out there. You can search for them here: http://www.abet.org/ABETWebsite.asp#area
And if you go to any of the listed school's website, you should be able to find more info on what type of classes you have to take to fulfill the major at that school. I found an example of UT-Austin's curriculum for you: http://www.utexas.edu/student/regist...h06/ch06k.html | |
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10-14-2007, 11:44 PM
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#12 | | Senior Member
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| Texas A&M has the best program, I believe.
Be prepared to live in ****ty places... my cousin lives in Birmingham Alabama after graduating from Texas A&M with PetE. There is money to be made, though, and the idea of being a field engineer seems pretty cool. I considered it for a while. Working for Schlumberger overseas seems like a pretty cool deal, especially considering you get paid more for overseas depending on how dangerous the country is, and nothing costs **** to live there so its like you're a millionaire. | |
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10-16-2007, 08:31 PM
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| lol, I actually know a petroleum engineer who works in Nigeria. The guy lives in a mansion because as taffy mentioned life's cheaper in developing countries.
I hear it's somewhat dangerous working in Nigerian oil though what with the strife, violence, political corruption, and oil induced greed. | |
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10-18-2007, 09:37 PM
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#14 | | Junior Member
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| why isnt anyone saying ibanking? you get like 60k salary and average bonus is ~200k right out of college for top firms... | |
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10-19-2007, 12:21 PM
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#15 | | Member
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| what skills does a petroleum engineer need? What would one study in college? | |
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