<p>I’d rather deal arms in a 3rd world country than work in finance :O</p>
<p>^I would too, but I wouldn’t know how to go about dealing arms in a 3rd world country… </p>
<p>By dealing arms I am figuring you mean illegally… I’m sure most countries, even 3rd world countries, have some sort of means by which you can open up a store which sells arms.</p>
<p>Yes let’s pursue ethically bankrupt careers exploiting other people to buy a second house in the Hamptons. It’s ****ing gross.</p>
<p>^The idea that the entirety of the finance industry is ethically bankrupt is silly.</p>
<p>Or if you were talking about the arms dealing, people need to be able to defend themselves, I’d argue moreso in a 3rd world country than in America. Or if you were referring to price gouging, arms dealing doesn’t necessarily imply price gouging.</p>
<p>If you’re expectionally bright, economics seems like a good choice. If you’re somewhat intelligent, engineering is the way to go. </p>
<p>This is assuming that you’re going to college just to get a job and that you’re not passionately engaged in those topics.</p>
<p>“If you’re expectionally bright, economics seems like a good choice. If you’re somewhat intelligent, engineering is the way to go.”</p>
<p>Out of curiosity, why that first part… If you’re implying IBanking for the exceptionally bright Econ student, wouldn’t they be better off as a BBA? Or were you getting at something else?</p>
<p>Heh, as an accounting major I really don’t think an exceptionally bright student should be getting a BBA. There’s nothing to business courses–they’re just simple math and memorizing for mildly intelligent people. I’m starting to realize I paid for the degree, prestige, and networking–not for an education.</p>
<p>Although I have much less experience with engineering, I would guess that engineering and math are way more appropriate for intelligent students.</p>
<p>QwertyKey: I was trying to be saracastic (although it never shows up well on the internet). People are going to be successful in a plethora of different fields regardless of so called static intelligence (which I don’t think has been proven yet).</p>
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<p>I was reading something on Physics Forum about how strange it is that people presume that everyone in finance is rich and evil, while no such presumptions are made for other industries. I don’t necessarily agree that it is strange, but it is somewhat irrational.</p>
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<p>how do you feel about pro poker players?</p>
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<p>Like others said, this is total BS. People need to stop with the “all computer jobs are going to china/india” mindset or else America REALLY will lose its competitive edge in the technology field. </p>
<p>Oh and like others said too, not all people who work in wall street, banking, etc. are evil or greedy. Thats on the same level of intelligence as someone who says all CS majors are nerds.</p>
<p>I do find it rather comical that bankers make millions and their only real contribution to the economy is making resource transfer easier. Tschh.</p>
<p>@LogicWarrior I know it wasn’t addressed to me, but at least poker players don’t act like they’re doing anything besides gambling. </p>
<p>Companies like Goldman Sachs literally laughed their way to the bank while the economy crumbled (I’m talking about those recently released emails where they described products as “****ty” and such), and now they’re acting like innocent players in all of this at the Congressional hearings. You don’t hear Lockheed or poker players talking about all the good they do in the world… they readily admit that their intention is to create things that kill, or to make your life’s earnings on gambling.</p>
<p>So the combination of a foreign language + econ or another math-based major + BBA is extremely marketable right out of college? What varieties of jobs would a person with the above be offered? </p>
<p>Unfortunate for me judging by the above posts, since I’m not an engineering genius or CS whiz (nor do I have much interest in either field)…</p>
<p>Economic hitman:</p>
<p>[Confessions</a> of an Economic Hit Man - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia](<a href=“http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Confessions_of_an_Economic_Hit_Man]Confessions”>Confessions of an Economic Hit Man - Wikipedia)</p>
<p>What kind of jobs does a Statistics undergrad degree get you?</p>
<p>Would I need to get a Masters for that to be really useful?</p>
<p>thanks</p>
<p>BBAs are for people who aren’t smart enough, and don’t have the drive to, major in Economics. There isn’t any intellectual depth to the great majority of what is done as a business major. As someone said above, it’s simple math and memorization.</p>
<p>“BBAs are for people who aren’t smart enough, and don’t have the drive to, major in Economics. There isn’t any intellectual depth to the great majority of what is done as a business major. As someone said above, it’s simple math and memorization.”</p>
<p>As a BBA, I definitely agree that the courses are easy (as I said above). But econ isn’t really for smart people either. It’s a dumbed down version of math that replaces the more advanced/abstract mathematical concepts with concrete names and ideas. My brother was a math undergrad and went on to get a masters in econ; he said econ was a joke.</p>
<p>"So the combination of a foreign language + econ or another math-based major + BBA is extremely marketable right out of college? What varieties of jobs would a person with the above be offered? </p>
<p>Unfortunate for me judging by the above posts, since I’m not an engineering genius or CS whiz (nor do I have much interest in either field)…"</p>
<p>I looked at my college’s career recruitment website, and I see jobs available for CS majors that are aiming for people with a 2.5 GPA. You don’t have to be a computer whiz to get a job in CS. Given, if you do CS and get a 2.5, you’re probably looking at the worst CS jobs around.</p>
<p>The value of a BBA would depend on your ultimate intentions. If you’d want to go to a professional school (some said Law school is fine with a BBA, but otherwise…) don’t get a BBA. If you want a Bachelors and then to be done with school forever, and don’t have a passion for any particular field (or have a passion for Business), get a BBA. </p>
<p>I think foreign languages are WAY overvalued in education. If you feel you have some calling to go work in some foreign country and they don’t speak English there, go ahead and learn that language. Otherwise, don’t bother. </p>
<p>Econ is good if you want to do Econ. Econ + Math, Econ + Stats, or Econ + CS/Math minor should all be fairly marketable. They should be jobs degrees in a variety of fields who need people with quantitative abilities. If you’re ever hoping for an MBA, a large portion of people who get MBAs have Econ undergrad degrees (not that it necessarily means Econ is better for an MBA than anything else).</p>
<p>I don’t think foreign languages are overvalued. They open up a lot of job opportunities. Of course mastering that particular language and the culture around it fully is a work of a lifetime.</p>