<p>Great! I view it as a good thing too. The first extensive treatise on the arts: classical Indian music, dance, drama, painting, folk dances and other things was written in India, 4000 BCE or earlier in Sanskrit by a person name Bharata. I don’t think we need a lecture from anyone on the importance of the arts. As I said, arts and its instruments are worshipped because the arts is considered a divine gift. Indian classical dance is danced bare foot because wearing shoes is an insult to God/Divine/Supreme being (whatever you call him) gave us this art form. I find it very offensive when clueless Americans with no actual knowledge of the way things are in the asian/Indian communities pass judgments.</p>
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I probably benefit the most from a high price of oil than arguably anyone on this site. I’m not worrying. And investing really only works when you have capital…which neither a recent finance/engineering grad have.</p>
<p>I am new here and I find the op funny. I am Asian - Chinese to be exact. When I lived in Hong Kong I need to run a lot, to get ahead of a line, lol. It could be as simple as buying take-out at a popular place.</p>
<p>Zooersmom, the parents could have been recent immigrants. What munchkin says is correct. Thanks to the population, in India you have to run to get ahead in line. Once you realize there is no population pressure, you slow down. Sometimes, old habits die hard. lol</p>
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<p>Why did students move en masse from science degrees to finance and accounting then? Are you including bonuses and stock options in your reply or just starting salary. The average bonus at Goldman last year was $600K. I’m sure that was weighted toward the top but I’d guess that the average employee did reasonably well.</p>
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<p>You work in dad’s hedge fund.</p>
<p>BTW, I found the original post amusing. In a land of scarcity, I can see some pushing and shoving for resources. In the extreme, a fire in a building where people are squashed or trampled in a rush to the exits has been observed amongst other peoples. It reminds me of the emotions of fear and greed. Fear is the greater emotion. Greed sneaks up on you.</p>
<p>The housing bubble has been a good example of fear and greed. And the fear and the greed has been an equal opportunity blessing and curse.</p>
<p>“Zooersmom, the parents could have been recent immigrants. What munchkin says is correct. Thanks to the population, in India you have to run to get ahead in line. Once you realize there is no population pressure, you slow down. Sometimes, old habits die hard. lol”</p>
<p>The thought that it was all about the queue, rather than the educational opportunity, makes it even funnier to me.</p>
<p>“The thought that it was all about the queue, rather than the educational opportunity, makes it even funnier to me.”</p>
<p>You may find my recent experience funnier. </p>
<p>I had lost some of these getting to be first skills when I moved here. Recently, when I was going through immigration in Singapore I sure wished I had those skills intact. I must be one of the last people to get through, because I had forgotten how to run to get to the quickest line, grrrr. I was so late getting out, my friends who were meeting me at the airport thought I missed my flight.</p>
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Did you seriously just use GS as an example of the average finance major? The average finance major has never had a higher average salary than the average engineer.</p>
<p>Hahah munchkin! I think you may have solved the reason for what happened. That’s just darn funny. But not in a making-fun-of-you way, in a shared humor kind of way.</p>
<p>It happens to me too. LoL! Out of practice! I visited relatives in India recently and forgot to run for the line. The only person on the platform waiting for the train was me and it happened with quite a few trains until I remembered: run for the line. lol!</p>
<p>I would have had a much less amusing day if I hadn’t heard these stories, and I wouldn’t have heard them if I hadn’t mentioned that the people I saw were Asian.
I’ll make a deal, if anyone has a funny experience with Soprano-like people, I’ll come out with my best stories for your amusement and I promise not to take offense, ok?</p>
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<p>Well, I was talking about total compensation; not salary.</p>
<p>I’ve been an engineer since the mid-1980s. The period after late 2000 was not the best of times with tech companies stock prices going into the toilet, layoffs, outsourcing, the threat of layoffs, new hires going to India, the layoffs, folks being told to go to India to train their replacements, etc. Sarbanes-Oxley seems to have raised the demand for accountants early in this century. The mortgage bubble fueled demand for your finance types. And CS enrollments plunged.</p>
<p>I had this experience in NY too, in the subway. My family bought a ticket for 3 people (same ticket for 3 people, the price was for 3 people but we were given only one ticket). My husband swiped it, went to the other side and passed it to my son. My son swiped it and moved on. It was my turn. For some reason, it wouldn’t swipe. Most Nyers just shoved me aside, heard some rude words, some mumbled about how slow and clueless tourists are and they all ran for the train. Finally, I got mine to work with the help of the guy sitting in the ticket booth. I told my husband that I had lived in the 'burbs too long. I didn’t know how to scramble for the train.</p>
<p>“Why did students move en masse from science degrees to finance and accounting then? Are you including bonuses and stock options in your reply or just starting salary. The average bonus at Goldman last year was $600K. I’m sure that was weighted toward the top but I’d guess that the average employee did reasonably well.
Did you seriously just use GS as an example of the average finance major? The average finance major has never had a higher average salary than the average engineer”</p>
<p>Tell us Mr Payne, is your moniker your high school nicname Mr. Pain?</p>
<p>Why is it that you, wander from thread to thread, bragging about how much you make, and putting down all the other struggling majors.</p>
<p>For your info, Investment Bankers, or finance majors or economics majors or whatever you want to call them, make more than engineers, when one includes extras.</p>
<p>What is the psychological need you have to wander all over CC with children, pretending to be an adult with your “Mr” title, etc. It is obvious that if you were so successful, you would have better things to do as a working adult than bully others. You would also be too busy.</p>
<p>The working world is full of trust fund brat investors, who work, who I can guarantee out earn you by more than you can imagine.</p>
<p>And quite frankly, nobody cares how much you earn.(except you)</p>
<p>Dosamom, the problem is the card, not you. THere are plans in works to use smart cards that won’t have swipe crises. We have our own ritual on the Staten Island Ferry. There’s only one entrance/exit (both at the same time, so pushing and shoving) to the #1 train at the ferry on the Manhattan side, so as the boat passes the Statue of Liberty, everyone gets up to rush off and be first on the train. this involves some people sneaking under the chains to walk in the bike/former car sections, climbing over barriers, etc. and then everyone pushes up against the chains to run as soon as the chains are lifted. This would be bizarre in the extreme if I were witnessing it and didn’t know about the truncated South Ferry station</p>
<p>Thank goodness! I felt like a country bumpkin standing there clueless when Nyers, upset with my bumpkiness, ran past me. I hope this is a word, bumpkiness. I hope so. The next time I visited NY, I insisted on getting 3 separate tickets.</p>
<p>Dosamom, I’ll be more patient with bumpkiness from now on because, to be honest, I’m the worst of the NY stereotype. I’ve been known to scream “move” at people who are blocking my path by holding hands. That drives me straight out of my mind.</p>
<p>You can study medicine at any age, just like the arts. One of the guys in my class just turned 39. His kids graduate high school next spring. If you put the time in, you can learn things at any age.</p>
<p>I’ll answer this seriously, even though I doubt you wanted me to.</p>
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The perpetual lack of focus on technical education in this country is putting it on the brink of something big. Of the major economies we produce less “stuff”, per capita, than any other. Unless we start to nurture design & technical talent to make the products of tomorrow I fear the standard of living in the country is going to drop tremendously relative to other first world economies. In a sense, it already has. It’s only going to get worse over the next few years.</p>
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Investment bankers are not necessarily finance/economics majors. Investment banks hire from all disciplines (probably biased towards those you mentioned though). </p>
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You are now focusing on the username, the crux of all internet arguments. Good job.</p>
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What is your point?</p>