10-06-2009 at 06:25 PM
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Newly saturated job markets thanks to a breakdown in the financial sector mean that those stats are next to useless. It's damn near impossible to find a good stable job in finance anymore. I have friends who have interned for big iBanks who are sitting at home waiting till their shifts start at TD customer service.
Hell, I picked up a second major just so I don't have to test the waters of financial industry. In 3 years time, everyone's going to graduate with an MBA and our Bachelors degrees won't mean shit because those MBAs will prob work for the same amount of money as us.
I blame this on Bill Clinton.
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10-07-2009 at 02:34 PM
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Just to point out...
According to the link below, in term of business related programs, people with just an Economics degree make more money compared to people in other areas of business such as finance, accounting, etc.
Majoring in econ, and minoring in finance OR staying in commerce, and minoring in economics would be both good ideas. I'm planning on minoring in econ. 
http://www.payscale.com/best-colleges/degrees.asp |
wow I wonder why economics is all the way up there |
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10-09-2009 at 11:39 PM
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Just to point out...
According to the link below, in term of business related programs, people with just an Economics degree make more money compared to people in other areas of business such as finance, accounting, etc.
Majoring in econ, and minoring in finance OR staying in commerce, and minoring in economics would be both good ideas. I'm planning on minoring in econ.
http://www.payscale.com/best-colleges/degrees.asp |
Holy ****, Economics is all the way up there. Finance is no where near there....
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10-09-2009 at 11:50 PM
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Holy ****, Economics is all the way up there. Finance is no where near there....
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You have to take these things with a grain of salt. Those salaries are averages for every job that falls under the category.
For example, Investment Bankers (finance) break $100,000 easy right out of Undergrad, but this averages with less promising finance jobs in these studies.
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so if you major in finance and do a minor in economics, you're pretty much set right? it's all money money money from there?  |
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so if you major in finance and do a minor in economics, you're pretty much set right? it's all money money money from there? |
Heh, if only. Life is still pretty variable
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Haha, it's all about the $$$ :p
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10-10-2009 at 12:04 AM
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Haha, it's all about the $$$ :p
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Typical...It's all Commerce students care about! lol |
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Typical...It's all Commerce students care about! lol
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You’re majoring in economics! You guys are just as (maybe even more) concerned about making money haha
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