Jeff7
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- Jan 4, 2001
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With a philosophy major, it's a door-to-door salesman type job.Originally posted by: Flammable
philosophy major
*ding dong*
"Hello, I have a degree in philosophy. Might you need any thinking done today?"
Or just stand at a street corner with a sign: "Will think for food."
Sure. I got mostly A's in high school, and a 3.55 GPA in college after 3 semesters. Thus far I've disliked the majority of my classes. I seem to do quite well at things I don't like, which makes it tough to figure out what to do in college. I'm in college right now for mechanical engineering. So far, it's not particularly interesting. It all seems like work a computer could be doing. But apparently employers are willing to pay good money for it, so I'm following the money.Originally posted by: Special K
The one you enjoy the most. Are you really going to be able to do a good job in any field if you hate the general subject matter?
I also really have no aspirations of getting to a 6-digit income. I don't want to deal with a high stress job where I'm on call 24/7, or expected to put in 60+ hr workweeks on a regular basis. I don't want a job to rule my life. Even a starting income of $40K is damn good money for one person, as far as I'm concerned. My parents managed to raise my sister and I on about that much, and I really don't feel like I've been deprived of anything. Don't spend carelessly, and your money can go a long way.
Doing what I like to do? I'm not even sure what that would be.