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economics degree? Useful or Useless?
    #7955249 - 01/30/08 11:58 AM (16 years, 2 days ago)

Because of my outstanding abilities in econ, it has been reccomended to me that i pursue a major in econ; however, i don't want a degree that it shitty and useless. Orignally I had planned to be an accountant, but because of the strong recommendations of a teacher, i am entertaining this thought.

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Re: economics degree? Useful or Useless? [Re: Ahab McBathsalts]
    #7955269 - 01/30/08 12:05 PM (16 years, 2 days ago)

i sure as hell hope it's useful, because that's what i'm gonna have in a few months time.

i've been under the impression that an economics degree is rather broadly applicable. you can use it as a stepping stone to grad school, or towards becoming an actuary, or doing human resources, or for working any sort of business related job.


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Re: economics degree? Useful or Useless? [Re: Ahab McBathsalts]
    #7955290 - 01/30/08 12:12 PM (16 years, 2 days ago)

i'm glad i didn't go down the road of economics..which i was initially gonna go down since i got quite good grades in the subject...

IMO it shouldn't be considered a degree...

I'm doing a bachelor of science - chem and biology.. at the moment... i'm glad i gave my self a little break between high school, it really gave me more depth as to what i wanted to do.

but don't let other people change your mind... do what you wanna do.. :shrug:


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Re: economics degree? Useful or Useless? [Re: Merkin]
    #7955449 - 01/30/08 01:00 PM (16 years, 2 days ago)

I am a very recent (last month) Econ and History major and I find that they are pretty much the same in terms of usefulness. My econ friends and I have not been getting jobs, and places we ask around say "Econ and History? You must be going to law school."

Which is true. But I wanted a job for a few years first.

My point is, its useful for grad school. Nothing else.


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Re: economics degree? Useful or Useless? [Re: BrainChemicals]
    #7955478 - 01/30/08 01:07 PM (16 years, 2 days ago)

I thought about going back for ECON. I graduated IFMS, but if I go back I'd have to go for a second bach instead of a masters... there's too much to go over to get at the grad level.

If you want to be a stock broker, I'm sure ECON is way more useful than business administration.

I want to eventually open my own bar and I just figuered fuck it.. I'm done with school. If I go back to school it'll be for something fun like art just to learn it and not to get a job. I can probably manage a bar from the experience I've had running my own small businesses before.. with the help of a partner/manager


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Re: economics degree? Useful or Useless? [Re: Ahab McBathsalts]
    #7955526 - 01/30/08 01:17 PM (16 years, 2 days ago)

Im taking a graduate level econ class at the moment, "Industrial Organization" as a random elective. I thought it might be interesting, and figured itd be high level stuff I could maybe apply down the road. However its all so fucking obvious. Its absurd, all the equations so far describe things just so plain. Maybe itll pick up though, it is only the start of the 4th week.


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Re: economics degree? Useful or Useless? [Re: TheCow]
    #7955536 - 01/30/08 01:20 PM (16 years, 2 days ago)

ECON's the only degree I can think of where you could decrypt all the crazy ass greek bullshit I hear on the business news bits on the news networks.


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Re: economics degree? Useful or Useless? [Re: Ahab McBathsalts]
    #7955539 - 01/30/08 01:20 PM (16 years, 2 days ago)

Depends what you want to use it for. It's very useful if you're into investing. If you're not into investing use it to help you find a rising sector. Growing sectors tend to have more promotions.

Probably useless if you expect it to get you a job, though.


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Re: economics degree? Useful or Useless? [Re: Ahab McBathsalts]
    #7955551 - 01/30/08 01:22 PM (16 years, 2 days ago)

If you're good you could teach and invest on the side :shrug:
That's what me econ teacher did in high school, pretty smart dude.


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Re: economics degree? Useful or Useless? [Re: Cowgold]
    #7955552 - 01/30/08 01:23 PM (16 years, 2 days ago)

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Cowgold said:
Depends what you want to use it for. It's very useful if you're into investing. If you're not into investing use it to help you find a rising sector. Growing sectors tend to have more promotions.

Probably useless if you expect it to get you a job, though.




Unless you want a job as a stock broker


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Re: economics degree? Useful or Useless? [Re: BrAiN]
    #7955568 - 01/30/08 01:26 PM (16 years, 2 days ago)

Sounds strange, but I think an IT degree would be more beneficial for being a stock broker. Everything is digital now and stock brokers mostly just take orders.

Stock brokers are shitty investors or they wouldn't be stock brokers. LOL


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Re: economics degree? Useful or Useless? [Re: TheCow]
    #7955641 - 01/30/08 01:40 PM (16 years, 2 days ago)

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Im taking a graduate level econ class at the moment, "Industrial Organization" as a random elective.




I'm taking a class with the same title.

Like was mentioned before, Econ is a useless degree if you don't plan on going to graduate school.


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Re: economics degree? Useful or Useless? [Re: Kamin]
    #7955682 - 01/30/08 01:49 PM (16 years, 2 days ago)

Get a minor in Finance and then go take your Certified Financial Analyst tests, theres at least three I think. You might also want to take lots of Statistics classes.


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Re: economics degree? Useful or Useless? [Re: Cowgold]
    #7955821 - 01/30/08 02:18 PM (16 years, 2 days ago)

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Cowgold said:
Sounds strange, but I think an IT degree would be more beneficial for being a stock broker. Everything is digital now and stock brokers mostly just take orders.

Stock brokers are shitty investors or they wouldn't be stock brokers. LOL




I'm IFSM and I don't know a damn thing about what to invest in. IFSM doesn't prepare you for shit other than setting up a computer network and doing a little programming.


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