I’m starting my career and wondering what folks would’ve done differently. Different field? Different degree(s)? Different trajectory? Looking for advice. (edit: trying to get into a financial analytics or economics position in healthcare or real estate field. can be pursuaded otherwise and curious about experiences from all backgrounds. mba, bs economics.)
What industry? If Tech, then that ahs changed so quickly that it's hard to say
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Join Google instead of going into games
Not work at a giant bank.
Are you advising not to work at giant bank or working there?
Or maybe getting hired by a giant bank, but not doing any work there
100%, get an ivy league degree. Not because the education is better, but because so many use it as an initial resume filter. Plus you are recruited heavily out of the gate. The idea of leaving my good job to go back to school while taking on $150K of high interest private loan debt seemed too risky.
This surprised me. I have a Pepperdine MBA and am THIS CLOSE to regretting it. Too difficult to even get interviews. This makes me wonder about the marginal difference between Ivy League and, well, not ivy. Is it really ivy or nothing?
I read a very good article and will try to find it to share. The gist is this: They tracked people who were admitted to ivy league type of colleges - both people that finished in those schools and people that opted to go to another college (admitted but didn’t go there for any reason). After many years both groups had basically the same income. The take away is that people that seek out to get into those schools have a similar profile and success is common amongst them. College is a credential and like a bottle of wine, after 25 dls, it’s return value remains the same.
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I would join Google in 2000, and facebook in 2004. But in reality I joined Google in 2013 and facebook in 2017. I am 13 years late for both.
I would have taken out a loan (or gotten one from parents) and traveled solo for a full year. You have your entire life to work but you only have your youth once. Trust me once you’ve been working for 10+ years you get tired, high blood pressure, kids and spouse, mortgage, and car payments. Go live and see the world. Go get food poisoning and shit your pants in Mexico. Go see ping pong show in Thailand. Hike the Great Wall. Sleep on a park bench after a night of partying in Prague. Do it now while you still can.
Kiss more ass earlier in my career.
Negotiate a better offer. Find more interesting work. Have a good boss.
This. Nothing can beat having a good boss.
Good boss, boring job. Then what?!