What are the most effay majors?
Is /Economics/ approved by /fa/?
>>11113501
Doing whatever you love is the most /fa/ option
That being said college isn't /fa/, only dropping out and sucking cock for crack.
Just study what makes you happy/intellectually fulfilled. If not that, then go for a career-based degree - don't study you think will make you cool
>>11113502
>That being said college isn't /fa/, only dropping out and sucking cock for crack.
Well if that's what you really love...
>>11113501
>le dismal science
have fun working for international financial jewry
Is watch making cool?
>>11113502
>>11113505
>Doing whatever you love is the most /fa/ option
>Just study what makes you happy/intellectually fulfilled
i-is this actually the best thing to do?
im struggling alot with the science papers (was trying to do physics but im very poor at math) im doing, but the asian studies papers ive been doing i find i am good at + i find them interesting. although i dont like to think this way, im concerned that an arts degree doesnt result in anything but a job at a retail store.
Most of the people I encounter in economics are boring as fuck. That said, they seem disproportionately good at suiting compared with other corporates in the same pay bracket. Outside of work, they all seem to wear shitty shorts and polos.
In terms of the field itself, I wouldn't say it is looked upon particularly highly. It's pretty clear that most people aren't interested in the field.
Is International Affairs/Relations a worthwhile major?
A nigga ain't finna accrue $80k debt and not be able to pay it off within a few years but it seems like something i could enjoy/be good at
>>11113559
>butthurt goy poorfag servile pleb detected
>>11113586
Yes
>>11113586
hella cool. Be like Corbusier and become an architect later
>>11113625
You should definitely shoot yourself
>>11113636
thanx
Is philosophy effay?
>>11113591
I was always told to study something I genuinely enjoyed and was good at. Perhaps my career prospects will be limited by my degree, but I know I will do well in it because I actually care about it.
If you don't like/aren't good at science/maths, then don't do study them. You'll hate your time at university and probably not do very well either.
About what you said of an arts degree, you may be right. But I think that depends on the prestige of your university. I know that my degree will have clout because of the reputation of my university, but I can see why someone applying to less prestigious places would be more interested in a more practical degree.
Any Accounting family?
>>11113501
>college
>/fa
nigga you doin it wrong
>>11113710
>mcdonalds and proud
>>11113591
Don't listen to faggots telling you to follow what you love. It is true in a sense, but you are paying a lot of money and time to acquire skills. Getting are more difficult degree gives you a higher market place value, because less people have those skills and you can prove that you can work hard.
>>11113501
Econ is dope but I am biased because that is my major. What I got out of the major is really a way of thinking and analyzing real world situation.
But I will say you need to think about what career you want to go into. My wife is an Econ major and went into medicine, I went in to software.
It wouldn't hurt double majoring in something like applied math or stats. You can be an actuary, work with data or even get your phd and become an academic.
>>11113661
i do like physics alot, im just terrible at the math component of it which is the majority. like you say, i was not doing well. i go to auckland university which is pretty terrible, but the best in the country (new zealand) based on world university rankings.
>>11113844
that's the issue, i have trouble working hard if i cant sort of innately get something + have that something interest me. i excelled at history in high school and did well in an asian studies paper i did last year, but being a science major i cant take alot of asian studies papers. i was looking at just improving my gpa, then switching to a BSC geography/BA asian studies or history.
There's opportunity to be /fa/ in any field.
In some ways, being in an industry with a low percentage of /fa/ people gives you the opportunity to be even more /fa/ by comparison.
Biochem major here, on a premed track. I'm so much fun at parties.
>>11113866
Honestly math was my weak subject but it just means you need to practice a lot get better. Sure if you hate it then go with something you love. But, it sounds like you are just taking the easy route instead of challenging yourself. Why not double major with physics as one of them.
>>11113501
>believing friedman
>ever
was disproved and shown to be the fraud he was back in 07
>>11114036
>07
more like 82
http://www.rrojasdatabank.info/econom~1.htm
>>11114036
>>11114060
Bullshit, Friedman is based and top tier economist. Fuck off with your propaganda.
English is effay--writing, not literature. Journalism, creative, business... Just don't be a fucking schmuck about it.
>>11114129
>implying friedman was anything but a meme economist
>>11114160
Meme this, meme that. Quite the catch all buzzword there. Friedman actually understood the morality of freedom. And he was able to backup up his positions with hard numbers and statistics.
Don't need to be upset because Friedman had ideas that didn't fit into your world view.
>>11114203
>falling for the "freedom" meme
I bet it made those people Pinochet threw out of helicopters feel better knowing that they were actually being liberated as they fell to the ground.
Biology is not /fa/, but I'm doing it anyway.
Film
>>11113502
>Doing whatever you love is the most /fa/ option
Yeah, don't listen to this advice if it applies to college or degrees. Only go through this when you have a stable job, and have a means to fallback on if shit hits the fans.
>>11113639
Tech it out. Pack that shit full of econ/finance/statistics courses & pick up a critical language (Arabic, Chinese, Farsi, Japanese, Portuguese, etc.) Politics/culture classes are worthless.
Get something that has a more technical background. If its not technical and you love it, you can still do it without having to spend a shitton of money on a degree.
More than half the stuff you would learn in any class you can find for free online so its worth getting a degree that can get you places.
>>11114157
I'm inclined to agree because muh bias.
Creative Advertising grad here, post uni career currently involves me hopping between writing ad copy for print and web, developing campaign strategies and journalism, both external and business internal.
I consider it fairly effay
>>11114735
you're a moron
that post doesnt mean to be a fucking writer or gamer for the rest of your life
some people genuinely love engineering, others laws, others something in the med field
for me it was apparel production
every industry has careers
figure out how to make money doing something you love
dont just chase something you love with hopes it'll work out
>>11113625
It'll kill your soul. I'm Poli Sci and had to take a few IR classes, it's incredibly cynical and Machiavellian. You'll probably end up working for the government fucking over poor countries in trade deals or planning Operation Syrian Freedom
unless you're into that
>>11114958
that sounds ballin, definitely doing IR now
You're asking a business question on a fashion website. Drop your prejudice and peep Reddit to form a plausible career path based on the aggregated life experiences of people who have already been through what you are worrying about.
>>11114836
I used to work in SEO too, I wouldn't say its effay but definately hip and modern. Some of the companies' offices I went to were fucking awesome. They had dogs walking around, loads of fit women to make coffee and seemingly do fuck all else in premises in the middle of the fucking forest lol
anyone /astronomy/ here?
>>11113625
>>11114958
IR reporting in. this major is really great if you get a usable language and some practical knowledge of econ, etc with it, maybe do some internships
if you don't have those or connections though, you're fucked tbqh /fa/m
CS is pretty /fa/, at least in my country. I heard it's shit in the US. Otherwise electrical engineering is the most /fa/ STEM program.
Film Studies is packed with mindblowingly un-effay people. I've never seen shit like this before, I say JUST internally at least 4-5 times a day. It's unreal. You'd think an artistically based degree would have people with a little more personal expression, but no they all look like shit. Sure there's a handful of exceptions, but overall it's bad.
The problem with this degree is that you've got a whole bunch of fucking nerds and weirdasses that think they can make films because they've seen every Avengers shit. Jesus, we went around the room at the beginning of the semester and asked what people thought were the best movies ever made. NIgga somebody said Avatar, another clown said Iron Man. Fuck. No wonder why these kids wear Skechers running shoes and bootcut jeans motherfuckers have zero taste.
I'm not usually the type to say I'm above other people, but in the case of personal taste in films and other art forms I can safely say I am on a different level from these kids. It's frustrating because I want to be good at this shit and work with other people who are ambitious, but so far I'm running short on luck.
Thankfully I'm double-majoring with Political Science and am on track to go to Law School. And least I can wear nice suits as a lawyer.
>>11115185
btw if I sound bitter it's because I am lol
Stupidity and procrastination isn't /fa/
>>11115185
ya i had the same experience. dropped out of film after one semester. now im double majoring in accounting and law and i dont regret it for a second.
when we did the what is your fav film thing someone said austin powers.
all the chicks have purple hair and wear adventure time t-shirts and the dudes wear sweat-stained avengers tees. it's fucked up
>>11113625
here
>>11114749
Fuck I'm terrible with math/econ, but I'm already fluent in Eng, Rus and Deutsch so I guess not a total loss if i can get some more language stuff in
>>11114958
I was hoping to work in Europe or some shit, maybe even as a translator or something fuck idek
>>11115095
thanks for the legit advice homies
What is even the difference between PoliSci and IR in terms of prospective careers and usability
Medicinal chemistry t b h lads
>>11113501
I dropped out/ was kicked out of uni. Now I climb oil rigs in the summer and work on the railways in winter. Life is strange pal you never know what's round the corner. I am immensely happier doing manual labour. Don't over think it. Just try to keep doing stuff today that will make your future self better/happier. Don't pick a uni course cos it seems cool.
>>11114586
friedman is uber /fa/
fucking socialists are not, sorry
>>11113684
Hey. Its boring. No passion. Theres a great pay, I guess. Is being skilled at analyzing financial papers 24/7, getting good pay but being depressed /fa/?
I personally think that pursuing management advisory services MBA is where its at. It seems more chill.
Also, have you heard the news that accountancy grads who DIDNT take and/or pass the board exams can now take auditing jobs that only CPAs should be able to get? Im in Asia so that ruling might be active now in the States, but its causing a lot of ruckus. If accountancy is already saturated in some countries, what more now that a CPA license is not that required anymore.
>>11113630
No argument as usual
maths
>>11114203
buzzword is a buzzword
>>11114586
Pinochet was a hardcore Christian traditionalist who would have otherwise been socialist if he didn't see the effect it had in other South American countries. So, yes, he incorporated Chicago pro market ideas. The result was that despite being a totalitarian state, the country fared of much better than its neighboring socialist hell holes.
Friedman wanted economic liberalism with the social liberalism. Friedman was just willing to work with people that are not 100% on board with his ideas. Friedman had to live with supporting the Chilean dictator as well as other ideas he later regretted suggesting (monetarism, tax witholding, etc). Meanwhile people who never "gave in to evil" such as Mises ended up having to teach at NYU for free. On the bright side, NYU used to be /fa/ and Mises is by far the more respectable of the two.
>>11115367
Can you expand on how you got into that sort of work? I'm studying civil engineering at the moment but I've always had an urge at the back of my mind to drop out and just pursue something like that.
I hate Milton Friedman so fucking much. I read capitalism and freedom and it was the most superficial, asinine horse shit I've ever read.
B-but m-muh freedoms
>>11113653
Pls man do study philosophy if you're good at it, I want to so bad but finding a job it's already difficult as is were I live, so I'll have to study something else ( which is physics, that is absolutely love too, so it's fine)
every major can be fa if you are able to make a decent living out of it and still look like you are enjoying what you are doing
>>11116103
>looking like you make money is /fa/
Making money but giving the outward impression of a struggling artist is /fa/. Think Hemingway in Paris complaining about being strapped for cash but inexplicably consuming fine wine and pissing about in French art galleries
Economics is considered for stupid people where I live. Every once in a while one of those people is actually smart and actually uses his degree for good( like a friend of mine who works at the EU now)
>>11116109
saem here. its for normies who dont know what to do after high school. its filled with retards and girls
>>11116106
i guess you are right. also, making money and looking like you dont give a sht about it, is pretty fa as well
>>11114203
freedom is a meme word, fuck. freedom means different things to different cultures. to us, freedom means being able to own miniguns and 200 different pistols while someone in fucking iraq thinks freedom means not having to get your head cut off for smoking a fucking cigarette
his ass has been discarded by every respected modern economist.
>>11116109
>>11116113
Interesting. Which countries are you from?
In asia, its alright. Whats for stupid here are nursing, HRM, teaching, etc. Many also think the same for IT courses which I think is odd because its computer. I keep hearing tales about them just playing DOTA at work and still earning huge.
Currently studying business and I wanna kill myself everyday. Filmmaking is probably the only major I'd enjoy but that's an even bigger waste of money than what I'm studying at the moment. At least I'm fairly confident I'll commit suicide before I finish my degree
Speaking of college, I want to learn a language but the only units I can do at my (Australian) uni are Indonesian, Spanish, Mandarin and Arabic. I kind of want to do something like Italian or German but am less inclined to because it doesn't seem at all useful (and also isn't as readily available)
im undeclared but i'm thinking about majoring in sociology. i know its a stereotypical "i dont know what i want to major so uh ill pick this" type of major, but im actually interested in it. only thing is that job prospects kinda suck for it
>>11116147
So here's sombody recently graduating a master's in medieval history talking. I've spent a year teaching high schools as I thought that was my calling (and what everybody pushed me into thinking was right). I wanted to hang myself every single morning of that period. Use that feeling to push yourself and search for something you enjoy. It's better being miserable doing something you like than being miserable and doing something you hate. In the end it all gets better but you wont get it for free.
Tl;dr, do whatever the fuck you want. At this rate you're going to kill yourself anyway, so you might as well take a shot at something you like.
>>11116147
What a pussy mentality...
>Started off in pre-med because every one else in my entire fucking family is in medicine.
>All I wanted to do since freshman year of highschool was teach English and run track.
>3 years into pre-med I completely snapped.
>I was tired of studying 7 hours a night and never sleeping.
>I was tired of everyone else in my major and their insufferable superiority complexes.
>I was tired of feeling guilty whenever I would work out, run, or read a book that didn't include the word mitochondria...
>Drop out
>Parents told me to fuck off because I "wasted their time".
>Lived with friends.
>Work manual labor jobs by day and deliver pizzas at night.
>Saved up and got a shitty apartment.
>Finally got a better paying job (ironically enough a doctors office...)
>Save for a year.
>Take out student loans and grants
>Go to night school while working during the day.
>Work my ass off and finish undergraduate degree in 2 years (some of my prereqs carried over).
>Get into TA program while doing my masters.
>University pays for my loans.
>FuckYouBernie.jpeg
>Simultaneously get certified strength and condition coach and personal trainer certifications while finishing school.
>Graduate with Masters at age of 29.
>Get job at my old private Catholic highschool.
Teach British Lit, Classical Lit, and Western Civ. Coach track and field and cross country. Co-own a gym with my 2 of my childhood friends for dat der passive income. Personal train people during the summers. Just got married last year to the qt.3.14 chemistry teacher.
>mfw when $113,000.00 yearly income as a teacher and business owner.
tl;dr: Grab your nuts and do what the fuck you wanna do.
Either a PhD in clinical psychology at 35 or the conor McGregor of the heavyweights in UFC.
Only two options for me. If I fail both. I end all games.
>>11115989
Rope access my man. Rough hard work to start off with then leading to some really cool and interesting jobs. Where do you live? I could go into more detail if you want.
>>11115340
same
what school?
Is journalism at Mizzou /fa/?
maths and philosophy hahahahahaha
political science reporting in.
>>11117324
and a international business minor I should add.
>>11116145
Econ is a meme degree in most of Continental Europe.
>>11117324
Did you take a game theory class? I want to learn more about game theory but I can't figure where they give such courses
>>11117338
actually game theory is lumped in my international politics class, really cool stuff actually.
>>11116219
so why the fuck are you on /fa/? you seem like a respectable person who has his life together.
Effay major != effay student in that major
>>11116219
must be nice.
Graphic Design is the only effay major
BFA holder here
film specifically
what >>11115185 says is true i feel at most middle-of-the-mall schools, and there were a few of these kids at my school but it was sort of well established and urban, so more /fa/ people there
the real question is, op, do you want to have 4-6 years of semifa and self conscious life, or do you want to learn and love what you do?
i found the years (first two) i spent trying to be a fashionable art student in appearance were the years i learned the least and looked honestly like a tool. the next two years i sort of gave in to the lifestyle of studying and suddenly became
a) much better at school, more aware and eager and a better classmate / collaborator
b) more social b/c i wasn't so self aware
c) honestly in reflection i became more fashionable because i had real goals and a foundation of living and i just sort of made better choices out of that. i feel style can be achieved from any position in life as long as you have a primary goal OTHER than style. that is the nonchalance and effortless nature of the best and most stylish people, they are not living for the sake of cool living, not dressing for the sake of cool clothes. they have other aspirations in life which they drape in nice cloth.
so do what you fucking want man. there will be cute girls in (almost) every program.
is law school fa
Japanese Language and Literature is the most fa major
>>11117362
Honestly I couldn't tell you...I still enjoy browsing various boards. /fa/ because I enjoy dressing well, not like a meme, but well.
>>11118439
shut it weeb
>>11117435
Lots of truth here anon
>I'm also an art school grad who spent the first two years being le effay and the last 2 being a try hard student
Accounting major checking in
If you do Econ for the love of god don't be stupid and undermine yourself with a non mathematics focused program. Econ degrees are good unless it's some bullshit flowery emphasis that doesn't teach you calc
>>11117001
unsw familia
>tfw dropped out of university last year
> got $15 an hour job at small retail business
> going to community college part-time to complete degree
> spending the rest of my time pursuing artistic aspirations with my hometown buds.
> tfw never been happier
>>11113591
>im concerned that an arts degree doesnt result in anything but a job at a retail store
That's because you lack imagination and the skills to market yourself. Cultivating these skills is important for anyone outside STEM (and for all but a select few within it).
>Getting are more difficult degree gives you a higher market place value, because less people have those skills and you can prove that you can work hard.
Market value for degrees has fuck all to do with how difficult they were. If that were true, business degrees would be a lot harder to get and PhDs would pay out quite a bit more (getting an undergraduate degree in anything is a joke).
>>11114836
Advertising is only /fa/ if you work with /fa/ clients. If your agency's clients include the Capriotti's down the street...well, at least you're making money.
>>11113591
>im concerned that an arts degree doesnt result in anything but a job at a retail store.
there are jobs you can get with an arts degree. you'll just have to be prepared to do a lot of work experience etc. on the side. you can just become an english/history teacher as well
>>11117324
lmao poli sci has nothing to do with actual politics.
>>11115877
>other socialist hell holes around
>implying they didn't all implement neoliberal principle to much more disastrous effects
>chilean miracle not an absolute joke
it was so bad that the people literally revolted and talking about freedom the previous leader was democratically elected
>>11113501
/fa/ relation to economics is that it proves that markets are psychological and you can make people believe that one piece of cotton is worth more than another piece of cotton
>>11120011
pretty sure that'd be marketing
>>11115325
>move to Europe and work as a translator
Top kek these delusions
>fluent
Keep telling yourself that
Yanks lol
>>11115153
nah, got a $25/hr internship as a 2nd yr.
>money is effay
>>11120024
I am europoor with EU passport living in the U.S. bitch
fluent as shit too fampai :^)
>>11113501
obviously most /fa/ major is semiotics / media theory if your college is /fa/ enough to offer such a major.
>>11115153
i just switched to CS from bio junior year lmao i fucked up hard but atleast ill never have to take another chem class again
going to take an extra 2 years to graduate most likely. im a failure lol
>>11116219
I was tired of studying 7 hours a night and never sleeping.
>I was tired of everyone else in my major and their insufferable superiority complexes.
>I was tired of feeling guilty whenever I would work out, run, or read a book that didn't include the word mitochondria.
Me right now. I'm on a verge of snapping too. Already started cutting most of my classes because I just hate being in college.
>>11122303
Lmao sure you are
>>11116219
>>11122674
If you're not cut out for medicine don't study it. It's not a profession that you can half ass, you need to be passionate for it and be willing to put in work
>>11113501
God I miss Milton
>>11113809
well i mean you dont have to go to college to be an artist/musician/creator and those things are most fashionable
CompSci/Philosophy
No one In comp sci smells good, and philosophy is only a little better.
>>11116092
Maybe this guy is more your speed libcuck
