Majors/careers for a kid who wants money and work/life balance

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Accountant

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Physician if you can handle the stress. 3 years residency do not terrible. I make 200k no weekends no nights no call and flexible with the kids.

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Anonymous wrote:Physician if you can handle the stress. 3 years residency do not terrible. I make 200k no weekends no nights no call and flexible with the kids.

What specialty?

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OP here,

Someone, not here, said data science. Any thoughts on that? I feel like it would play to his strengths.

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Anonymous wrote:So he basically wants money but doesn’t want to work hard? Isn’t that what you are really saying, OP?

That’s the dream! Don’t be jealous you didn’t think of this.

Dermatologist or orthodontist. Hard to get into but the careers aren’t as stressful as other kinds of medicine. But you make bank.

These residencies are the most competitive to match into. Many spend 4 years working their butts off in med school only to be rejected and deep in debt.

If you go the med school route, you need to be ok with less attractive specialties.

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Anonymous wrote:OP here,

Someone, not here, said data science. Any thoughts on that? I feel like it would play to his strengths.

I think the AI risk is huge. There will be some jobs but fewer and fewer.

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Anonymous wrote:I have a sophomore who would like to have a comfortable lifestyle. He’s a smart kid, who does well in school, who likes a comfortable lifestyle. He thinks he would be happier with a job he “didn’t hate” that gave him $ to do what he likes on the weekends, than a job he loves with uncertain income, or one with long hours.

He does well in school, math comes easily to him. He’s wondered about careers in data, finance, etc . . . Someone told him patent attorney is a good choice if you want interesting work and a good life style.

Any suggestions for majors and careers that might be a fit?

If you want to be a patent attorney, you probably want an engineering degree.

The best paid patent attorneys are probably litigators.

The venn diagram of engineers that would also make good litigators is pretty small. You are a rare talent and you will be paid like you are a rare talent if you pursue patent law.

Lol. I think many engineers could make decent litigators, but would they want to be? They could do briefing but may be more of a second chair presence. Litigation is not typically for someone who just wants to chill, though.

An engineer that can write persuasively?
Why not get some venture capital firm to fund your start up and sell it to google?

[Anonymous]

Dentist
Plastic surgeon (cosmetic)
property developer

[Anonymous]

DCUM code: smart kid=dumb or mediocre white

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Anonymous wrote:OP here,

Someone, not here, said data science. Any thoughts on that? I feel like it would play to his strengths.

PP here from the Fortune 500 company. I think data science is a great major, because companies will always need PEOPLE to use tools like AI but also Python, R, and other analytical tools to understand data and make decisions with the information.

AI can’t run itself. My company has 50+ roles at corporate that analyze our business, web traffic, Revenue, customer behavior. These all aren’t going to be outsourced to India or done solely by a sentient computer any time soon. The head of our AI dept has a phd from Stanford in data science/analytics. They don’t hire people with English degrees or without data analysis skills in that department.

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I don’t work at Mitre but here’s an example job. Government needs these jobs too.

https://share.google/CgMPNBo706qW57b2L

[Anonymous]

Forensic pathologist

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Just to give OP some perspective, when our 2023 HS grad started college (Fall 2023), at drop-off there were a few sessions for parents. One thing I remember them saying at one of them, "the jobs that your college kids will have after college, don't exist yet."

I believe this

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Anonymous wrote:Just to give OP some perspective, when our 2023 HS grad started college (Fall 2023), at drop-off there were a few sessions for parents. One thing I remember them saying at one of them, "the jobs that your college kids will have after college, don't exist yet."

I believe this

For most kids that’s simply not true.

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Just to give OP some perspective, when our 2023 HS grad started college (Fall 2023), at drop-off there were a few sessions for parents. One thing I remember them saying at one of them, "the jobs that your college kids will have after college, don't exist yet."

I believe this

For most kids that’s simply not true.

There may be a few jobs like this (example, digital marketing didn’t exist when I went to college in the early 90s) but certainly doctor, lawyer, analyst, marketer, Human Resources, etc exist today and will exist in 5+ years. It’s only slightly true.