Careers after college for athletes who attended top colleges

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Anonymous wrote:What do they usually major in?
Probably some easy bullshit majors?

Mine is majoring in computer science.

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Anonymous wrote:What do they usually major in?
Probably some easy bullshit majors?

Mine is majoring in computer science.

Mine in neuroscience and he's in an 8 year BS/MD program.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:If they're dipshits -- and they usually are vis a vis the average classmate -- they generally go onto work normal 9 to 5 gigs. It's a fake myth that all these millionaire exec alums just can't wait to hire washed up dipshit athletes and give them tons of cash with no accountability. I would bet the average former D1 athlete is selling insurance or cars at a Chevy dealership. And the average former female college athletes is in some make-work HR role or a fat SAHM.

Yeah yeah cherry pick the few that got into Stanford law or is now some Goldman executive or got rich off government set-aside minority contracts.

A former HS classmate and D1 in football - Big 10 - and sells cars at the local Chevy. Married for over thirty years with a wonderful family. All his kids played sports in school, but he dissuaded them from college due to the demands on time and body.

Not everyone needs to go to Goldman to be successful. I would rather have someone contributing to the community, then siphoning off it.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:If they're dipshits -- and they usually are vis a vis the average classmate -- they generally go onto work normal 9 to 5 gigs. It's a fake myth that all these millionaire exec alums just can't wait to hire washed up dipshit athletes and give them tons of cash with no accountability. I would bet the average former D1 athlete is selling insurance or cars at a Chevy dealership. And the average former female college athletes is in some make-work HR role or a fat SAHM.

Yeah yeah cherry pick the few that got into Stanford law or is now some Goldman executive or got rich off government set-aside minority contracts.

We are talking ivy here and other academically rigorous schools but keep projecting

You've never been on an Ivy campus or you'd know many of the athletes are dipshits relative to their classmates who earned their way in. The hardest part about an Ivy is getting in. It's next to impossible to get kicked out or fail out before graduating.

[Anonymous]

I posted this before, but Harvard Varsity Club actively asks alumni athletes to hire the Harvard varsity athletes. So there is definitely a career boost. I don’t do it, even though I could, because it rubs me the wrong way - let everyone compete on merit to get into the recruiting process. But I am sure that many others do provide career help and hiring.

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In case you can’t tell, I don’t hate Harvard as an alum, but I don’t think an already privileged group of students deserve self-perpetuating privileges from alumni. If they are that good, let them compete on the open market.

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Anonymous wrote:If they're dipshits -- and they usually are vis a vis the average classmate -- they generally go onto work normal 9 to 5 gigs. It's a fake myth that all these millionaire exec alums just can't wait to hire washed up dipshit athletes and give them tons of cash with no accountability. I would bet the average former D1 athlete is selling insurance or cars at a Chevy dealership. And the average former female college athletes is in some make-work HR role or a fat SAHM.

Yeah yeah cherry pick the few that got into Stanford law or is now some Goldman executive or got rich off government set-aside minority contracts.

We are talking ivy here and other academically rigorous schools but keep projecting

You've never been on an Ivy campus or you'd know many of the athletes are dipshits relative to their classmates who earned their way in. The hardest part about an Ivy is getting in. It's next to impossible to get kicked out or fail out before graduating.

This is true of everyone, not just the athletes, because the dean takes care of the students assigned to them and does everything possible to support them. For example, mine helped one of my friends graduate in 6 year because he had his first schizophrenia attack during freshman year. There were several kids with ED who got treatment and then came back after a two year gap.

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Anonymous wrote:What the OP doesn't seem to understand is that athletes are generally more outgoing and self-confident than many non-athletes, which makes them attractive people to others and masters at networking. And the name of the game at top colleges and in the business world is networking. So, good for them.

+1 And generally physically more attractive than average as well, since they are fit, which is always a boost career-wise.

Absolutely this. Harvard alum here (not an athlete). They all went to NYC for investment banking and doing great.

[Anonymous]

So, what I am hearing is that athletes are very successful because they into lucrative careers.

No one has talked about college athletes who have helped the poor and hungry or done anything to make the world a better place.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:If they're dipshits -- and they usually are vis a vis the average classmate -- they generally go onto work normal 9 to 5 gigs. It's a fake myth that all these millionaire exec alums just can't wait to hire washed up dipshit athletes and give them tons of cash with no accountability. I would bet the average former D1 athlete is selling insurance or cars at a Chevy dealership. And the average former female college athletes is in some make-work HR role or a fat SAHM.

Yeah yeah cherry pick the few that got into Stanford law or is now some Goldman executive or got rich off government set-aside minority contracts.

We are talking ivy here and other academically rigorous schools but keep projecting

You've never been on an Ivy campus or you'd know many of the athletes are dipshits relative to their classmates who earned their way in. The hardest part about an Ivy is getting in. It's next to impossible to get kicked out or fail out before graduating.

Stanford non-athlete grad here and this was not true at Stanford.

[Anonymous]

Not an Ivy, but a lot of the athletes I know that went to Michigan went into sales.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:So, what I am hearing is that athletes are very successful because they into lucrative careers.

No one has talked about college athletes who have helped the poor and hungry or done anything to make the world a better place.

OP was asking about grads from top colleges. Very few of them in general make the world better.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:If they're dipshits -- and they usually are vis a vis the average classmate -- they generally go onto work normal 9 to 5 gigs. It's a fake myth that all these millionaire exec alums just can't wait to hire washed up dipshit athletes and give them tons of cash with no accountability. I would bet the average former D1 athlete is selling insurance or cars at a Chevy dealership. And the average former female college athletes is in some make-work HR role or a fat SAHM.

Yeah yeah cherry pick the few that got into Stanford law or is now some Goldman executive or got rich off government set-aside minority contracts.

We are talking ivy here and other academically rigorous schools but keep projecting

You've never been on an Ivy campus or you'd know many of the athletes are dipshits relative to their classmates who earned their way in. The hardest part about an Ivy is getting in. It's next to impossible to get kicked out or fail out before graduating.

I went to an Ivy, dear, where I met my Ivy athlete husband and now have a son playing ball at a different Ivy. No “dipshits” (such a ridiculous and childish day phrase.

What Ivy did you attend?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:So, what I am hearing is that athletes are very successful because they into lucrative careers.

No one has talked about college athletes who have helped the poor and hungry or done anything to make the world a better place.

OP was asking about grads from top colleges. Very few of them in general make the world better.

How many non athletes from state schools have made the world a better place? What have you done, PP?

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face man in financial sector.