What’s the point?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Trump’s economy.

Please google economic failures of the Biden Administration and start educating yourself.

Please you MAGAs need to stop blaming Biden for your totally incompetent leader. We can all read the Wall Street Journal and Bloomberg. They are blaming Trump for his inept policies. It’s only MAGGATS and Fox still lamely trying to defend Trump’s economy. It’s just sad we all suffer when idiots cast their 2024 vote.

Not MAGA. I am an economist.

I trust you as the”economist” can do Google the same and replace Biden with Trump.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:OP here - dc is poli sci & env science double major

Does he like working outside? My DD is an ES major and is applying to internships now. Getting a lot of response (still in interviews with a few companies) but they are largely 80%+ outdoor field work (which is what she wants). My friend's son majored in something environmental related but doesn't actually want to be outside much. Hasn't found a job and now going to grad school. Entry level in env sci really seems to be literally on the ground.

If he's willing to do the outdoor work, resume/cover letter should make the case that he's up to it (e.g. among other experiences, DD lists her ecology camp experience leading multi-day backpacking trips, firefighter ground crew certification, work with chainsaw and other power tools from a summer job with a local park system).

Also, look for internships as well as full time jobs. I know several new grads with ES majors and most of them have started out by doing seasonal/temp, jumping to a new thing every six months or so.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:OP here - dc is poli sci & env science double major

Navy's hiring.

https://www.navy.com/careers-benefits/careers/intelligence-information-cryptology/surface-warfare-officer-swo

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:what majors?

Double major, computer science and math, from UMD. RMIB grad.

https://www.navy.com/careers-benefits/careers/intelligence-information-cryptology/cyber-warfare-engineer

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:What was his major? My sister graduated in the early 2000s and did the same and has struggled her entire career, because of her major. Shes had jobs but had to be extremely creative with the jobs and networking It took patience and she’s even moved twice to different parts of the country.

I know plenty of others in the same situation who graduated from the late 90s - now.

Her employment struggles 20 years after graduating are not because of her major. No one asks about college major after the first few years.

I completely agree! My point was that many people struggle for many reasons and it’s not necessarily Trump’s fault. I also said I know others that had a hard time finding jobs out of college too. I wasn’t clear in my post.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:what majors?

Double major, computer science and math, from UMD. RMIB grad.

Is he just shooting out applications on Indeed? It’s so easy to apply now that hundreds of people will apply for one job. It’s much better to make use of the school’s career office and direct contacts through the internships.

[Anonymous]

Career office directs them online

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Trump’s economy.

Please google economic failures of the Biden Administration and start educating yourself.

Please you MAGAs need to stop blaming Biden for your totally incompetent leader. We can all read the Wall Street Journal and Bloomberg. They are blaming Trump for his inept policies. It’s only MAGGATS and Fox still lamely trying to defend Trump’s economy. It’s just sad we all suffer when idiots cast their 2024 vote.

Not MAGA. I am an economist.

For Heritage?

[Anonymous]

2009 grad here. I can relate.

[Anonymous]

I graduated in 2002 from undergrad and 2009 from business school. I promise to never go to school again so I don’t tank the economy worse.

What I can say is that you have to be flexible and lucky. And be prepared to always be a little behind, because when the economy flips those entry level jobs you were chasing go to fresh grads, not the person 1-3 years out. There are some depressing long-term economic studies about the impact of graduating in certain years.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I have an upcoming '26 grad from a good school, econ major with excellent grades. Good internships last summer that did not translate into what he thinks he wants to do for first job. Has sent out I don't know how many resumes, had two interviews and no job offer yet. Lots of comments about the state of the economy and how "hard" it is.

But what drives me insane:

He is fixated on one or two major cities where he "must" start his career. He is fixated on what I think is a narrow field of jobs.

He, like OP's kid, is going to learn the hard way that not everyone starts out with a glamorous first job in their first choice city. But it's a big, big country with a lot of opportunities. There are a LOT of cities where these kids could be happy for a year or two or three.

I'm tired of the whining and refuse to indulge it.

I’m one of the 2009s. I ended up in some really random cities in really random jobs. But they led to interesting opportunities and they included a 401k match and healthcare. Some kids have the privilege of picking where they want to be, but it’s a tiny minority. If he hasn’t been scooped up by a bank in NYC or Google in SF by now, it’s not happening and he needs to accept that.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Graduating dc did all the right things, worked hard to get into good school, worked throughout college with 3 internships, top grades, and cannot find a job. And so many stories of 2025 grads still looking. Just depressing.

What degree (major)?

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:what majors?

Double major, computer science and math, from UMD. RMIB grad.

If they took the rigorous CS electives, there is lots of demand and there are lots of openings (not as many openings if they concentrated on web programming or easier electives).

NRO.gov has a waiver and is hiring exactly that kind of STEM candidate locally. Aerospace.org (and mitre.org) also hiring candidates just like that.

ARL and NRL and NSA and DISA are frozen (only for civil service positions), but are definitely hiring such people as contractors.

Space Force is very selective but is both hiring civilians and recruiting officers with that profile.

Ditto for Navy, which now has a Cyber career field for officers, in addition to civilian positions at NRL or at a Naval Warfare Center (examples: Carderock, Indian Head). Navy is particularly short of officer candidates for the Cyber career field.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Trump’s economy.

Please google economic failures of the Biden Administration and start educating yourself.

Please you MAGAs need to stop blaming Biden for your totally incompetent leader. We can all read the Wall Street Journal and Bloomberg. They are blaming Trump for his inept policies. It’s only MAGGATS and Fox still lamely trying to defend Trump’s economy. It’s just sad we all suffer when idiots cast their 2024 vote.

Not MAGA. I am an economist.

Well, you’re not a good economist because everybody knows that the inflation is due to the flooding the market with cash during Covid. Also, during that administration, it was the biggest transfer of wealth to wealthy people.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Trump’s economy.

Please google economic failures of the Biden Administration and start educating yourself.

Please you MAGAs need to stop blaming Biden for your totally incompetent leader. We can all read the Wall Street Journal and Bloomberg. They are blaming Trump for his inept policies. It’s only MAGGATS and Fox still lamely trying to defend Trump’s economy. It’s just sad we all suffer when idiots cast their 2024 vote.

Not MAGA. I am an economist.

For Heritage?

Economy is what you study when you can’t get into a business school.