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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]It depends, does she have family money to fall back on in case of unsteady employment in her early career years?

Kids who pick "practical" majors often times don't have this. They need steady income right away after college graduation.[/quote]

This was me. I majored in physics at MIT planning on getting a PhD right away. But I had no family money, had to help family, got an engineering job right away. Have had an interesting career in various fields but never got a physics PhD. [/quote]

This is so true. I wanted to do quant finance, but my family strongly discouraged me from hustling for better jobs because it’s “less secure and unstable” and I should just bend my back to please my boss who was a mid-wit middle manager at a no name company. I waste the first 7 years of my life at lesser company not building skill, network or reputation. My family didn’t need my help as they are government employees but the mentality is conducive in your early career days. [/quote]

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