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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Why don't you let your kid pursue a career that is enjoyable to them and pays decently instead of one that is "highly selective" and "lucrative?" That is the question you should be asking.[/quote]

My son wants to make money. We are middle middle class.[/quote]
Does he have a specific interest in military or defense? He should never pick a career path for the money. He will be miserable and also won’t succeed bc his heart wont be in it. I did banking for years and before anyone says no one can be in to banking, I was an Econ major and loved the industry I specialized in for corporate finance/m&a. If he truly likes his major (and isn’t just doing it bc he thinks it’ll lead to something lucrative), he needs to think long and hard about what aspects he likes the best. Is he into micro or macro? Does he want to work more in poly ec or something closer to accounting or finance? Summer internships are great opportunities for this, but these need to be his decisions and your financial position needs to play no roll, or he’ll be pushed into something where he may not be happy. [/quote]

“I did what I love, and it just happened to pay boatloads”. You don’t have any experience in following interests and then making peanuts.

Her son should go into a lucrative field, build a nest egg and then follow his passion once he starts a family. [/quote]

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