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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Endure a STEM major?  I loved studying my STEM major.  The classes were fascinating and so much fun.

I don't regret picking a high paying career.  We're early 40s and have enough saved that i could retire if I wanted to do so.  That provides a lot of career freedom.[/quote]

Only a certain kind of person would love a STEM major. You found a skill that you loved and were good at. I can’t imagine pushing a child who isn’t a STEM fan to do it for the money.  [/quote]

Thousands of first gen kids are 'pushed' to do it. Hence the preponderance of Jewish doctors/lawyers over most of the last century and the preponderance of Indians/Asians in STEM/other high income professions over the last decade+. Takes discipline/mental conditioning.  Find something that you are good at and makes money to pursue as a profession. Find something you love to do as a hobby. Awesome if the two happen to overlap, but they seldom do.

IMO, even among the 'locals', most successful people generally seem to guide their kids towards money. The immigrants don't sugercoat and push for this openly in school and get their kids into STEM programs. Locals kinda let their kids 'drift' with guardrails into a glidepath towards a desired target profession. For example, kid may do English literature or Theater with a minor in biology, etc. at a top school and end up going to law school or med school. Of course, many will drop off this path and wonder many years later on DCUM if they should have pursued a more lucrative field. This is very obvious if you have spent any time at all on the AAP and college forums. Asians are focused on TJ and getting into MIT (say). Locals are focused on 'enrichment and passion' (whatever that means), but generally seem to have money saved up for grad school, code for law, medical school or MBA.[/quote]

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