Engineering degree

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Anonymous wrote:Parents are so afraid of kid's failure to launch that they forget that college is an organic path of personal and professional exploration and growth, not of going straight on a highway from point A to point B.

It’s way too expensive nowadays to just take a “wait and see” what happens approach.

+1 if you have the money to offer that "organic path", that's great for you, and you are privileged.

The rest of us don't have that privilege.

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Coming into college with a focused, clear idea of what you want to be doing after graduation is the best use of your time

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Parents are so afraid of kid's failure to launch that they forget that college is an organic path of personal and professional exploration and growth, not of going straight on a highway from point A to point B.

It’s way too expensive nowadays to just take a “wait and see” what happens approach.

+1 if you have the money to offer that "organic path", that's great for you, and you are privileged.

The rest of us don't have that privilege.

.. and to add.. that's not to say that your kid can't switch careers. I did, and it was more lucrative and a better fit for me. But, I lost a few years trying to figure out what I wanted to do. It was a struggle, financially, emotionally and mentally. So, the earlier you can figure out what fits you, the better.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Parents are so afraid of kid's failure to launch that they forget that college is an organic path of personal and professional exploration and growth, not of going straight on a highway from point A to point B.

It’s way too expensive nowadays to just take a “wait and see” what happens approach.

+1 if you have the money to offer that "organic path", that's great for you, and you are privileged.

The rest of us don't have that privilege.

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:If she is interested in healthcare, nursing and physician's assistant's jobs are in high demand.

Also nurse anesthetist.

Judging by one of my relatives, Psychiatric Nurse Practitioners are doing pretty good too. She is mostly working from home doing online appointments. She only has in person hours one day a week.

I told my DD to go into therapy. More and more people seem to be needing mental health therapy. Can't find a good therapist taking on new patients, well, at least with insurance.

My niece is also a mental health therapist, wfh, and loves her job.

So not specifically in the last six years, but I have only a bachelor's degree, in what many would consider a 'useless' major, and have built a respectable career in the nonprofit sector. The key to making decent money here is to focus on larger nonprofits, typically in major urban areas. Entry level jobs are generally some kind of admin work, but depending on the organization, there is opportunity to learn about and/or get experience in lots of things - communications/pr, HR, computer/systems work, program work, fundraising. I've done mostly fundraising - within that there are lots of sub-categories depending on your talents and interests. If you are good with people, you can get into fundraising from major donors, if you are a good writer you can get into foundation/grants work, planned giving is good for people with some financial interests/skills. Almost everyone I know in fundraising fell into it accidentally, and developed expertise that followed from their early jobs. Pay is low early on, but senior people at bigger nonprofits often make in the range of 200k. (I consider that good pay, I realize there is audience on DCUM that does not...) Generally you will also be somewhere that your work feels meaningful; of course that is by no means exclusive to the nonprofit world, and it is possible to be very disillusioned - and taken advantage of - in this field too. In fundraising in particular, there are always jobs available. If you end up at a place that treats people crappy, you can generally find another job (again, in major metro areas like DC).

Here is what the young family members are doing in my family:

Communications position at NASA
Med School
Consultant (business information tech)
Accounting Firm

OP your question is a good one ignore the trolls.

College is about getting out like a hospital stay. And yes other things but the ultimate is a job.

Mine are all math learning students. College majors, CS, Eng, Supply chain, Data Analytics, Business analyst, Technical Writing.

Employment.
Business analyst
CTO
Product planner
Director of Merchandising & planning multi-channels.
Software architect
Supply Chain Operations Manager
Supply Chain Operations VP

OP mine work for startups or found a company they were interested in the product and applied. For example one of mine loves Keen footwear so he applied.

Kid one - military officer
Kid two- trainer for a restoration company
Kid three - teacher
Kid four - HR manager
Kid five - college senior. Mech Eng.

Anonymous wrote:Parents are so afraid of kid's failure to launch that they forget that college is an organic path of personal and professional exploration and growth, not of going straight on a highway from point A to point B.

It’s way too expensive nowadays to just take a “wait and see” what happens approach.