Which career path mogs

[Deleted member 13197]

Computer science or Business/Finance

I’ve been thinking abt what I want to pursue and I can’t decide between the two.

computer science pros
- can go to any college and do it, prestige of college doesn’t matter
- guaranteed high salary after college
- amazing job growth
- can work from home and have relatively good hours
- easy to cheat and get code online during college for exams and projects

computer science cons
- surrounded by nerd incels
- have to grind hard in college while everyone is having fun
- becoming a saturated market
- pretty hard in general
- have to sit in front of a computer the whole day

Business/Finance pros
- Guarenteed good money out of college
- Sexy/alpha job to everyone
- Can have fun in college since it’s not too hard
- Can get jobs easily through networking
- not many extracurriculars to do in order to get a job
- possibly fun work environment
- colleagues become your friends and you go out drinking and partying with them

Business/Finance cons
- Notorious for long hours and not enough breaks (depends on job and company culture but still)
- have to go to a pretty good school to have a chance at a job
- job growth isn’t as good and have to actively search to get a job
- can’t work from home (maybe you can, I don’t know enough)
- surrounded by primarily guys
- can’t take vacations as easily as with computer science

Ideally I would want a finance/business career with a good salary post college and work at a company with good culture (Citibank, Barclays) so I can have decent hours (35-50 hours) and some good vacation/time off. This isn’t very common in the finance world and computer science guarantees the things above so idk.

corporate banking/product management seems good but i don’t know enough abt it.

do you guys have any recommendations, career paths, or certain jobs? Is there anything else that’s better

 

[AlexAP]

Do you like coding? If yes, then cs is good. Doing it only for the money can be bad, because coding is a mess if you don't like it, you have to stare at and solve equations all day long. Also, the programming languages change every fucking 2-3 years. It can stress you out as hell and make you hate your job. If you like coding, then getting a cs degree or IT certs for beginners are the way to start a career.

I would think that business/finance is better for making money if you don't feel passionate about coding. Also, learning about business/finance is way easier than learning to code.

You can work from home as a finance guy, too. I don't know if it's easier than with cs, but there are many people working from home in finance.

If you want to climb the ladder in business/finance, you need to get certifications:

Financial Certifications With the Best ROI

Obtaining a financial certificate can land you a long, profitable career at an affordable price.

www.investopedia.com

The most prestigious cert is the CFA. You need to have 4 years of work experience in the field first (can be accountant or even financial journalist/editor). I'm not sure if you need to have a college degree for the CFA exam, but it will help either way.

 

[AsGoodAsItGets]

 

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[Lars]

I did legit both and also left both too boring

 

[Acnno]

Just rotmax bro

 

[Deleted member 11370]

Computer science or Business/Finance

I’ve been thinking abt what I want to pursue and I can’t decide between the two.

computer science pros
- can go to any college and do it, prestige of college doesn’t matter
- guaranteed high salary after college
- amazing job growth
- can work from home and have relatively good hours
- easy to cheat and get code online during college for exams and projects

computer science cons
- surrounded by nerd incels
- have to grind hard in college while everyone is having fun
- becoming a saturated market
- pretty hard in general
- have to sit in front of a computer the whole day

Business/Finance pros
- Guarenteed good money out of college
- Sexy/alpha job to everyone
- Can have fun in college since it’s not too hard
- Can get jobs easily through networking
- not many extracurriculars to do in order to get a job
- possibly fun work environment
- colleagues become your friends and you go out drinking and partying with them

Business/Finance cons
- Notorious for long hours and not enough breaks (depends on job and company culture but still)
- have to go to a pretty good school to have a chance at a job
- job growth isn’t as good and have to actively search to get a job
- can’t work from home (maybe you can, I don’t know enough)
- surrounded by primarily guys
- can’t take vacations as easily as with computer science

Ideally I would want a finance/business career with a good salary post college and work at a company with good culture (Citibank, Barclays) so I can have decent hours (35-50 hours) and some good vacation/time off. This isn’t very common in the finance world and computer science guarantees the things above so idk.

corporate banking/product management seems good but i don’t know enough abt it.

do you guys have any recommendations, career paths, or certain jobs? Is there anything else that’s better

Engineering is the best career path world wide imo.

it works in many countries while Cs limits you to developed countries.

+ i live in saudi arabia the land of oil so engineering would do super well here.

 

[john2]

Business/Finance mogs any day.

 

[Soalian]

If one of your pluses for a CS career, is the ability to cheat your way through and being able to copy-paste lines of codes from stackexchange, I'd say you're probably not made out for it.

 

[fvolkek]

Do computer science, I want less competition

 

[Deleted member 6273]

Engineering is the best career path world wide imo.
it works in many countries while Cs limits you to developed countries.

Not true, also in many countries you have to be a member of a registered board to be an engineer, so you just can't move into another country and become and engineer.

 

[DicedFeta]

Business/finance is so saturated. Competition for even lame jobs are really fierce and in the end their hourly wage becomes pretty bad if you consider how much many of them actually work. Friends of mine doing finance literally ages 3 years in 1. They all earn good salaries but none of them are actually doing anything ever. In your twenties you're expected to work like a dog, they (recruiters also) even call the first years "dog"-years. Can be a good path to become "rich" with a certain guarantee not found elsewhere but you will pay with health+time in your 20s. Also, in business/finance they are better at being flashy outwards because they work closely with clients but behind the scenes they're all a bunch of geeks, in many cases even worse than engineers. Their studies aren't even that "easy" compared to engineering or cs because grades are so important as well as extra curricular activities.

 

[Deleted member 4106]

Computer science, finance is only for Chad

 

[Deleted member 6273]

Computer science, finance is only for Chad

incel meme most high ranking finance people look like truecel, height is a halo though

 

[Deleted member 4106]

incel meme most high ranking finance people look like truecel, height is a halo though

For that very reason, height, face, it helps in negotiations, and you still need an incredible social intelligence

 

[Deleted member 6273]

For that very reason, height, face, it helps in negotiations, and you still need an incredible social intelligence

Finance (also law) have a lot of nepotism, if you have the right connections you'll always make it to the top. Also generally speaking a lot of finance doesn't directly involve negotiations, some people just sit in their offices all day staring at charts and numbers and making calls.

Look at the top finance executives they are usually below average in looks

 

[Deleted member 4106]

Finance (also law) have a lot of nepotism, if you have the right connections you'll always make it to the top. Also generally speaking a lot of finance doesn't directly involve negotiations, some people just sit in their offices all day staring at charts and numbers and making calls.

Look at the top finance executives they are usually below average in looks
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Certainly op does not have these connections

 

[Deleted member 12002]

Self made locationally independent entrepreneur.

 

[AsGoodAsItGets]

Self made locationally independent entrepreneur.

Couldn’t agree more.

Tbh if your passport has more power in the index, the better it gets with this

 

[Deleted member 12002]

Couldn’t agree more.

Tbh if your passport has more power in the index, the better it gets with this

Well, when you get to a certain level obtaining another passport, or two, becomes more of a necessity.

 

[AsGoodAsItGets]

Well, when you get to a certain level obtaining another passport, or two, becomes more of a necessity.

Love it