Do You Have a College Degree?

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Originally Posted by buttcheeks

I can't help it if you want to talk about the real world in a thread about college.

Hey, why don't we talk about life on mars while we are at it?

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It's on America's tortured brow that mickey mouse has grown up a cow. Now the workers have struck for fame cause Lennon's on sale again.

shoot i wish it didn't have the title

Dude, that's Knockout Ned in your video.

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Originally Posted by Bojack

Ol' Bach. in Bus. Admin majoring in Accounting, U. Central FL. In retrospect chasing after big business bucks was the worst decision I've ever made. Should have gone to mechanics school like I'm doing late this month.

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Care to elaborate? I'm curious to hear why you decided it was the worst decision you've ever made.

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Originally Posted by napalm

Care to elaborate? I'm curious to hear why you decided it was the worst decision you've ever made.

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I essentially could have stayed home with my parents and gotten an auto tech degree and my ASE certifications quickly and cheaply while living with my parents at a near by community college but I decided to go get a degree from UCF which I decided to move to Orlando for.

I went with the BA decision because most of my family talked me out of mechanic school so I decided to get a "nice sit down desk job". Many thousands of student debt, several years most likely wasted, 2 years in an accounting job to find out I can't stand an office environment, corporate dick sucking, or a desk job just to wind up back in mechanics school years later when I decided to say fuck off to any one who said differently.

Essesntially, I did what others suggested I do and it ended up poorly for me. Very, very poorly. I've done a lot of stupid shit but this I will have to pay for in lost time and debt payments for a very long time, hence, the worst decision I've ever made.

eh, maybe it wont be too bad in the end. That accounting experience could be helpful if you ever decided to open up your own business.

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Originally Posted by Bojack

I essentially could have stayed home with my parents and gotten an auto tech degree and my ASE certifications quickly and cheaply while living with my parents at a near by community college but I decided to go get a degree from UCF which I decided to move to Orlando for.

I went with the BA decision because most of my family talked me out of mechanic school so I decided to get a "nice sit down desk job". Many thousands of student debt, several years most likely wasted, 2 years in an accounting job to find out I can't stand an office environment, corporate dick sucking, or a desk job just to wind up back in mechanics school years later when I decided to say fuck off to any one who said differently.

Essesntially, I did what others suggested I do and it ended up poorly for me. Very, very poorly. I've done a lot of stupid shit but this I will have to pay for in lost time and debt payments for a very long time, hence, the worst decision I've ever made.

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Thanks for the honesty. I'm going through my early 20's crisis of trying to decide between a degree and a "safe" job, versus doing what I want to do and potentially being poor, but happy. My mind changes every 30 seconds.

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Originally Posted by napalm

Thanks for the honesty. I'm going through my early 20's crisis of trying to decide between a degree and a "safe" job, versus doing what I want to do and potentially being poor, but happy. My mind changes every 30 seconds.

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A degree is a good fall back and most likely my accounting experience will always help me in life. The same could happen for you, whether or not the time and cash involved will be worth a degree will be up to you. The most important thing is that you don't stagnate in life if it can be avoided.

Take the poor but happy route. Time spent in misery is time wasted, your life's time is far too valuable. I'd rather the wife and I have a combined income of 70~100k or less and be happy to wake up in the morning than to be way more loaded but be divorced or have major family issues and therapy etc. etc. etc. that comes with most loaded people's lives.

I probably could have gone on to get the credits needed to get a CPA license but fuck it. Accounting is for the dogs. Owning my own auto repair/speed shop sounds much better to me.

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Originally Posted by napalm

Thanks for the honesty. I'm going through my early 20's crisis of trying to decide between a degree and a "safe" job, versus doing what I want to do and potentially being poor, but happy. My mind changes every 30 seconds.

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Counterpoint: Just remember you won't always be in your early 20's. Having that income may matter a lot more to you later in life.

Look, we can always second-guess ourselves. Whether you're "happier" getting the BA/S or going to cooking school is, in the end, irrelevant. You need to be "happy" with whatever you decide. Being content with your decision is the key.