Accounting is the most lucrative non-science/engineering degree

[Asher]

We have this argument every year.

First, you have to address why the starting salaries vary so significantly.

Then, you have to reason why the Liberal Arts would have substantially more salary later in life than those who started high.

Or provide a link...-

[GePap]

Basically, few people are interested in doing those jobs, there is a high demand, and thus high salaries. Be glad that so few people find such menial and tedious jobs interesting. Also be glad cheap Asian competitors are kep out.

The sad truth is that no talent hacks pop singers make in 1 year what most people will make in 10 years if not more. If you really want money, get yourself a talent coach.

[Kidlicious]

Accounting might not be as exciting as porno star, but it's not that bad. I don't care about boring that much anyway. I mostly care about little punks ****ing with me.

[KrazyHorse]

To be fair, the average person in sciences is smarter than the average person taking an arts degree, so we'd theoretically have to control for that...

[GePap]

Originally posted by Kidicious
Accounting might not be as exciting as porno star, but it's not that bad. I don't care about boring that much anyway. I mostly care about little punks ****ing with me.

Well, as long as you are like Herbert Kornfeld at accounts receivable...

[Asher]

Originally posted by GePap
Basically, few people are interested in doing those jobs, there is a high demand, and thus high salaries. Be glad that so few people find such menial and tedious jobs interesting.

I would think that tree-planting and garbage-picking that the Liberal Arts grads get to do would be more menial and tedious than, say, developing software.

[GePap]

Originally posted by KrazyHorse
To be fair, the average person in sciences is smarter than the average person taking an arts degree, so we'd theoretically have to control for that...

To be fair, the average person in sciences is geekier than the average person with an arts degree, so we theoretically have to pity them more....

If wealth = intelligence, Pamela Anderson makes you look like a ******.

[Lawrence of Arabia]

yay, Ill be starting at 42 Gs on average, a 5% increase from last year (w00t.) but that doesnt count all the insider trading ill be doing. (currency trading etc)

[KrazyHorse]

Originally posted by GePap


To be fair, the average person in sciences is geekier than the average person with an arts degree, so we theoretically have to pity them more....

If wealth = intelligence, Pamela Anderson makes you look like a ******.

I find it odd that you're rebutting a claim I never made.

[GePap]

College grads don;t work Sanitation and people doing planting have science or technical degrees (horticulture and so forth).

And Sanitation is a rather profitable job, if you get it. Strong unions, lost of free time, good benefits.

No, the arts degree people work as bar tenders and have lots of meaningless sex, while you make code.

[JohnT]

Originally posted by Asher
We have this argument every year.

What, the "menial and tedious" process where you go about trying to "prove" that what you do is more beneficial to both yourself and society than anybody else on this board?

That's more like every month.

[JohnT]

Originally posted by Asher

I would think that tree-planting and garbage-picking that the Liberal Arts grads get to do would be more menial and tedious than, say, developing software.

Asked and answered!

[Asher]

Originally posted by GePap
To be fair, the average person in sciences is geekier than the average person with an arts degree, so we theoretically have to pity them more....

If wealth = intelligence, Pamela Anderson makes you look like a ******.

The correlation isn't wealth = intelligence in all cases, just in cases like real jobs.

I wasn't aware Pamela was on a salary.

[Asher]

Originally posted by GePap
College grads don;t work Sanitation and people doing planting have science or technical degrees (horticulture and so forth).

And Sanitation is a rather profitable job, if you get it. Strong unions, lost of free time, good benefits.

No, the arts degree people work as bar tenders and have lots of meaningless sex, while you make code.

I knew arts degree members who worked at a grocery store bakery with me while I was in high school.

One guy was all pleased he had a Psychology degree and was making $16/hr after 15 years (the max under the union deal) baking bread in a hot, overcrowded bakery.

I made more than that by the time I was 18, and considerably more than that when I was 20.

As for benefits, I'm sure the city workers get nice benefits, but I'm pretty certain, say, IBM employees get more.

[Asher]

Originally posted by JohnT
What, the "menial and tedious" process where you go about trying to "prove" that what you do is more beneficial to both yourself and society than anybody else on this board?

That's more like every month.

At least I know how to make reports using SQL.