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FarCenter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-24-11 03:54 PM Original message |
High Demand for Science Graduates Enables Them to Pick Their Jobs, Report Says |
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XemaSab (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-24-11 04:09 PM Response to Original message |
1. I'm going to get jumped on for this |
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Warren DeMontague (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-24-11 04:13 PM Response to Reply #1 |
3. You're absolutely right. |
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coalition_unwilling (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-24-11 04:29 PM Response to Reply #1 |
5. I'll get flamed for this no doubt, but I think you are correct. However, in |
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MadHound (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-24-11 05:42 PM Response to Reply #1 |
13. Then I suggest you try and bullshit your way into a History BA, |
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XemaSab (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-24-11 05:48 PM Response to Reply #13 |
15. I graduated a few years back |
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MadHound (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-24-11 05:50 PM Response to Reply #15 |
16. What history classes did you take? |
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ellisonz (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-24-11 06:55 PM Response to Reply #16 |
22. Agreed. |
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XemaSab (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-24-11 08:31 PM Response to Reply #22 |
24. Where did you go to school? |
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ellisonz (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-24-11 11:31 PM Response to Reply #24 |
26. Same place Steve Jobs went to before dropping out (I finished)... |
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XemaSab (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-25-11 12:14 AM Response to Reply #26 |
27. I applied there |
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glowing (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-25-11 04:41 AM Response to Reply #22 |
33. I think it depends on the person and their own development, |
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wickerwoman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-25-11 01:27 AM Response to Reply #1 |
29. Not sure that's fair. |
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XemaSab (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-25-11 02:47 AM Response to Reply #29 |
31. I think it really depends on the school you go to |
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Lucian (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-25-11 01:29 AM Response to Reply #1 |
30. I worked my ass off to get my degree in anthropology. |
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provis99 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-24-11 04:12 PM Response to Original message |
2. his conclusions are exactly opposite of his data. |
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quaker bill (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-24-11 04:26 PM Response to Reply #2 |
4. My son had his pick of positions before he graduated |
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Igel (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-24-11 06:12 PM Response to Reply #2 |
17. Nope. |
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Fumesucker (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-24-11 04:42 PM Response to Original message |
6. If science jobs are so high paying? |
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FarCenter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-24-11 04:55 PM Response to Reply #6 |
8. Probably because they like the work better |
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hack89 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-24-11 04:59 PM Response to Reply #6 |
9. Because they are high paying and fulfilling? nt |
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Fumesucker (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-24-11 05:15 PM Response to Reply #9 |
10. I thought that was the science jobs? |
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hack89 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-24-11 05:43 PM Response to Reply #10 |
14. If you ran a company in a technical field |
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JI7 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-24-11 06:55 PM Response to Reply #14 |
23. yes, i would be more impressed with someone who had knowledge of the product, service etc |
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Johonny (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-24-11 06:34 PM Response to Reply #6 |
18. science jobs aren't high paying-relatively speaking |
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GaYellowDawg (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-25-11 02:47 AM Response to Reply #6 |
32. Because |
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ProgressiveProfessor (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-24-11 04:44 PM Response to Original message |
7. I teach geek, and our graduates who seek employment in the field have not problem finding it |
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badtoworse (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-24-11 05:24 PM Response to Original message |
11. I got an engineering degree in 1972 |
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greenman3610 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-24-11 05:34 PM Response to Original message |
12. even if you don't plan to work in a science field |
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girl gone mad (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-24-11 06:40 PM Response to Original message |
19. We are graduating far too many scientitsts and engineers.. |
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exboyfil (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-25-11 06:12 AM Response to Reply #19 |
35. I don't agree about engineering at all |
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Nikia (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-24-11 06:47 PM Response to Original message |
20. Really? I obviously need some career counseling |
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ProgressiveProfessor (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-24-11 08:34 PM Response to Reply #20 |
25. I have Comp Sci graduates getting $50-$60K offers regularly |
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WinkyDink (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-24-11 06:49 PM Response to Original message |
21. And the other report says they cannot separate fact from rumor, etc. |
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cemaphonic (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-25-11 12:18 AM Response to Original message |
28. This is pretty reflective of how my wife's career has gone. |
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glowing (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-25-11 04:43 AM Response to Reply #28 |
34. You got it. Doesn't pay well with only a BS.. .and the chemicals |
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