Hey everyone,
I’m trying to choose between Accounting and Pharmacy, and I’m looking for some real advice.
I know they are completely different paths, but right now I’m strictly focused on money, pay, and how well they pay long-term.

Quick context:
I did dual enrollment in high school and finished an Associate's, so I actually have a lot of the science prerequisites for pharmacy out of the way already.

That being said, pharmacy school is still 4 extra years and super stressful (though I’m not too worried about the debt side of things, just the time/effort).

I have family members in both fields—pharmacists and accountants—and all of them are pretty well off, so I genuinely just don't know which way to go.

So purely from a financial standpoint:

1. Is the higher starting salary in pharmacy worth the four extra years of stressful schooling?
2. Does accounting end up paying more long-term once you get experience, even if the starting pay is lower?
3. Which path actually gives you a better overall payout for the effort you put in?

Appreciate any thoughts or advice!

Hi everyone,
I’m 19F, a first-gen college student & this is my first year in college. I’ve been taking some classes, but I failed my biology class (a&p1) because I had a hard time concentrating and kept forgetting what I studied. It made me realize that maybe the medical field isn’t the right path for me.
I also took College Algebra, & my professor was amazing & really helped me understand the material. I actually ended up liking math, but I know College Algebra is completely different from the calculus & higher-level math required for engineering, & that honestly scares me.
Lately, I’ve been looking into civil engineering because I like the idea of it. It sounds interesting but I’m worried I’m not smart enough for it because everyone says the math is really difficult.
Another thing is that I work full time while going to school, so it’s been hard to focus on studying. I need the income to help pay for school & to have money saved for emergencies, especially since financial aid doesn’t always cover everything. Sometimes I wonder if I’m struggling because I’m trying to balance too much at once.
Has anyone else started out doubting themselves but still succeeded in engineering? If you weren’t naturally good at math in the beginning, were you able to catch up? Or did you end up finding another STEM career that fit you better?

So

I keep seeing people and lots of papers saying we will hit AGI by 2028-2030, and it will take all our jobs. How do y'all cope with this, knowing that in a few years most majors won't matter and we'll all be unemployed? Just wanted to hear your thoughts and how this affects u picking a major.
Especially now that AI is good enough for most jobs and legit broke out of its testing environment and hacked hugging face which is straight out of Sci fi

Hi everyone,

I’m considering pursuing a master degree in economics, and I’m trying to get a better sense of what career paths it could realistically open up.

I’ve always been passionate about history and geography, and economics feels like a good balance between something I’m genuinely interested in and something with strong career prospects.

Long term, I’d like to do work that has a meaningful social impact.
I want to feel like what I do actually matters and contributes to improving people’s lives or society in some way.
Because of that, I’m not particularly interested in traditional finance, investment banking or consulting.

Assuming I earn an M.Sc in Economics from a well-regarded target university, what kinds of careers would fit those goals?

I’m okay with some math—I can handle it, even though I’m definitely not a math genius—but I wouldn’t want a job that’s nothing but spreadsheets, data analysis, and Excel all day.

I’d like a role where judgment, communication, and decision-making matter, and where my input can genuinely influence outcomes.

I’d really appreciate hearing about careers that might fit this profile. Thanks!

I’m an English undergraduate set to finish my degree this coming Spring and I don’t really know what to do with it at the moment. I have about 4 years of time to really straighten up my career path; this could include further education such as a graduate program.

Here are some vague-ish details about me to help out with my background:

1. Marine Corps vet, MOS 5711-CBRN (Chemical, Biological, Radiological, & Nuclear) defense. I also have some off the books experience with intelligence, geospatial, and other technical skills. (I’ve held a secret clearance)

2. Bachelor’s in English. Pretty self explanatory.

3. 5+ years in the medical field. Mostly post-military. I worked in ophthalmology as a technician/writer for several eye surgeons in my area. No career advancement opportunities though. (Plus I’m sick of working with elderly patients.)

4. Will be spending the next 4 years in San Diego. This is where I intend to get further education unless there’s better online programs elsewhere.

I really just need help with a career direction and would love to hear some ideas!

I'm confused between this 4

Cyber security

AI

Data science

Creative computing

I have a golden opportunity to study any major I want for free. This includes dentistry, medicine, physical therapy essentially any field you can think of. I however have always seen myself studying something related to tech, throughout high my favorite subject was always mathematics and I've really enjoyed programming, even though my experience has only been at a basic level. Even though I have only ever seen myself going into tech or economics but I am starting to question my decision given Ai and it's affects on the market as well as the opportunity to become a dentist for basically free. Now torn between following the field I've been passionate about for years and choosing a career that may offer more stability. I'd really appreciate any advice from people who have faced a similar decision or have experience in either field.

Hi! I want to peruse in the future career in fp&a or controlling or audit and i have an option to study finance and accounting but there's only one speciality which is interesting to me, it's audit. They have a few other specialities so I'm afraid that audit may be not opened. The second option is to study accounting and controlling which have only to specialities accounting and controlling so i assume that the controlling speciality will be opened. Both of this deegres have option to take part in cima program and the first one will alow me to be exempt from exams for acca but only on speciality audit and the second one will exempt me from f1-f5 exams for acca. Honestly the subjects in the second option seems to me much more interesting but I'm afraid that employers would like to hire someone who graduated from the first one deegre.

I chose to major in economics with the hopes of working in nonprofit or public sector, ideally international development. But I'm starting college this fall and beginning to second guess myself.

I don't know how to get from an economics degree to a nonprofit career because no one can advise me on it. Everyone I know who has an economics undergrad degree has ended up going into consulting, financial advising, or are on a pre-law track, and the people around me can't accept that this is not my goal as well. People tell me again and again to join business clubs at school, get internships with the big four consulting companies, do coursework in computer science to boost my resume. All of this is geared towards a corporate job of the type mentioned above, and I don't know if this will help me at all on the nonprofit side of things.

Now I'm beginning to wonder, is economics even the right major to do? It feels like it's going to lead me down the same path as everyone else, which is not the path I want. My college has a development economics minor that I really wanted to do but was discouraged from. Would it help to add that on? Should I stick with econ for undergrad, and do something else for masters? Any advice, however small, is appreciated :)

I was planning on getting a Master's in robotics after my bachelor's and I can't choose between mechanical, electrical or mechtronics engineering. Generally , I was planning on choosing mechanical because I like hands-on work and I didn't like studying electricity in physics, but I heard that mechatronics combines the two, any advice?

Right now I’m in the midst of deciding what to major in and part of me wants to major History and have a minor in creative writing, while the other part wants to go into pre-med for the money. I’m great at science, English, and history and I hate math so majoring in Biology won’t be too much of a struggle, the pre-reqs that require math would be dreadful but I know I could push through it since I took college level math classes in highschool. I’m just so tired of being poor all my life so the main reason I want to go into STEM is solely for financial reasons, but I can’t help but think I would be miserable since I’m more passionate about humanities. With STEM, I would struggle in my 20s then for the rest of my life I’m successful. With humanities, especially with a history degree, I would be pretty happy with my life during the course of 4 years then struggle financially in the future, maybe for the rest of my life. I’m so exhausted going back and forth between the two. Which major should I pick that would actually benefit me?

I love working with kids and would LOVE to get a job that gets me directly working with them. Teaching is the US is a literal cesspool right now so I’m unsure where to pivot. I’d also like to afford to live!

I am a high senior aiming for college so tips on what major to get along with a career path would be great
Thank you so much!

He has a bachelors degree in marketing & i believe he minored in business and administration. He has been applying to jobs for years and no luck. He has decided to go back to school. He is thinking about going back for accounting but is there a major he could go back for that would maybe go along with the degrees he already has? I’ve never been to college so i don’t know much about it. I thought maybe someone here would know a little bit & i could pass along some advice to him. Thanks in advance. :)

Hi everyone. I could really use some career advice.
I’m a transfer student at University of Houston. I originally planned on majoring in MIS (Management information systems) but because I had a lot more credit hours than what CT Bauer required. As a result, I’m stuck in Cullen engineering and I’m currently in HR.
I’m thinking about switching my major to either Computer Information Systems or Technology Leadership and Innovation Management. For those of you who studied either major, how would you rate it in terms of job opportunities after graduation, overall career prospects, and whether you felt the degree was worth it?
My biggest concern with TLIM is that it seems like a relatively unknown major, and I’m worried employers may not recognize it or that there are fewer job opportunities. CIS seems to have stronger technical skills(something I’ve never studied in my life). I’d really appreciate any advice from people with firsthand experience. Thankyou!

Just entered the 12th grade of hs, I do have like a couple of majors in mind, biomed engineering, elec engineer, and or accounting, But I feel indifferent towards them,

I picked up some hobbies I guess since I heard some people got help in choosing majors from that. Or at least I think I heard that from someone, I like art but making them 😬... They look like children scribbles 😭. 3d modelling uhhh my PC crashed... And I get like 40% into the modelling and just quit since it looked bad.

Well my passion could be...money......🤤

Idk which of both to choose from and I need serious help
I have a scholarship in medicine and an acceptance in a university in mechanical engineering
Idk which of both to choose
today’s the last day for my choice

I love knowing the answer to someone’s physical issues and having the ability to do something useful about it
But I absolutely love physics so much students would literally come to me before tests because they know I understood everything by heart

country: kuwait

average salary:
Medicine - around 7k$ a month
Mechanical engineer - around 4k$ a month

I’m considering going back to school (I’m 25) I’ve completed 1 year of CC I’m on academic forgiveness because I completely failed but I did pass enough classes to complete 1 year with bad grades. I moved so I’d be transferring to another CC. I don’t remember all the classes I passed and failed so I don’t know what I’d have to start over.

I‘d like to double major in Theater and something else. I’m stuck between creative writing or art. I suck at both I write like a 12 year old on Wattpad and draw stick figures or people who look like they’ve been seriously maimed. I know I can learn both of these outside of school so I’m wondering which one I would benefit from getting a degree in more. I want to become a graphic novelist I feel like this is relevant. I’m also interested in acting.

Also I don’t want career or major help I know jobs in the arts aren’t profitable I should get a more practical degree blah blah blah this is what I’m going to school for.

Also if you’re gonna ask why haven’t I just pursued these things outside of school all these years I’m chronically depressed thats why I haven’t even thought about going back to school till now because I don’t have motivation for life I still really don’t so I may not even go back this is all hypothetical for the near future I may just never finish school.

hi! i’m an incoming second year student taking a bachelor of science in marketing analytics and technology. i want to pursue a second major since i have a lot of excess credits and i do not want to just spend them on free electives, but i’m not sure what major to pick yet.

i’m set on doing a minor in journalism along with my analytics major, since i’m honestly more interested in writing/pr/the creative field. marketing analytics is my practical choice major, so i’d also like to do something more aligned with my interests for my second major.

i’m thinking of media and cultural studies or comparative literature, but am worried that with my combination of the journalism minor, my resume would not be too appealing to employers? my goal would be to break into the creative industries in the future so i’d really like to pursue a major that can help me get there. psychology is also an option but i have no prior experience so am still on the fence

would love any advice from this sub! 👋

I’m entering my senior year of high school and have never been more stressed in my life. I’m a huge stem person but there are just so many majors that I don’t even know where to start. I’ve taken a couple of career quizzes and I see the options but I always procrastinate actually researching them because it just stresses me out too much because of all the options.

For context, I have taken 3 college level advanced biology classes and surprisingly really enjoyed ap chemistry. My favorite parts of biology was learning about things like huntingtons disease, acid, albinism, etc, how they work in the body, how they affect people, and how you can work to remedy them. I am part of my schools top science Olympiad team and just recently went to nationals at usc. I enjoyed doing anatomy and physiology as well as codebusters (where you desipher/solve encrypted codes). I’ve always loved desiphering puzzles. This year I hope to do anatomy and code again, as well as chem lab and botany (basically anatomy but for plants).

Anyways, sorry for the rant. Is there any strategy for figuring out what to choose? Is there an easier way to sift through majors and filter out the ones I would consider? Thanks for all the help!

Im starting my final year soon and i regret switching to cybersecurity mainly because i realize its not an entry level role. And that I haven’t gained any skills until now to show it confidently or smth hands on.

I made a decision to switch after completing my 1st year, I chose cybersecurity mainly cuz i heard its high in demand and that it has job security but i was wrong.
There were two main factors which made me choose it over rad tech- 1) i wouldn’t loose credits of my whole year as i had common courses from the previous major.
2) rad tech program in my uni is more expensive than a cybersecurity degree and i knew i wouldnt be able to take the required courses on time. (My uni doesn’t have any tuition aid or loans)

I think if i had radiography, i would have a structured learning and might have gotten hands on experience from doing clinicals, unlike cybersecurity courses where everything is done independently and courses arent enough to get the skills needed in real world. Plus its certifications are expensive

In my country, entry level cybersecurity roles are hard to find and mostly ppl get through referrals. And those who are in allied health sciences major get into major hospitals without any issues as theres a demand.

I wish i could go back and change my decision but i cant. I financially cant switch again and not at this stage. Due to the transfer my graduation is delayed. Ik every majors have pros and cons but radiography might’ve been more structured and organized than cybersecurity.

If anyone went through the same thing, how did u cope up

I'm interested in topics like DNA sequencing; I also enjoy statistics, programming, and biology! I don't have a degree yet, but I've taken courses in cell biology and organic chemistry. Not my favorite subjects (i'm fed up with chemistry)

Hi, as I am saying in the title I am not sure what major to study in college or university since I will be working with it my entire life. Even though that I am now studying nursing in college to get my Associates degree but I am not sure if I want to continue with it. Some of the reasons that makes want to change from it is thinking what would happen if I accidentally injured a patient by giving them the wrong medication which might cause them to get worse or die, and I don’t like the idea of working 12 hours shifts since I will be standing on my feet the entire shift…etc. So do you think these reasonable reasons to make me want change my major or am I overthinking ?

Also, some of other majors I was thinking of studying is maybe electrical engineering, or programmer, cybersecurity, or the majors that are related to computers and making things like robots or something cuz I think they are interesting. Also another thing I would consider is pay rate for the job I am going to choose.

Hello all, during the spring semester, I was rear ended by a drunk driver on the highway at a high speed. I took proactive steps after being in the hospital to make sure I didn’t fail my classes but instead received incompletes. Unfortunately, due to how my curriculum is set up I had to switch from accounting to management. I do have an operations internship I completed with Danone previously. I’ve heard this degree is useless though. Will my Danone internship be enough to get me in somewhere worthwhile? I graduate in May 2027.

im currently taking maths AS and im struggling heavy. im interested in what you study in architectural engineering but im scared my struggle with math will only slow me down in university. i have the passion but struggle. should i still persue or have a change in career path and enter a medical field?