Exactly, that's why I started a financial business right out of college, doing a certain form of arbitrage (don't really want to discuss details..), and have enjoyed 10X the lifestyle of my engineering grad co-horts. But it can't possibly be good for society to leave so many highly skilled people unutilized, or underutilized. What's that really saying about us, when no-skilled ass-hats at investment banks, usually the drunken frat boys in college, make millions, while the hard-working and intelligent scientists and engineers make nothing and have to eat Krap Dinner?
Very true and sad at the same time. I fall into the same boat along with many of my friends who are up to their ass in loans. One an engineer fresh out of college 1.5 yrs into employment had to take a 25% pay-cut and forced vacation time. I guess that's what a group of people with some integrity and strong moral standards gets you in America a slap in the face.
Hey you and me both. First thing I'm doing out of college now is picking up an MBA. Hell I wasn't just going to roll over and take it, I worked far too hard for that. If that's where the market is that's where I'll have to be too. It's really too bad that you have to sell your soul to get anywhere in this country. Edit: Hah and about that drunken frat boy comment. I know its lame but I was just thinking about this the other day too. About all the sacrifices and hard work it took to make it through engineering school. While some guy with no produceable skills what-so-ever lands a nice healthy job out of college.
suggest you check the numbers in major cities in the US. furthermore adjust salaries for hours on the job. benefits are equal to workers who make 2X to 3x in salary in the private sector. academic credentials are not a predictor of effective teaching http://www.worldsalaries.org/teacher.shtml what does the US get for its money? compare it to europe which is not the best in the world either.
Government sector not only gets bigger, it's also getting PAY RAISES... all the while, the private sector is still getting smaller... more lay offs, pay cuts. It doesn't work when EVERYONE is a government employee... that's where we're headed. Government gets its money from the private sector you know.
fuck my heart goes out to you guys in the US, its tough with idiots always in power. Im passing on jobs here, just had to give up a good cadetship for a prop trading job and im sill undergrad for a few more months
I think that show would be a great idea too because some (like you) need a reality check: ...research suggests that young adults today are more self-centered than previous generations. For a multiuniversity study released this year, 16,475 college students took the standardized narcissistic personality inventory, responding to such statements as "I think I am a special person." Students' scores have risen steadily since the test was first offered in 1982. The average college student in 2006 was 30% more narcissistic than the average student in 1982. http://online.wsj.com/article/SB117702894815776259.html If you adjust tuition costs for inflation, they've outpaced it but it's not as bad as you make it out to be... BTW adjusted costs were less for our parents than they were for us but we didn't constantly whine about it. But housing is WAY more affordable for you now than it was during the recession of the early 80s when unemployment was also near 10% and housing affordability was at a 40 year low: http://economix.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/01/30/housing-affordability-at-record-high/
You've probably been told that because your sense of entitlement is out of control as documented by your statement here which is very telling: if people donât tip me, they are not paying for my services. That is stealing from me. http://www.elitetrader.com/vb/showthread.php?s=&postid=2456949&highlight=stealing#post2456949 You're wrong about "cheap housing" and while there's some truth to the rest of your "bitch list," you're totally ignoring advantages and opportunities YOU have today that baby boomers didn't.
I hate to burst your bubble but I've stood on my own two feet longer than you've existed. But I can see how you'd want to pretend that others can't support themselves given how you couldn't hack it in the United States so you expatriated to "safe, tolerant, polite Canada with its generous social benefits for virtually anyone who lands on our shores" http://www.winnipegsun.com/comment/columnists/mindelle_jacobs/2009/09/04/10743946-sun.html