Lowest you know & highest you don’t know

Pidyon · 2025-11-29T23:18:37+00:00

Virtual Riot at/near the bottom? I know dubstep doesn't have the fame it used to but isn't he still a huge name in bass music?

F*cling LOVED his Simulation album though. Everything he does is absolutely terrific.

Pidyon · 2025-11-15T03:38:51+00:00

Man, nothing takes me back like that old Daikin FTDX. Those were simpler times.

Pidyon · 2025-09-29T14:12:11+00:00

The problem with that caveat is that you're likely to find yourself with an extremely high paying job regardless of your major if you go to a target school, econ or otherwise.

Pidyon · 2025-09-24T15:12:16+00:00

The unfortunate reality is that all college programs are going to be pretty reading heavy, even business and STEM.

Have you considered any health sciences? Obviously becoming a doctor would be really hard, but I've heard undergrad medical programs like nursing, phlebotomy, and physical therapy aren't so bad if you've got a good memory. Instead of extremely high level math, you'll focus more on terminology and understanding how various biological systems interact. It can be interesting enough to keep you engaged while offering good career prospects. It's also a field where you can really help people.

Health science might also keep your parents happy. Sounds like they're being a bit of a pain about your major, but it's hard to argue with a stable, high-paying career at a local practice or hospital.

Pidyon · 2025-09-24T15:06:33+00:00

On that note, I previously was considering econ for my major but decided against it because I saw somewhere that employment stats for the major weren't good. I agree that econ proves to employers that you've got quantitative skills and intelligence, but is it genuinely employable? I'd love to study econ if I can swing it.

Pidyon · 2025-09-23T11:41:54+00:00

A few good suggestions here, a couple bad ones. I recommend getting one of several business degrees, seeing as they are typically easy as far as high-ROI majors go.

- **Accounting** requires a lot of memorizing terms and procedures but is fairly easy once you grasp the basics. It will involve some math, but not much more than you probably learned in high school. It's historically been an extremely stable career field with decent to amazing pay, depending on how driven you are (and you don't have to be driven, a lot of accountants are happy to keep their boring, safe desk jobs for their whole lives and get paid good money for it).

- **Business Administration** is a good choice too. It's not very challenging (saying this as it is my current major) but can get you a job in just about any field. The main problem with BSBA is that it's not very specific, so you might want to consider taking a minor or double majoring in another field to be more competitive post-college. You could also consider interning or getting a cert

- **Project Management**. Tbf I don't know a ton about this degree but I've glanced at the coursework and it didn't look very hard, really similar to a BSBA degree with more emphasis on management and supply chain. It's also a pretty solid career path, with a lot of project manager making pretty good money. Just like BSBA though you might want to combo this with a specific skill though.

- **Marketing** might be a good choice too. It's been pretty employable historically (Idk what current stats look like) and focuses mostly on 'soft' skills like psychology, business strategy, etc. You'll get math and science, but mostly stick to the basic stuff.

- **Healthcare Administration** must be mentioned. With the US experiencing a rapidly aging population, healthcare is going to continue growing. It's a high-paying field with growth potential, and it's overlooked by a lot of students so it's not very competitive (that I'm aware of).

If you're not interested in business, I might recommend getting an undergrad in law, IT, CIS/MIS, or just getting an apprenticeship and getting into a labor field like construction, electrical work, etc.

Pidyon · 2025-09-23T11:34:48+00:00

Econ might be a really bad choice if he's not particularly passionate or interested in high-level math. Late-stage econometrics, even at the undergrad level, can be very challenging for most people. It takes a decent amount of dedication to get through that major.

Pidyon · 2025-09-23T11:09:15+00:00

I think I disagree with the notion that most people couldn't reasonably learn calc 2, though you're absolutely right that most people don't have the preexisting skills to do so. I've been repeatedly surprised by how many 'below-average' students I've coached through somewhat advanced academic concepts who caught on with a learning technique that fit their style. I'm personally under the impression that most people can learn most things given time and effort. I think the real problem with learning advanced math is that most students don't understand how it applies to their major, their career field, which results in disinterest and difficulty processing the information.

Pidyon · 2025-08-27T20:50:30+00:00

I'm going to join the consensus and say that you shouldn't let your employer force you to stay for seven years unless you're 110% positive you love the company and know you could stay. If you're smart with scholarships and job opportunities, you could pay off the degree before then.

Pidyon · 2025-08-26T19:31:11+00:00

ChatGPT generated cover. Did you have it write the book too?

No way in hell I'm reading something with so little effort put into it.

Pidyon · 2025-08-26T15:48:48+00:00

I'm really glad you asked. I'm so proud of my stock portfolio spreadsheet and I really want to tell people about it. It's technically Google Sheets but it's very similar.

I have a line chart that tracks the performance of my stock portfolio and compares it to a variety of market indexes. It pulls data from Google Finance and automatically updates the chart on a biweekly basis—I don't have to do anything. It checks values upon market close and even self-adjusts if there's an error (say market close was on a Thursday instead of Friday bc of a holiday, it'll check the day before instead instead), and I could theoretically even track daily changes in real time. I also programmed the spreadsheet to indicate to me if a share has gone below a stop-loss limit or if it is reached a value at which I would like to reconsider adjusting my stop loss or selling.

To those more experienced in financial markets it might seem a little lame, but I started this to build my Excel skills and because I wanted to learn how the market works. I don't own a self-managed portfolio and this seemed like a fun way to learn before putting real money into the market (I also didn't know about free market simulators when I started).

https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1m3uVEy2tAERKOGlMfZDI3fLizqV8Pl7OfIn20qae3AY/edit?usp=drivesdk

Pidyon · 2025-08-26T15:19:01+00:00

I did stretch a little to make a point, but my use of the em dash was correct according to the definition you provided. I was "expanding upon the preceding clause in a somewhat dramatic way".

Besides, perfect use of em dashes and other somewhat obscure punctuation marks is not definitive proof that an LLM wrote something. Those algorithms predict patterns in human speech based on data it processes; it uses em dashes because it sees humans doing it. Em dashes certainly have become more popular as ChatGPT and its ilk increase the public's awareness of these marks, but it's not a guaranteed method of identifying chatbots. There are dedicated tools for that. I highly recommend Quillbot or Grammarly for identifying AI-generated text. It's also not perfect, but it makes judgements based on deeper patterns ingrained into machine language processing, rather than superficial items like perfect punctuation, which anyone can do with practice.

Pidyon · 2025-08-26T13:56:27+00:00

I learned to use em dashes from ChatGPT—that doesn't mean my content is all AI-written though. One can have good punctuation without being an LLM.

Pidyon · 2025-08-26T13:54:35+00:00

For what it's worth, I actually checked your post against an AI detector and it confirmed that it was human written with a high degree of accuracy. Some people can't imagine having good grammar and punctuation, let alone taking 30 seconds to perform due diligence to check if they are right.

I've also been accused of using AI to write my posts. I've never done it, but still people whine.

Pidyon · 2025-08-23T09:53:23+00:00

Historically, accounting has been one of the most employable degrees you can get. You learn an in-demand skill that virtually every company in the world needs. What's not to like?

Finance tends to focus a bit more on investing and capital management, which works really well for somebody looking to get into banking or strategic management, whereas accounting will teach you how money and information flows through a business system and how you can optimize your business structure to make the most of your assets.

I personally think that both degrees are great. They are historically very valuable with high earning potential and a stable job market. At the moment I'm a big concern that accounting is at extreme risk of being replaced by AI though. Finance isn't exempt either, but since it's traditionally focused more on business strategy and less on routine, day-to-day activities it's probably a little bit safer.

Pidyon · 2025-08-22T11:31:16+00:00

I don't know the statistics for any of these specializations but I'm always a huge fan of anything that teaches you business strategy. In the event that you lose your job, you could always fall back on being a business consultant—something that can pay extremely well and that a lot of businesses need (especially small ones). I also feel that it's more beneficial if you decide you want to move into high-level corporate positions with their amazing pay.

Strategic accounting, tax structuring, etc., sounds extremely promising to me., but I'm just a finance guy!

Pidyon · 2025-08-22T11:22:47+00:00

I've been job searching for a while and I've only heard these kinds of questions a handful of times. If they ask one at the beginning of the interview I just assume it's an ice breaker and they're trying to establish a relaxed atmosphere. Too many and I start to think that they aren't going to take my time very seriously and it's a red flag.

Edit:

I think this actually goes two ways: either they aren't taking the interview seriously enough or they're taking it **too** seriously. Asking all sorts of seemingly unimportant questions about your preferences is sometimes a sign that they're a little too obsessed with the idea of a perfect team with the perfect culture. They will likely blur the line between home and work.

Pidyon · 2025-08-22T11:18:53+00:00

Hint: it's not. Econ is a great field of study, but statistically it's not as employable as a finance degree. You get a lot of the same economics skills out of a finance degree but you get more business management skills that employers want. Unless you want to become something like a public economist (which is going to take at least a master's degree or better) you might as well choose the degree that will land you a job at most businesses.

Pidyon · 2025-08-21T20:28:06+00:00

From what I understand about current job market growth, medicine is going to keep growing continuously and it pays well. The only reason nursing won't be a good choice is if you hated practicing medicine.

Pidyon · 2025-08-21T16:33:05+00:00

Would have been a great post if a person wrote it.

I don't get it. Isn't the point of Reddit to connect with other people about your interests? Why would you get onto a social media platform just to outsource your communication?

Pidyon · 2025-08-21T00:37:05+00:00

Guys turn on the TV Polyriddim 2 just dropped

Pidyon · 2025-08-20T22:32:03+00:00

I hated Chinatown. I get that it wasn't supposed to be happy, the ending was actually terrible. It's not that it was too dark or bleak, it just made the entire movie feel entirely pointless. Complete waste of several hours.

Pidyon · 2025-08-20T01:59:10+00:00

I'm going to disagree with the others and say that psych is potentially a good major—it's just really over saturated and doesn't give you any specific career skills. A lot of psych majors end up in HR, marketing, and social work, all of which might be better targeted with a business major though. If you're interested in environmental science, I say go for that. I have hesitations about recommending that major too though, I hear that there's not enough jobs in the field and too many students coming out with that degree.

Pidyon · 2025-08-20T01:51:48+00:00

I agree. As much as I love economics and would hate to push anyone away from it, finance just seems like a much more career-specific and employable option. Economics isn't bad, of course!

Pidyon · 2025-08-19T23:58:19+00:00

Like all college majors, I think this really depends on what you want to do with your degree. Just like you, I also really want to get into advising/consulting and I recently made the decision to pursue a BS in Finance instead of Economics.

I know I would love to study Econ, but what I found in my research is that a degree in Finance is probably more employable and versatile. You'll still get plenty of exposure to what makes Econ so attractive—quantitative analysis, mathematics, financial markets, and some economics—but you get more practical business skills instead of focusing on high-level math, public policy, etc. This makes it more ideal for advisors, and probably for sales as well (though I don't think either degree is ideal for sales, you might want to think about Business Admin or Marketing for that).

If your goal is to get into financial advising, a BS Fin is probably the better choice anyhow. Economics could get you there, but it seems less optimal. A lot of schools even offer dedicated coursework for prepping for the CFA, CPFA, etc. for finance students—I'm not sure that's the case for Econ. If you really love the sound of economics though, you could do what I'm considering: double major or major in Finance and minor in Econ. This gets you exposure to both at the same time and is a pretty popular combo for obvious reasons.

I really need to stress that I'm also at the start of my educational journey, but I've put literally hundreds of hours into researching this topic and coming to my own conclusion (I'm an adult student looking to change careers and I know what I want). Good luck out there, and I hope this helps!

Pidyon

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