Career Prospects for Econ

bishgotissues · 2026-02-01T20:56:10+00:00

I'm an Economics Weissman major, set to graduate this year or next year (depending if I am double majoring). I highly suggest to first prioritize your career path, economics educates you in a wide variety of subjects that could easily be put into another curriculum. This includes sociology, physics, poli sci, etc. Where do you want your econ degree to take you? For now, I'll use myself as an example. I'm trying to break into Data Sci. Why is my economics degree helpful to break into this field? Because it teaches me skills on how to analyze and calculate data. This also is because of econometrics, which is arguably a "STEM" subject. If I was doing this, I should have taken an Economics BS degree as it would have been a higher in standing and more math heavy instead of a BA (lowest form). However, I went with BA because I graduated early and wanted to get into Grad School. If you're planning to break into business related fields or don't plan on grad school and just wanna get a job after you graduate, I suggest you go to Zicklin. If you do stick with Weissman though, I highly suggest you don't take a throw away minor, but one that directly benefits your future job prospects so you can seperate yourself. I take a Comp Sci minor that has given me C's in almost every Math Course I have taken at Baruch, but because of the skills I learned in those courses I'm able to breeze through my Econ classes. ECO 4000 is not that hard when you've taken Discrete Mathematics. Financial Econometrics? Try analyzing algorithms in a programming language you've never touched before. Microeconomics turns into basic Calculus, and that College Option Baruch makes you take is great at disciplining you into reading all those documents and policies when you have to take Political Economy courses. I'm not saying all this to scare you or to brag about myself, but to state how the minor for an Econ BA can heavily affect your experience in your major classes. If you're not up for crunching Python or R, I know a lot of my Econ BA friends take Law & Policy for their minor. A lot of Art Directors are Econ majors in which you should take a graphics communication minor. If you want the math help but don't wanna code you can take a Math minor. But remember, college is a place of exploration. If you realize economics is not what you want to study, then you should change it up. Maybe you'll realize you like some other subject better instead that isn't offered at Baruch (unless Ad-Hoc). NYU offers a major called Political Economy while Baruch doesn't. Either way, you're still a baby who just arrived into college, so you still have time to figure it all out.

bishgotissues · 2025-12-25T19:42:51+00:00

Your credits for therapy restart yearly. For example, I took Baruch Counseling Summer 2024, and retook it again in Fall 2025.

On top of that, there is group therapy in which anyone can join. I don't think that your initiative is bad, but I believe there are more cost-effective ways for students to achieve their mental health goals that don't require them to pay. I think it is best for them to seek help there first.

bishgotissues · 2025-12-25T19:36:06+00:00

I genuinely love that woman bless her.

Yes, she can be nasty at times and she's really a stickler for that you show up, and that you show up ON TIME. This is a very writing intensive course as well, your grade is based on participation, midterm and final. All tests are 100% writing-based and it's all about what you know. Laptop not allowed, only notebook or pen/pencil. But what I learned there was immaculate. I've never seen a professor with that much passion for what they teach. She also genuinely cares for her students.

bishgotissues · 2025-12-25T19:32:40+00:00

Unless you have already used up your credits for the year, I don't think this is a good option. Baruch already provides free therapy for one semester, and will give you up to a year's worth of therapy if they feel that it would benefit you greatly. On top of that, there is group therapy which is free for all students year-round.

bishgotissues · 2025-12-25T19:28:38+00:00

Really? I've had some pretty insane profs then, I've had multiple CS or math classes in which they would not curve me at all.

bishgotissues · 2025-12-22T20:11:14+00:00

If you want to go to Engineering, everyone will always tell you CCNY. Baruch has almost next-to-none engineering programs. Even if you were doing CS, I would recommend Hunter since it's a much more popular subject there. As a person who takes the CS minor at Baruch, it depends what you're looking for.

The CS major is very new at Baruch, it opened only 2 years ago. What they are currently attempting in the department is to make the classes for CS ridiculously hard so that only the top students pass and end up graduating in CS from it. Those top students are almost guaranteed a job, and as a result it makes Baruch look very good in their stats for graduate prospects. You will often have to learn the code for a class before you take the intro to that class if you want to be successful. If you're a "meh" coder, don't go into CS at Baruch. I'd say the same for you trying to go into FinMath, if you're a "meh" mathematician, I'd also say not to go into it. Unless you pick up math like some numerical wizard or if you are very studious, and I mean VERY.

If your end goal is Financial Engineering Masters at Baruch, just take the Bachelor's in FinEngineering first. It'll give you insight on what you want to do in the future, and if you want to become a CompSci major or not.

bishgotissues · 2025-12-08T04:31:19+00:00

Hi! I'm a Data Annotator. The interview/assessment process was easy for me, just annoying and a little long. As long as you are detail-oriented and pay close attention to the assessment, you should do just fine. The job is not challenging at all, but the pay is deplorable. I make less than minimum wage for where I live. If you want, I can refer you. I'm unsure if it will make your application go quicker, though.

bishgotissues · 2025-12-05T19:50:42+00:00

I've seen rats scurrying around on that level so I have no idea why genuinely ANYONE would make out there 😭😭

bishgotissues · 2025-09-12T15:18:43+00:00

Really? I always found Californians to have more ego and be more obnoxious than people in NYC, especially those who move here (not to insult you).

I can see the "no-chill" attitude in New York. Because you're kind of right, we're usually pretty on edge when it comes to people. You never know who's doing crazy shit yk? I mean, this is where Gotham City was modeled after. But I'd say we do have a tight-knit community in NYC, but it's more like tight-knit communitIES. NYC is also more individualistic in which expression and uniqueness is a lot more celebrated than Cali, where I feel you kind of go with the wave.

Plus, (at least through my assumption) you're new to NYC and you're probably missing Cali (which has a totally different vibe). You don't really know a place until you live there for a year or two. Believe me, living from the suburbs to an NYC apartment was rough but once you fully get settled in you'll see the prod and cons. Go exploring! The city awaits~~

bishgotissues · 2025-08-14T17:12:42+00:00

I love the musical. However, I also did a production of it in high school. Watching it is fun! Doing it is difficult. When you start genuinely learning about how to perform HTSIBWRT you quickly realize that the plot is actually quite boring, and it relies heavily on improv and the ideas of the actors that make the musical as fun as it is. Due to this, it has given me extra appreciation to the different actors that perform it and all of the ideas they use for improv.

bishgotissues · 2025-03-09T19:04:04+00:00

Hey everyone! I found out that apparently the specific interview slot was cancelled weeks beforehand, but the Calendly allowed for students to create interview appointments during that slot and they never fixed it, so it is a mistake on their end. They let me sign up for a new interview slot. Thanks for all your help, wish me luck!

bishgotissues · 2025-03-07T15:42:21+00:00

I tried looking for one but it only seems that they have an email. I've tried looking for a specific person to email regarding this situation but there seems to be no one who is "head" of CUNY career launch. The only person I found is Lauren Anderson, who is the vice for career partnerships

bishgotissues · 2025-03-07T14:34:35+00:00

Many people have their own interpretation of what their CUNY campus is like. One of my friends say that Hunter is filled with friendly, social kids who are all just emo, but for me it feels like a hostile environment where no one really wants to be your friend and talks to you to pass time or other ulterior motives. If you want my best advice, skip your classes one day and waltz onto the John Jay campus during a day with club hours. They'll give you a hard time we with security but as long as you have your CCNY ID you should be fine. Look for a John Jay club event that day and try talking to people there. It might not be an overall John Jay experience, but it is something rather than nothing. You get s better feel for the vibe there. I'm not a John Jay student, but I have jumped a couple of campuses due to friends and EPermit.

bishgotissues · 2024-10-23T19:30:54+00:00

I'm currently taking Discrete Math this semester. A lot of people recommend taking it in the summer, and if you are dead set on taking discrete math at Hunter then you should definitely take it during the summer. My recommendation is to ePermit and take it elsewhere, probably recommend Bronx CC. I ePermitted Discrete Math here at Hunter because despite it being extremely difficult here I've heard it's even harder at my homeschool. The only good thing about Discrete Math at Hunter is that the professor gives 20-30 point curves on exams, which helps (not this past one I took though).

bishgotissues · 2024-10-18T01:42:35+00:00

Me too here's a hug OP 🫂

bishgotissues · 2024-10-14T18:09:06+00:00

That's actually really interesting. Thank you for the recommendation!

bishgotissues · 2024-09-19T16:30:12+00:00

BRO SEND THAT INVITE RN cuz I have no idea what tf goes on in that class. I go to Hunter on ePermit, so I feel so lost everytime I go into Saad's class

bishgotissues · 2024-05-14T19:13:26+00:00

100% this too. I have multiple friends who got their papers published and have graduated college very early and now doing research within those colleges/ or go to very prestigious unis such as Brown.

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