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problem is not my last year because I worked for one semester and didn't do exams.<br />
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So It would take me at least another 2 years left <img src="/community/imgs/emoticons/em-frown.png" class="smilie" loading="lazy" alt=":(" title="Frown :(" data-shortname=":(" /> and it would take me out in total about 6 years of my life and I feel bad<br />
that's why I was wondering to pass to an economics major because it's easier but dont think it's worth it (it would take me that 3 years)<br />
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at this time I could have made money in any job or in 4-5 years of hard work I'd have made six figure or more
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</blockquote>No, it's not easier to take econs.<br />
Sometimes I have to deal with bullshit diagrams and factors rhectoric. But then again I'm doing macroeconomics, which is mostly theory. Micro might have you running up numbers and mathematical stuff. I'm not going there...it's going to be time consuming and learning that stuff sucks time and energy.<br />
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In some ways economics is still a form of science, given that it is standardized to have cause and effect, whether the course content is relevant enough to build a Fastlane on the ground is another matter.<br />
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I hear a lot of engineer students bitching that they should have taken business courses as shit is hard. This is no different from the money-chasing mentality or 'I want the easy way' route. Doesn't solve the problem. In fact I struggled a little with econs in the first months, but working on the Fastlane helped me cleared up stuff although I never took arts or business subjects in high school before for the basics.<br />
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Although an advantage for business subjects is that you can have more parties, join more clubs for networking, I don't take too kindly again because these events break ENTRY. I'm very unlikely to find capable networks which I can leverage upon, and most of them are there to get laid rather than talk shop. Horrible sampling. Even many so-called business forums and so on are very B2C orientated...they either want to hire you into the SCRIPT or just touch surface-level discussions, which most often doesn't give you a more accurate view of the industry at large. Don't get me wrong...they are good opportunities, but I believe in 'great' rather than good. I've been to a few such meetups and I was sorely disappointed.<br />
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I don't have a business running now.<br />
So you think an economics degree is not useful at all? I know some friends who studied business at college and don't know nothing about marketing lol<br />
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I was just saying that an economics major is way easier than computer engineering, but I know easier things leads to less money.<br />
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I don't have a "good" backup plan for now. The only thing I tought was to dropout and get any job to save up money and start working on my ideas.
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</blockquote>Now, it's not to say that econs is not useful. It is. Otherwise, we could never have frameworks upon which to draft legal structures to maintain safe economies and to hunt down scammers.<br />
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But consider that we are in a very strange age. Most fields, including economics, are saturated with students. Consider that with the population boom, excess to debt funding for student loans, any Tom, Dick and Harry can come in to college. 80% of these people will be culled sooner or later because they aren't fit for the degree in the first place. The remaining 20% (estimate...Pareto principle?) will probably develop their expertise well enough through climbing the corporate ladder, trial and error, etc. Maybe half of this group, 10%, move to another industry because they are bored or whatever, leaving the last 10%. This small group of experts will become the leaders in their field. And yes, they will provide their services to businesses, namely Fastlane businesses. <br />
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There will be a day when you have extra dough in your budget, and you are considering whether to buy a new lambo or expand your systems. Do your best to hire that last elite 10%, because the human resource seedling will be weaponised through their knowledge, track record of hard work and experience.<br />
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That is why I actually love saturated fields. Even if the deductions due to the scenerio I put above are big, I will still have a lot of good workers to choose from. And they have low expectations of their pay, so they might not be as expensive I would assume them to be! I know because currently I'm looking at a list of freelancers to hire to do due diligence (it takes some time), and that's the pattern I'm seeing. Any worker, degree holder or not, will focus on their craft rather than building systems. Let them have the opportunity to continue doing so and we pay for it, with a good upside of increase in profits.<br />
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On marketing, most stuff they focus on is on 'shock-and-awe', bombing the people with ads and fighting limitations of tech, political or cultural in the marketplace, which is very wasteful. Last time I checked, I don't know any millionaires who were marketers to gain their fortunes to begin with. Most millionaires made it big <b>using</b> marketing to promote their stuff. And of course, your friends haven't sold shit in their lives, so how could they 'know' marketing? lol<br />
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You don't need to be Tiger Woods to play well with a golf club.<br />
Still, don't get out yet. Break into tech websites, look for needs, see if there's something you can start working on. If you really still can't do it, then by all means, drop out and take a job to sustain you for the time being. Up to you, though. But you should be able to make the right decision that is best for you.</div>
