RE: Motivation for college: education or salary?
July 21, 2013 at 2:00 am
(This post was last modified: July 21, 2013 at 2:02 am by pocaracas.)
It is possible to get a degree on something you like and make money with it.
I keep telling myself I should have gone into economics or management... I'd be earning so much more...but also working crazy hours.
Instead, I went with what I liked...physics... and I'm earning enough to sustain a family with 3 kids and still manage to put something into savings.
Oh... and that meant 5 years of college, plus a 5 year PhD(I had a fellowship for this). And college cost, at the time, something like 400euros per year (now it's closer to 1800 euros).
For some reason, in Portugal, public university gets more respect than private ones... perhaps it's related with the "pay to win" detail.
I keep telling myself I should have gone into economics or management... I'd be earning so much more...but also working crazy hours.
Instead, I went with what I liked...physics... and I'm earning enough to sustain a family with 3 kids and still manage to put something into savings.
Oh... and that meant 5 years of college, plus a 5 year PhD(I had a fellowship for this). And college cost, at the time, something like 400euros per year (now it's closer to 1800 euros).
For some reason, in Portugal, public university gets more respect than private ones... perhaps it's related with the "pay to win" detail.
