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Stem problem in Traktor : traktorpro
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Are STEM degrees really all they're cracked up to be?
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Everyone talks about them like they're an instant ticket to immense wealth and satisfaction, but I'm kinda doubtful. I've heard that some STEM degrees are very difficult to get a job with, unless a master's degree is taken/further qualifications or permits are obtained. One of my parents has a degree in biology but never managed to find a job with it
So is this just the case for STEM degrees not directly linked to a career path like zoology or physics? Or will I be fine no matter which one??
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Short answer is no.
Longer answer is that STEM fields tend to have better growth rates, average salaries, entry salaries, and overall prospects than fields in the humanities and arts. However, that by no means guarantees getting a job, let alone one with a great salary and career potential, right out of uni - like many people think to seem it does. No degree is a magic ticket to success. In this job market, you don't just need hard work and the right qualifications, you need plenty of luck (and/or good connections) too.
What would be a good major in STEM that pays well?
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So I am a 17 year old girl who is going to be a freshman in college this fall.
I chose my major as Biology, but i kind of realized that there aren't many well paying job opportunities outside of med school. My school also does not have any engineering programs..
I like all types of STEM, but I am not very interested in being a doctor or anything.
Are there any majors I could pursue that don't involve engineering or med school?
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Have you considered statistics? My wife majored in this and is a machine learning engineer. She could have done almost anything she wanted though. Some in her program work with computers, some are statisticians and actuaries. Also biostats can pay well.
Are STEM degrees useless too?
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I have a biology degree and can't find any well paying jobs afterwards. This subject is really difficult and time consuming for me and I thought that it'd pay off in the end but apparently not. Then what even is the point.
How can I transition into a high paying job after this? I am willing to put in the effort to do so, but my only caveat is I don't like interacting with people.
PS: I am doing biotech engineering, but the job prospects are entirely the same as a biology major. You can't even switch into some other engineering fields cause what you study is very different.
Edit: After reading the comments I am much more demotivated and have more regrets choosing this degree. No clue how I will recover career wise.
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Im dumb but wanna be a STEM major
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Im going to college soon, and I wanna study something STEM like engineering. Ive never been smart with math or science but I really wanna make money.
Since STEM is very competitive should I even bother? Should I just pick up a trade or something? What else would I study in college?
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What do you mean by you are "dumb"?
I have had this same thought - was totally convinced I was actually a stupid person. But I've done a lot of therapy (CBT) for it and guess what?
Turns out I'm not dumb. You are also not dumb.
What am I then?
I am slower than most people. I do need more time and assistance. I do need things repeated/recorded so I can rewatch. I do need different types of visuals and tons of practice. I do need subtitles and ADHD medication. But I am also an A and B student. In the sciences. Never would have thought it possible.
It's still frustrating when other students read the chapter once or sit through one lecture and just get it. But at the end of the day, it doesn't matter. Most schools have a disability resource center - don't be afraid to ask what kind of support they offer. It's not just for wheelchairs and note-taking.
Get support - mental health, social, and academic. Therapist, friend/family, tutors, office hours.
If you really like science, you can absolutely do it. If you're just doing it for money, there are much faster and less difficult ways to do that. You will lose motivation and hard projects will feel even harder. Challenges are much more surmountable when you remember your motivation. What you're working towards. Envision it for yourself and remember that this painful moment is just a moment on the way to something better. I have to remind myself of this often. Good luck!
Is a career in STEM even worth it anymore?
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Currently I am a masters student doing clinical biochemistry in the UK. I took this degree in hope to open up more options in the field of science as this has what I build my entire academic life on. However, sometimes I regret not taking a leap of faith and going into a niche science subject, and sometimes I regret doing STEM entirely. over time I started to feel defeated and worried because the process of getting to a stage where I can make a decent living is almost not worth it for the academic journey. While I understand entry level salary in my subject area only really range around 20-30k, anything higher require PhDs and more. Gaining further degrees (4yrs for phd) and qualifications require a vast amount of time to achieve. seeing friends and the on the internet who earns more though social media right now while normal jobs pay less for more work is pretty demoralising. With the pressure of the cost of living, entry level salary doesn’t really cut it anymore. Because of this I started to force myself to do extra personal development that could benefit me in other career paths, such as coding, content editing, etc hoping to gain a side hustle but it has proven quite hard to keep up the learning because simple they are not my main interests.
My desire is to advance in the field of neuroscience research but unfortunately I will not be financially free in this type of career, ik people say do the thing you love the most but it just doesn’t pay that well. PhD was one of my dream goals in the past but now it doesn’t seems like viable thing because I’ll be in my late 20s before I actual get anywhere while my career while people around me is much further with their life.
I feel like I might be not looking at the bigger picture or looking at it wrong entirely, not sure if anyone else feels like this but do correct me if I seem clueless about life. I might seem like I’m in a rush to be financially free but I want to be able to provide for my future partner and kids.
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Pure science degrees won't pay well. Some engineering disciplines and coding/data disciplines are where the money is.
You've taken stats in school, go finish some online courses on data analytics or data science.
Why pushing STEM majors is turning out to be a terrible investment
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I'm saddened we are still seeing this old idea that STEM education only exists to find STEM employment. People understand you don't study philosophy to become a professional philosopher, or poetry to become a professional poet, why are we relitigating the same idea with physics and biology?
I had hoped that recent events would have highlighted how important STEM education is to helping people understand themselves and the world around them. COVID should have been the wake-up-call. We all watched as otherwise smart people were caught flat-footed when the lockdowns hit, because they couldn't grasp an exponential curve. We all watched as our political leaders, heaping with law and philosophy degrees from Ivy league schools, couldn't grasp simplified summaries fed to them by public scientists. And we all sadly watched as hundreds of thousands of educated people walked off the COVID cliff, refusing to get vaccinated, or trusting in quackery, because they couldn't parse real information from fake.
Do we need to keep doing this every year? STEM education is not technical training, just as literature education is not handwriting practice. STEM is one of many legitimate foundations to a general bachelors education, that is at its core about developing analytical skills, problem solving skills, team work, math and artisanship. It's not just about job training, or even particularly about job training, it's a way to grow yourself as a person and set yourself up for further education.
I'm also really dismayed to see how many purported colleagues on this thread are still regurgitating old stereotypes of their STEM students as rote drone workers. My engineering students are also artists, athletes, activists, writers, and performers.
If nothing else, these sorts of articles seemed designed to pit colleagues against one another. With all the problems facing academia and academics why would we let them divide us like this? For a lot of us, a coin flip 30 years ago would have put us in the other silo. Why pretend like the arbitrary divisions between humanities and STEM need to set us at odds?
STEM majors have a superiority complex
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Now bear in mind, of course not all of them. And it’s really just a loud minority. But online, I keep hearing them go “mine is harder than your!” or “your is useless”, or anything else along those lines. Now I’m a triple major in Biology, Environmental Science, and painting. It’s not as stressful as it sounds. And I know biology (especially if you focus on ecology like me) is not where most of those annoying STEM majors come from. But going by their logic, my biology classes should all be the most stressful. And honestly they’re stressful, but so are my other majors. Environmental Science?... well I still don’t understand soil well and plus the politics and stakeholders there suck! And painting? Well art is my passion and I do have talent in it. And I found this semester to be the first time I can focus on my art major. While it’s easier to ace (Although I know art majors who are struggling too), I find myself facing so much burnout from constantly needing to be creative and making than I ever did in my biology class. It’s almost like, hmmmm, ALL MAJORS HAVE THEIR DIFFICULTIES! Sure some might be easier than others. But like why should we shame people for wanting to complain about the shit ton of reading they have to do for their history class? Or shame the unpaid student-teacher? Just because it’s “easier” compare to a STEM major?!
Actually scratch “compare”! Wtf should we be even comparing completely different majors! But yet there so many STEM majors who fall into this comparison trap. Like why do they do that?! Why do they need validation by comparing themselves to someone in education, training to be a teacher(which is hard af), who don’t need to do some complex math problems.
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I started having a superiority complex back in college around my junior year when I found that my university had a dead-week, but the engineering college did not adhere to while the liberal arts college did. Also, one my friends final (marketing major) was to literally take a picture of a billboard and write a half page paragraph on why it was effective.
What STEM major will make you the richest?
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Or other way to phrase it, what STEM majors earn the most money? (not including medical because of debt). What STEM majors pay the most. Not trying to get into a major (already in ME). I was just curious to see what yall say and to see some correlation if any
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- Chemical engineering will get you big bucks right off the bat by working for oil companies.
- Software has the highest ceiling and is your best bet if you want to start something of your own or try to work for FAANG / bet on some start up.