sh1t.

[fatty fat fat]

Trying to help you be happier and not make the same mistakes I made.

Does anyone actually, **like** engineering? Honestly, I think my professors hate it too.

But it's a great degree.

[michigancat]

But it's a great degree.

Doing what you love is greater.  You love message boarding/trash talking/sports.  You could be the next Jim Rome.

[steve dave]

But it's a great degree.

Doing what you love is greater.  You love message boarding/trash talking/sports.  You could be the next Jim Rome.

There is already "the next Jim Rome" and his name is Collin Cowherd.  He is just as horrible and there is no need for a third.  FFF, however, could be a good sports radio guy.

[michigancat]

But it's a great degree.

Doing what you love is greater.  You love message boarding/trash talking/sports.  You could be the next Jim Rome.

There is already "the next Jim Rome" and his name is Collin Cowherd.  He is just as horrible and there is no need for a third.  FFF, however, could be a good sports radio guy.

Steve, just STFU while the big kids have a conversation, mmkay?

[sys]

Doing what you love is greater.

completely false.  stay in engineering trips, being poor is way worse than not liking your job.

[michigancat]

Doing what you love is greater.

completely false.  stay in engineering trips, being poor is way worse than not liking your job.

He can go back to school if it doesn't work out.

Much easier to go back to being a poor college student when you're already poor than when you have a mortgage or something.

[ksuno1stunner]

is poker the one where you add up the #'s and hope to hit 31?

You're really good at math and all that crap, you could destroy online poker if you wanted to.

Course, I am too, that's why I'm giving it a shot.

Top 2 guys at WSOP were asian!

Join me.  Iraqi is kinda Asian, right?

FWIW, I will not be message-boarding all of winter break and summer, to focus on poker.  EMAW in my absense.

[sys]

FWIW, I will not be message-boarding all of winter break and summer, to focus on poker.  EMAW in my absense.

try betting on bball instead.  you are playing against collective opinion rather than a few self selected experts, so the odds are better, imo.  also, more fun.

[steve dave]

But it's a great degree.

Doing what you love is greater.  You love message boarding/trash talking/sports.  You could be the next Jim Rome.

There is already "the next Jim Rome" and his name is Collin Cowherd.  He is just as horrible and there is no need for a third.  FFF, however, could be a good sports radio guy.

Steve, just STFU while the big kids have a conversation, mmkay?

I love Rus's staunch defense of Jim Rome.  It makes me  

[sys]

He can go back to school if it doesn't work out.

Much easier to go back to being a poor college student when you're already poor than when you have a mortgage or something.

it is really hard to make the decision to start over once you have time invested in careering.  he should just get whatever high-paying, rel. low hours job he can now and then spend all his free time doing what he loves.

[steve dave]

He can go back to school if it doesn't work out.

Much easier to go back to being a poor college student when you're already poor than when you have a mortgage or something.

it is really hard to make the decision to start over once you have time invested in careering.  he should just get whatever high-paying, rel. low hours job he can now and then spend all his free time doing what he loves.

This is pretty key in career and personal life.  If you get said job you can use your free time to get your chosen career off the ground without the risk of not being able to finance yourself/have health insurance/etc.  If you don't want to do what you love as a career on the side you still have the extra free time and cash to do it as a hobby.  I hate my job but it pays well and allows me to be on here about half of the work day and work on side projects the rest. 

[chum1]

My all time favorite quote on this subject comes from my all time favorite ski film director:  "A career is just a job you've had too long."

[Shout it out loud]

is poker the one where you add up the #'s and hope to hit 31?

You're really good at math and all that crap, you could destroy online poker if you wanted to.

Course, I am too, that's why I'm giving it a shot.

Top 2 guys at WSOP were asian!

Join me.  Iraqi is kinda Asian, right?

FWIW, I will not be message-boarding all of winter break and summer, to focus on poker.  EMAW in my absense.

...no you wont

[ksudrew]

fats, what are you thinking of switching to?

I thought about switching to an arts and science, then my parents told me to frack off. (and I can respect that)

So really, it's between two engineering disciplines. I just want to do something where it's easy to study. Where cracking open the book is fairly fun, and not the most painful thing in the world.

what about Finance fatty? - similar aptitudes/skill set to engineering but future compensation more likely to be linked to value than number of hours.  biggest problem with engineering, consulting anyway, is compensation generally linked to hours worked rather than value

[fatty fat fat]

is poker the one where you add up the #'s and hope to hit 31?

You're really good at math and all that crap, you could destroy online poker if you wanted to.

Course, I am too, that's why I'm giving it a shot.

Top 2 guys at WSOP were asian!

Join me.  Iraqi is kinda Asian, right?

FWIW, I will not be message-boarding all of winter break and summer, to focus on poker.  EMAW in my absense.

LAME BOARD

http://forumserver.twoplustwo.com/showflat.php?Cat=0&Number=13193126&an=0&page=2#Post13193126

[ksuno1stunner]

is poker the one where you add up the #'s and hope to hit 31?

You're really good at math and all that crap, you could destroy online poker if you wanted to.

Course, I am too, that's why I'm giving it a shot.

Top 2 guys at WSOP were asian!

Join me.  Iraqi is kinda Asian, right?

FWIW, I will not be message-boarding all of winter break and summer, to focus on poker.  EMAW in my absense.

LAME BOARD

http://forumserver.twoplustwo.com/showflat.php?Cat=0&Number=13193126&an=0&page=2#Post13193126

We'd be like the black baseball players.  This could be you: http://youtube.com/watch?v=X61dIrAmrz4

[ksuno1stunner]

is poker the one where you add up the #'s and hope to hit 31?

You're really good at math and all that crap, you could destroy online poker if you wanted to.

Course, I am too, that's why I'm giving it a shot.

Top 2 guys at WSOP were asian!

Join me.  Iraqi is kinda Asian, right?

FWIW, I will not be message-boarding all of winter break and summer, to focus on poker.  EMAW in my absense.

...no you wont

i'll be here to celebrate on december 17th.

 

[Houstoncat93]

Trying to help you be happier and not make the same mistakes I made.

Does anyone actually, **like** engineering? Honestly, I think my professors hate it too.

But it's a great degree.

Rusty is right.  Take a look at IE.  I started in EE hated it and ended up graduating in IE.  Its a great degree if you like science but don't want to be stuck in engineering all your life.  It gives you the best chance to move into non-engineering and management roles in your career. 

[Kat Kid]

Statistics fatty.

It is halfway respectable in your parent's eyes and you can parlay it into your favorite areas:  Sports and Political Polling.

Or go for broadcast journalism (might be the closest thing to what is right for you).

or just intern with Keitz after putting together a portfolio of your video work, along with some of your Kansas State message board posts and an illustration of your vast college football knowledge (could be their stats/researcher intern).

In the end I think degrees are overrated.  Once you have one and can get some relevant experience and prove your skill set the area of study is practically unimportant.  Intern, get good recommendations and build your resume.  You've neglected the crap out of that because you thought engineers didn't need it.  Start doing some sh1t on campus to give yourself some wiggle room.