Clap clap. Tell me the odds of you getting that investment banking job. Tell me the chances of you not hating being treat like vermin and disposable trash by an IB firm. Tell me how you'll make partner in 5 years. I laugh. I laugh. I laugh. This situation is between a guaranteed 100K job and the small chance of a better paying job. This post was silly anyway because the 100K job isn't guaranteed to last forever anyway. But still, in some magical lala land, this seems like the better choice going off of the odds.
Odds are quite good, if you know your stuff and come from a target uni. Plus the pay goes up quite a bit.
You're making baseless assumptions - all we know is that the magical job pays a 100k, you can't assume anything besides that, for all you know, it means having to shovel peoples **** and swallow it and I'd rather the IB job than that. Plus I get the benefit of going through a Cambridge/Warwick maths degree and coming out knowing some really cool maths.
tl;dr: long term prospects are better with a degree, short term prospects are better by taking the magical job.
Clap clap. Tell me the odds of you getting that investment banking job. Tell me the chances of you not hating being treat like vermin and disposable trash by an IB firm. Tell me how you'll make partner in 5 years. I laugh. I laugh. I laugh. This situation is between a guaranteed 100K job and the small chance of a better paying job. This post was silly anyway because the 100K job isn't guaranteed to last forever anyway. But still, in some magical lala land, this seems like the better choice going off of the odds.
Just lol. The only bank with the position of 'partner' is Goldman Sachs... They make a hell of a lot more than 100k.
The rest of your post is just condescending and frankly, silly.
Odds are quite good, if you know your stuff and come from a target uni. Plus the pay goes up quite a bit.
You're making baseless assumptions - all we know is that the magical job pays a 100k, you can't assume anything besides that, for all you know, it means having to shovel peoples **** and swallow it and I'd rather the IB job than that. Plus I get the benefit of going through a Cambridge/Warwick maths degree and coming out knowing some really cool maths.
tl;dr: long term prospects are better with a degree, short term prospects are better by taking the magical job.
1. There are a lot of areas of my course that I have yet to study that will interest me greatly, so I wouldn't want to quit now after getting through some of the compulsory, not-so-fun stuff.
2. University is more than just a degree - meeting new people, gaining skills, a bit of romance on the cards..
I actually have a degree so would go a step further and say I would sell my degree back to the establishment for say 10k. I happily swallow the loss.
I have a few degrees for sale - a BSc(Hons) and an LLb(Hons). Any takers? Also have an MTh going cheap. MSc coming available next year so bid now to avoid disappointment!
Not necessarily. A math degree is probably more likely to -> teaching at secondary school -> less than 30k
Not necessarily either. Got anything to add weight? As far as I know, a minority of Oxbridge, Imperial, Warwick, LSE and the likes go into secondary school teaching.
Not necessarily either. Got anything to add weight? As far as I know, a minority of Oxbridge, Imperial, Warwick, LSE and the likes go into secondary school teaching.
No I don't. But I do know that there aren't close to as many investment banking opportunities today as there were prior to 2008 and a math degree isn't a guarantee of snagging one of them.
I even wonder, were we to do a survey of investment bankers, how many have math degrees.
No I don't. But I do know that there aren't close to as many investment banking opportunities today as there were prior to 2008 and a math degree isn't a guarantee of snagging one of them.
I even wonder, were we to do a survey of investment bankers, how many have math degrees.
Not the majority for sure, I wasn't saying that many investment bankers have maths degrees.
Simply that that a significant amount of target university graduates holding maths degrees who apply for investment banking get into investment banking.
Not the majority for sure, I wasn't saying that many investment bankers have maths degrees.
Simply that that a significant amount of target university graduates holding maths degrees who apply for investment banking get into investment banking.
Maybe. I've no idea how many people graduate from target universities with math degrees each year, or how many of these apply for IB, or how many of those are successful. I'll take your word for it.
Maybe. I've no idea how many people graduate from target universities with math degrees each year, or how many of these apply for IB, or how many of those are successful. I'll take your word for it.
@Princepieman will have more factual things to say, he's way more knowledgeable than me. :-)