For Minority College Students, STEM Degrees Pay Big

[Arishok]

I'll just get my BA in Industrial Design and try to start a gaming buisness from it

 

[Originalman]

Yep, from what I've seen American kids tend to focus more on the social aspects of college.

I've seen taking out loans to party and make friends Partying and drinking from Thursday right down to Sunday.

Yeah American culture is totally different in college. It is a chance to experiment and enjoy your youth. In other countries it is all business because the country is poor or well off economy where there are few jobs so you have to get a degree and do well. Or else you will stay poor and live with your family until you are 50.

America is one of the few places in the world where you can not have a degree of two year degree and still be able to get a well paying job (such as truck driving, working on a oil field....etc). Try to live in some of these other countries and make a living with out a least a two year degree.

 

[SouthernBelle]

a big problem is the school's alot of african americans attend do not equip them well enough for college level stem stuff, it also doesn't help that a significant amount of black twitter users are social scientists (look at this rachel hashtag), I lose count trying to keep up will all these new phrases and social theory’s

The ask rachel hashtag is not a social scientific theory. Black twitter comments on everything.

 

[SouthernBelle]

I think people just pursue careers that they are actually interested in...

To think that STEM alone is the reason for most of our technological innovations is naive.

According to Steve Jobs:

When unveiling a new edition of the iPad, Steve Jobs explained that “it’s in Apple’s DNA that technology alone is not enough — that it’s technology married with liberal arts, married with the humanities, that yields us the result that makes our hearts sing.”

Facebook and Zuckerberg:

Innovation in business has always involved insights beyond technology. Consider the case of Facebook. Mark Zuckerberg was a classic liberal arts student who also happened to be passionately interested in computers. He studied ancient Greek intensively in high school and majored in psychology while he attended college. And Facebook’s innovations have a lot to do with psychology.

People, please don't try to turn your children into drones. Make sure that they have interests and knowledge in a variety of subjects. If anything STEAM (the A stands for Art) NOT STEM is the wave of the future.

 

[MushroomX]

Alright, im about to fukk up some dreams.

For Minorities, STEM will get you cash, but they don't tell you Catch-22.

The Levels for Computer Science is like this.

1. Non-Paid Internship
2. Internship
3. Contract
4. Contract-to-Hire
5. Entry Level
   
6. 3-5 Yr
7. 5-7 Yr
8. 7+ Yr

Now companies are a bit eh on Indian visas, because they only have them for a limited time, and then they gone. So Minorities can feast, but there is like 5% entry level jobs. So it's a Catch 22. If you ARE able to get a entry level job, then you will get major money, but thats if you can find one.

 

[Audemar]

Depends on the person. Some kats I knew out a picture up on the wall of engineer starting salaries as a motivation. It is all about how the person is built.

Yeah, no doubt. But, from my experience, working with people who are just in it for the money is easily one of the worst parts of engineering. They aren't genuinely interested and don't give their full effort.

 

[CodeBlaMeVi]

The average black youth is not prepared for the rigors of STEM. It's akin to throwing a naked man at the base of Mt. Everest with no gear and saying there's 10 million dollars at the top if you make it.

Thanks for that. These reports piss me off like just because brother steps foot on a college campus, he has the foundation for that type of stuff.

 

[Dr. Acula]

Alright, im about to fukk up some dreams.

For Minorities, STEM will get you cash, but they don't tell you Catch-22.

The Levels for Computer Science is like this.

1. Non-Paid Internship
2. Internship
3. Contract
4. Contract-to-Hire
5. Entry Level
   
6. 3-5 Yr
7. 5-7 Yr
8. 7+ Yr

Now companies are a bit eh on Indian visas, because they only have them for a limited time, and then they gone. So Minorities can feast, but there is like 5% entry level jobs. So it's a Catch 22. If you ARE able to get a entry level job, then you will get major money, but thats if you can find one.

which is why, internships and co-ops are important. They can segue into a full blow job after college or at least get you experience to make the job search process easier.

Also more than likely depending on the field,you're probably going to be looking at 60-80k range first thing out of college depending on the area. Really crappy low level jobs, probably 40-50k. Though I've heard of folks who quick made it into the 100k range after a few years with experience and promotions under their belt.

The only field really you're going to be making major bank after school is MD. Even then after the 8 years of school you still have a 4 year residency to get through and that usually is about 40k or so for salary.

 

[MushroomX]

which is why, internships and co-ops are important.

Many college brehs fail to do this shyt from the onset, this is money.

 

[M.O.N.E.Y.]

Yeah American culture is totally different in college. It is a chance to experiment and enjoy your youth. In other countries it is all business because the country is poor or well off economy where there are few jobs so you have to get a degree and do well. Or else you will stay poor and live with your family until you are 50.

America is one of the few places in the world where you can not have a degree of two year degree and still be able to get a well paying job (such as truck driving, working on a oil field....etc). Try to live in some of these other countries and make a living with out a least a two year degree.

This is the UK to a T. Ruthless

 

[DrX]

even in the article it mentions how blacks are getting paid way less than other races in that field.....yall happy about getting scraps?

 

[filial_piety]

The average black youth is not prepared for the rigors of STEM. It's akin to throwing a naked man at the base of Mt. Everest with no gear and saying there's 10 million dollars at the top if you make it.

 

[It is a mystery]

The average black youth is not prepared for the rigors of STEM. It's akin to throwing a naked man at the base of Mt. Everest with no gear and saying there's 10 million dollars at the top if you make it.

you gotta have some faith fam

 

[TRFG]

you gotta have some faith fam

some AA's just have no self worth

 

[Rarely-Wrong Liggins]

you gotta have some faith fam

Not faith. Reality. Black youth aren't prepared by their communities nor their schools. You all can only stick your fingers in your ears for so long.