[quote=deadzone]Okay, give me one example of a Tech company that is run by Ivy grads? I just picked two of the most important San Diego companies, not cherry picking.
Reality is getting an Ivy degree does not give you a leg up in any type of tech career. Certainly not if you want to live/work in Socal which everybody here obviously does.
Also FLU, you are the only person I have ever heard that complained about Engineering not being a well paid profession. Can you name another white collar profession that you can pull nearly six figure starting salary immediately after a 4 year degree from a lowly state school? Pharmacy is the only profession that pays better starting out, but usually that is a 5 year or more degree nowadays.
But no, you are not going to get rich being an Engineer or most any other profession. Most wealthy people are trust funders. A fortunate few get lucky with IPOs, real estate etc. but I don’t consider those careers.[/quote]
Deadzone, Accounting pays nearly $100K right out of the gate IF the student passed their CPA Exam and got their masters degree (which is one additional year [or less] over the Bachelor’s degree requirements, depending on curriculum of the school’s business programs). Many public colleges and universities all over the country are now offering ALL the credits for a Master’s in Accounting (incl subspecialties) for the same price as undergrad credits PROVIDED the degree candidate walks at graduation only ONCE and stays at the same school and works through BOTH programs diligently and full-time, either consecutively or concurrently, graduating in a timely manner.
NOT ALL Engineering grads make $100K immediately upon graduation. It completely depends on the graduate’s field of study, demand in that field in the locale they they’re applying for jobs in and the salary levels of that locale. In SD, I could see $65K as a more realistic starting pay for many recent engineering grads and I could see some types of engineering grads (civil eng?) possibly having to relocate out of SD to get any job at all in their fields.
I agree that an “Ivy degree” doesn’t really matter on the west coast in obtaining entry-level positions in almost all fields. I have no idea how much sway it holds for employers hiring for entry-level positions on the east coast. In any case, it’s probably not worth it to pay for ALL one’s college credits at an Ivy school. In paying only for graduate school at an Ivy school (if that’s what one aspires to do), this would have the same result out there in the “real world” because the ink on the diploma dries the same, IMO.
