Good evening, guys.
I am considering getting a 4-year BBA from a fairly prestigious university. What are the possible downsides? Is the BBA a profitable degree? Will I get a lot of returns on that? What would you advice on this degree? And if you would not recommend it, then what should I consider instead?
Thank you.
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>>1424554
In what?
>>1424639
probably in business administration.
>>1424554
Bump, also interested, hopefully someone with a BBA shows up
So biz, What bank do you use? I am wondering because I am looking for a bank. As of right now I am looking at online banking for the no monthly matince fees and higher interest rates.
Bank of America because it has the most ATMs.
>>1442588
Chase > Bank of America
I have both and Chase has less fees for doing certain things you might need to occasionally do.
I would also look for a higher yield savings account elsewhere because Chase and Bank of America have shit rates.
>>1442594
From what I read that's where online banks shine is higher yield saving accounts
Hello /biz/,
What are the biggest things to look for when selecting a college? Half of me values the fun I'll have at a party school but the responsible me knows to strive going somewhere prestigious at least in some way.
Ex: Arizona State University for fun or Fordham University (well known business school in NYC) .... what do you think?
>>1442479
If you're not going to a CHYMPS school then just don't bother wasting your money and time.
Go to community college for two years, get cheap education, a degree (albeit a bit useless) and credit hours out of the way for much less than a private or state University. Then transfer to a private school in a degree program that not many people get graduate degrees in but are in high demand like chemistry. Private schools get tons of money and will more often than not pay your way through grad school if the degree program is in high enough demand. And just like that you paid for two years of undergrad while receiving three degrees.
>>1442496
But only like what 1% of the nation goes to those schools? Gotta be more realistic
You're thoughts on Carl Icahn?
he is a based rich man. plus he supports Trump
would you trust a mexican with your daughter ?
>>1442446
/thread
will the economy collapse in september?
>>1442390
No.
>>1442390
yes
My employer matches 50% up to 6% on 401k.
Do I still contribute up to that limit?
>>1442276
yeah, its free money.
>>1442276
Take as much of your employer's money as you can.
>>1442276
As others have said, it's free money.
Unless you are paying down crippling debt, take it.
can you work at home if you're a software engineer?
like doing freelance?
No
You are forced to work in an "open office" type environment arranged by the diversity engineer
>>1442255
THIS
pray to god you don't have skills that are atypical for the person you are
>>1442250
sometimes
My roommate is a software engineer for some video game company in Toronto. He usually has to go in for work, but some days he can get away with telecommuting.
Hey, biz is economics a meme major and I should stick with accounting or is there something to value in a Econ major
Economics can pass through on most of the same job applications you'd be considering with accounting anyway. Econ is probably the easier degree to get if that holds any value to you. It takes some of the autistic mental masturbation of math and sprinkles in turbotard sociology ideas. Nice balance
>>1442171
Thanks for the advice
Econ major here with one semester left. It's good if you plan on getting a masters, go to a top 25 school, or have good connections. Otherwise do accounting, MIS, or finance.
And if you do Econ, make sure to take econometrics.
work ethic tips?
Any lazy faggot to determined hard working adult stories?
I don't know if it's depression but I just can't seem to progress myself in any area of my life because I don't want to put in the work.
>>1442140
start doing a lot of cocaine.
>>1442140
see a doctor.
might be low testosterone or kidney failure or cancer or chronic fatigue or maybe even just depression or obesity or drug use.
whatever it is, get it looked at.
>>1442142
why do slow boards have the largest population of shitposters?
Would now be a good time to invest in/buy a bunch of Venezuelan currency? Eventually it'll bounce back
>>1442089
No. Don't do that, it would be like zimbabwee right?
>>1442089
Why not buy a super cheap penny stock that used to be $100? Eventually it'll bounce back. It may take 100 years, and the company may go out of business, but "Eventually" itll bounce back.
>>1442089
that dude surfing 4chan in the background
I have written and still maintain some GPL-licensed code in my free time.
The software company I'm working for is in the process of merging with another and I was recently assigned to assist with one of the other company's projects.
Looking through the other company's (proprietary) codebase I have discovered they've been using my GPL-licenced code for years, literally thousands of lines lifted verbatim from my repos, including comments. The licencing and authorship info was removed.
I have informed my supervisor about this on Friday afternoon and there was quite a buzz about it, though mostly to the tune of "let's not make any rash judgements or accusations". Now I'm to have a meeting my boss's boss about it on Monday morning.
What should I do? What should I expect?
>>1441938
Well, you should first ask yourself what you think the ideal result of this conversation will be.
>>1441938
Secure some proof/evidence. Get a lawyer. Draft an agreement where you agree not to sue the company in exchange for them paying a one-time fee for using your code. Since you authored it, you'll totally free to sell copies of it under whatever licenses you want. This gets complicated if other people have made open source contributions to it, though.
Proof doesn't necessarily need to be source code. See if the compiled binaries you're distribution can be shown to include your code (non-mangled names/symbols, etc.).
>>1441938
Please talk to a lawyer! Often, you can get a cheap or even free consultation. Please do this and get off 4chan.
So, I want to become wealthy. To start, I've started trying to keep my monthly expenses as low as possible. I've rented a room in a house to live in for $300 a month and, in my spare time, I do activities that cost little or no money like reading books from the library, drawing, and browsing the internet. I keep my driving to a minimum, which is easy since I don't have friends or anything to worry about. I pretty much only buy what I need.
My job sucks, so I've only been able to save back $500-$600 a month so far. I put this money in an Ally savings account. I try to find other ways to make money outside of my job, but I haven't had much luck. I'm thinking about registered an LLC to do business through, but I'm not sure what to do.
So, my question for you is: Am I on the right track so far? What are other things that I should be doing?
>>1441902
>So, I want to become wealthy.
That's a broad term. What exactly are you aiming for?
>>1441952
I just want to have enough to comfortably live on. I want to be able to completely give up a traditional job and be able to make my own money while having the financial security to not have to worry if shit happens. I want my money to be able to earn me money through investments and such.
I'm still doing research, so I don't know what I need to do to get there. Baby steps.
>>1441902
I would cap the savings account at 2-5k depending on your needs, and put your additional savings into some stocks/vanguard funds.
I guess this is the place to ask,
How the actual fuck do insurance companies make any money?
A: everyone in this day and age has some kind of health problem. Sooner or later it's going to cost the company $$$^
B: Doc's are obv getting paid the amount they say they are (thousands) and my dental work costs almost $2000 for the insurance with a $250 co-pay
Seriously where is this profit coming from? I don't see it since almost everyone in a network is sucking money away for some reason.
The collective pays more than they take out. It's like a slot machine. Sure, some people might win thousands occasionally, but in the long run, they make money
In addition to the other anon: insurance companys invest the money they don't need in other assets and only pay the thinks from their liquidity asset
>>1441893
Insurance is basically a casino, except people are forced to participate by the government.
What would you advise a new driver? A used Citroën C1 for $6000 or a new Hyundai payed over 5 years for $24,000? Would it be wise to buy a new car now or should I spend a few years in a used one while gaining experience? I'm not good at thinking long term and investments and such.
>>1441886
A car is not an investment. Also whichever car you buy, you won't get pussy with either unless your're an 8/10 or above.
Generally it's stupid to buy new cars, especially for new drivers. You might not wreck it but you will probably catch a curb or scratch a door, that kind of stuff.
It depends on where you live and the rest of your financial situation and job tho.
In general cars are a bad investment because their value depreciates like crazy. They're no investment at all desu, unless you buy an Oldtimer that will go up in value.
Ask /o/
>>1441886
Buy a used Honda for 1000$
Is it doable? Can I actually get them at the moment's notice they happen?
Why can't I just shadow one of Ray Dalio's funds positions on my tablet/laptop while at work?
It's like getting fruit of exceptional talent, hard work, labor, infrastructure and time of this company for price of few minutes daily of me dicking around on my tablet.
Would that be sensible to put 25-33% of my wealth into position-shadowing like that?
(I'm no investor or trader but an engineer, I seek long term gains or just enough to beat the inflation in worst case)
index funds are investing for the smart & lazy
>>1441832
Ok.
But can I just get his positions?
What would be the catch? (I don't care about daily trading but medium term positions or long term like a year or more)
I am not a smart man, I am not a man with abundance of time, I have an actual job to do. Like one with a monthly salary.
This would be only a semi-risky part of my portfolio, the rest would go into traditional funds of reputable (ones that made money last decade) companies.
ask yourself why doesn't everyone else do this?