<p>I just graduated with my BA in Asian Studies and I am about to start my MS in finance and Computer Science as a dual graduate degree. In addition, I have an AS in business administration. </p>
<p>I am still not sure what kind of career I want. I want to be able to make a ton of money and live well by working less. Is finance really a good path? According to research and personal experience, I know many CS graduates who are unemployed. Everyone is studying computers. Computers and nursing are the big majors. Everyone is doing it. </p>
<p>The reason why I majored in Asian Studies was because that is a rare degree. And I disagree about the whole "enrichment" degree. Asian Studies has many concentrations. My concentration was in economics and I had to take advanced linguistics. I speak Korean, Japanese, and some Chinese. In addition, 20 years from now, the entire economy will be focused in Asia and Asian Studies majors will be in high demand. As I recall last semester, the CIA were recruiting Asian Studies and international relations majors at my college. Just wanted to add my 2 cents.</p>
<p>Fellow Asian Studies Major here, and I’m just wondering, since you can do so much with your Asian Studies degree, as you mentioned, why are you moving into a different direction? Why finance and CS when you acknowledge the lack of demand for CS degrees compared to how many are educated in it? With Asian Studies you have a range of options in front of you; if you carry it through to work on a PhD in it you can be a professor, you can get into a high school world history teaching track, you can go into TESOL and teach ESL here, or go abroad and teach English… There’s actually a lot of possibilities, so why are you looking so strongly at this one?</p>
<p>I have a business degree already. Finance majors make a ton of money, especially if you have a master’s, and an MS in finance takes less than a year to complete. The program is short compared to other master’s such as anthropology, Asian Studies, political science, psychology, and etc. In addition, finance majors are probably the top people who earn the most money. In fact, they earn more than engineers. Way more.</p>
<p>I don’t want to teach. And I don’t plan on earning a PhD. I’m tired of going to school. I already proved to the world that I am capable of completing a college education. I even graduated with a 3.57 gpa. </p>
<p>I want money. I want to invest in other investments, grow money, travel the world, and do more. I thought about doing an MA in Asian Studies but I changed my mind. With an MA in Asian Studies, you either get into research, teaching, or working with the government. I am not interested in neither option. I want to work less and make a ton of money. With my language skills and economics skills with an MS in finance, who knows. Once I earn my MS, I can probably land a job making good money and I can save money and invest in other business ventures.</p>