<p>I, for one, do not really care about becoming incredibly rich and don't understand why everyone is so fascinated with wealth. I would much rather study something I enjoy, even if it might be impractical than study something I find boring (like accounting) that would be more finacially sound in the long run. And I would much rather work at a job I love and make 50k a year than work a job I hate and make 200k a year.</p>
<p>Money is a measure of productivity.</p>
<p>drew00: Because contrary to what all those hippies like to think, money does make the world work. What's the point of studying something you like if you're gonna lead a miserable life restricited by a ridiculous budget just so you can say: "Hey dad I'm an X major, I'm doing what I like. Now, would you mind giving me a little cash so I can try and live for a month or two?" I'd love to study math, but I would probably have to live in a near-poverty status in my country. Whereas if I study economics, or say business, both majors related to my true passion ( math), I can actually make a decent living.... So if your parents have cash by the tons, sure go ahead and study what you love even though it won't give you a lot of money, meanwhile us "average" folks will always be restricted to jobs that actually have a market.</p>
<p>I think that it helps to make personal life stable (as opposed to being poor) but can never bring happiness. I don't think I could ever be a starving artist type. But to answer your initial question: my mother.</p>
<p>I think it's really different for everyone. The reason people care about money (at least to some extent) is because it can make life easier/more enjoyable (again, to a certain extent). So the question becomes, "Will being happy with my job offset the stress and financial hardship that may result from that job's relatively low pay?" Like the poster above, I love math and think that teaching calculus, analysis, or combinatorics would be the greatest job in the world; however, I think I would enjoy being a doctor quite a bit, and the financial security that goes with that profession would make up for my not liking it quite as much as math. Alas, I wish my passion was investment banking.</p>
<p>Because money buys happiness. We actually had that conversation today in Chem. The "money can buy happiness" side actually won.</p>
<p>Being the youngest in the family and seeing what my family has been through, I want to be fair in the yearly income :/ But I'd take finding the love of my life over everything else. Random</p>
<p>I guess I am lucky. I enjoy studying finance and accounting. I get the best of both worlds. :)</p>
<p>Lol pertaining to the first post I think $50,000 is alot of money to be making a year....but then again I dont live in the big city either</p>
<p>I am currently taking a Finance class, management class, a psychology class, and a Literature class...and I can honestly say that out of the four classes, Finance makes my blood pump the fastest and interests me the most, psychology is really interesting as well, but literature is the most boring **** this side of paint drying.... maybe this is why I am an accounting major and a psych minor! I really don't have lofty money making goals, but I sure as heck don't want to be stressing all my days about paying the bills either.</p>
<p>Well most of the people here come from fairly wealthy families. If I can bring in enough to live comfortably- but quite modestly, I'll be happy. I know that I could study economics or accounting or business, but I know I'd be so miserable.</p>
<p>When I was little my parents wouldn't buy me the good beef jerky. It was too expensive...</p>
<p>I guess having passed from a very poor childhood to a more comfortable living now a days, has made me consider the true power of money. I'd like to earn money not because it can buy me cars, houses , etc, but rather because it'll let me give my future children everything I didn't have while growing up. <em>sniff sniff</em> lol</p>
<p>mo money mo problems</p>
<p>`^ No money, a whole lot of problems.... either way we're ****ed.</p>
<p>The world, sadly, revolves around money. If you want to live my simple means, then go for it. I know I don't. I want to be able to live my life in a comfort level that I like. If that takes a lot of money, then so be it.</p>
<p>So I that I can achieve my goal of founding my own college. :D (Probably not going to happen, but hey, I can dream.)</p>
<p>People seem to assume that you will miserable in jobs that make a lot of money. Absolutely false.</p>
<p>All the careers that I find interesting and appealing make around $90,000 or higher a year. I can't imagine ending up working in a mundane job where I get paid anything less than that.</p>
<p>People seem to assume that you will miserable in jobs that make a lot of money. Absolutely false.</p>
<p>agreed, but what inspired this thread was hearing kids at my school saying they plan on majoring on "whatever makes the most money" and not in what they actually care about. It's kind of disheartening to hear my classmates being so apathetic and willing to settle for whatever.</p>
<p>^ In that case I completly agree. I think everyone should do something they love. If you don't, then what is the point. Even if you would be making a ton of money, I would be miserable. </p>
<p>That's why I'm majoring in Political Science. Many people think it's really lame, but it's something I love and know that for however many years I'll have a job I love because of it.</p>