why is every degree and job ‘oversaturated’ now and why does everyone wanna be a finance bro (1 Viewer)

[gammahydroxybutyrate]

is that what also happened to u for clerkship apps

i didnt do clerkship apps cos i had a guaranteed grad job by that point lol

 

[coolcat6778]

Idk if this will be helpful, but have you considered teaching? You could teach and have a guaranteed job with pretty decent pay in NSW public schools.
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Since there is a shortage of teachers in general, there is pretty much no risk of oversaturation.

What the hell do teachers even do that's relatively cognitively demanding compared to something like Law or Engineering?

especially teachers in my school, they legit just make us watch YouTube videos cause they can't even teach. Then they just google stuff online to put on Google Classroom. This clearly doesn't deserve a 90k+ salary.

 

[lucy083201]

yeah drawback is the salary cap though. on the topic of teaching though, has anyone ever considered becoming a uni professor? you're studying for the rest of your life but being a lecturer + researcher doesn't seem too bad, plus there's possibility of advancing into executive positions. picking and specialising in the subject matter you like best seems pretty neat too. tbf idk much about it though, this is all surface-level observation from having an in-law that worked as a professor for uniSA

my mums a lecturer x researcher (full time researcher and part time lecturer at usyd) and let me tell you something:
its horrible (not salary wise)
shes glued to her screen 24/7, its literally 10pm on a staurday and she is still working although it is a good salary job with a lot of repect it is not necessary, i havent had a proper conversation w my mum in god knows how much, and shes always so stressed that whenever we speak we always end up fighting (she yelled at me the other time for smiling at her bc she assumed i was being sarcastic), it ruined her personality, life balance, family relationship, everything

unless you are able to find a balance (which is currently nonexistenial) youll be fine, but please do not consider it

 

[xyyvii]

Might be bit too early for this considering I’m in year 9 but if I were to become a chinese teacher, would I also have to teach other subject? I see a lot of language teachers also teach HSIE subjects or English and I’m just wondering whether it’s possible to solely teach a language. Also is it possible to pair teaching langauges with another subject such as maths or visual arts?

 

[jonolad69]

my mums a lecturer x researcher (full time researcher and part time lecturer at usyd) and let me tell you something:
its horrible (not salary wise)
shes glued to her screen 24/7, its literally 10pm on a staurday and she is still working although it is a good salary job with a lot of repect it is not necessary, i havent had a proper conversation w my mum in god knows how much, and shes always so stressed that whenever we speak we always end up fighting (she yelled at me the other time for smiling at her bc she assumed i was being sarcastic), it ruined her personality, life balance, family relationship, everything

unless you are able to find a balance (which is currently nonexistenial) youll be fine, but please do not consider it

 

[jane1820]

Might be bit too early for this considering I’m in year 9 but if I were to become a chinese teacher, would I also have to teach other subject? I see a lot of language teachers also teach HSIE subjects or English and I’m just wondering whether it’s possible to solely teach a language. Also is it possible to pair teaching langauges with another subject such as maths or visual arts?

i dont think you have to teach another subject alongside the language
yes you can pair teaching with other stuff (my math teacher has a major in korean and a minor in math)

 

[HazzRat]

Might be bit too early for this considering I’m in year 9 but if I were to become a chinese teacher, would I also have to teach other subject? I see a lot of language teachers also teach HSIE subjects or English and I’m just wondering whether it’s possible to solely teach a language. Also is it possible to pair teaching langauges with another subject such as maths or visual arts?

It depends on what the school you teach at demands. My school had enough demand for two full-time mandarin teachers.

 

[gammahydroxybutyrate]

What the hell do teachers even do that's relatively cognitively demanding compared to something like Law or Engineering?

especially teachers in my school, they legit just make us watch YouTube videos cause they can't even teach. Then they just google stuff online to put on Google Classroom. This clearly doesn't deserve a 90k+ salary.

its not intellectually demanding but certainly cognitively demanding.

when little bobby throws a tantrum over having to share the building blocks with susie and punches her in the face, then shoves 17 crayons up his nose and vomits all over the teacher, and calls her a bitch, bobby gets a suspension for 2 days and his parents get told he is being a very naughty boy. the teacher still has to put up with bobby for the rest of the year.

when your client, 42 year old bill throws a tantrum over his ex posting a reel with another man and punches her in the face, then shoves 17 grams of cocaine up his nose and vomits all over the attending ambulance officers, then calls his arresting police officer a fat bitch, his lawyer tells him that he can no longer act for him in circumstances the client-solicitor relationship has broken down and he does not have confidence in his representation. bill no longer has a lawyer.

 

[Geniusly]

To be honest, a lot of teachers don't deserve the 90k starting salary for the effort they put in. It's just unfortunate that some of the really good teachers are making the same amount of money. At my school, there is one teacher who literally only uses ChatGPT for notes and work plans. What's the point of teaching then, the students could learn literally the same stuff themselves.

 

[aqwerty13402]

i’ve never felt so lost regarding my career choice because every option i’ve considered somehow has the worst job market known to man with everyone trying to go for it. e.g. quant trading becoming the new IB, or unsw actl at 99 atar cus of demand. Then there’s compsci/software engineering which everyone says is doomed. am i just a sheep for jumping onto the bandwagon everytime; is aus job market just that fucked in general; or is it selection bias where obv everyone on forums and reddit are gonna pick the nerdy shit?

it doesn’t help that i have zero passion for anything. i just don’t wanna be living on the streets bro. i did SACE so idk mark equiv but for internals i got A+ for eng advanced and econ, A- for math advanced and chemistry, and A for research project. i got an early entry offer for law/comm alr but i lowkey hate law so i don’t wanna do it even though i’m stronger in humanities. maths i’m decent at and more interested it, i just slacked off this year icl, and also i didn’t do the SACE equiv of ext 1&2 so i’m kinda barred off from a lot of math-y courses unless i do a bridging course.

i put double actl for my top uac pref followed by engineering but idek if i could handle the math rigour for it or if i’d even get a job post-uni that’ll make my parents proud. atp its <$150k or nothing with how things are rn. fml

are there any good, well-paying careers that are sorta finance/STEM-adjacent that are niche and/or have labour shortages?

go for ur passion fuck money, life is too short to pursue a career just because