In fairness if you only take 1-2 classes and work a part time job your going to be working that part time job for eight years on a B.A. That's assuming 2 classes per semester. Incognito has a point.
Assume you work a part time job with some "perks" for the 8 years your in college. Let's shoot high and assume they'll give you 28 hours a week at 8 an hour. You will make 11,648 which is about average for a part time job and no education. That's 93,184 dollars in the eight years you attend college.
Now assume you attend full time classes. The same degree completed in half or less of the time. Let's say four years in school. Summers off of course so you can work full time in the summer and save your cash to help through the school year. You may have to work more or less due to financial constraints. But the point is, after you finish school working becomes a whole different monster. I started at 68,000 salary right after school. Not a rich man's salary but not bad for a 23 year old fresh out of college.
What I'm trying to convey is that your primary focus should be on your salary. If you need to work then work too but the best perk in the world is a solid financial portfolio. That only comes with a job you had to work to get. I care very little if the line cook at McDonald's gets free cheeseburgers because if I want to I can go buy all the cheeseburgers I want without any impact on my financial health. The same rule applies to 90% of the perks mentioned.
You want a job with perks? Go intern with a stock broker, the education is worth far more than knowing if gas prices are going up or down tomorrow.
thats true, but im not working minimum wage job anymore. but when I was I was always wondering what perks there were in OTHER jobs because I didnt realize the job I was working in never required a highschool diploma. its a pretty fucking long story but I got really god dam lucky and it was because I love to network with the clients that come in, im energetic, a hardworker and a nice guy, so I got this worker to turn in my resume personally and it nailed me an interview, im doing hell of a lot more but thats a WHOLE different thing than of what this thread is about,
I made this thread because Im curious about other perks I never considered, everyones different therefore I felt that other people would have thought of better shit than of what i did. im a pretty smart guy that talks a lot but what seperates me from a lot of obnoxious dum fucks is that Im always down to listen to others and just pay my respects you know?
But I have a girl and taking more than 1-2 classes will be too much for me, at my job people ONLY work and they retire alright, but I just want to get to the point where I dont needa worry about my kids working and stressing over money like I use to when I was fucking making shit for a pay check. dude Id be lucky to make 750 in a month when i was workin 8 n hour.. its fucking bull shit man,
my piece of advice for everyone.. APPLY FOR A JOB THAT REQUIRES A HIGH SCHOOL DIPLOMA (Apply with a cover letter and a Resume NOT stapled, in a folder.)
THAN from there you choose what you want to do.
for me I chose doing what I love and schooling 1-2 classes, I never calculated how long it'd take to get any degrees, as long as I make my money in MULTIPLE ways and am getting my education THATS all i care about.
