i studied finance this is very accurate at the 100-level. but the disciplines within business school have their own vibes. accounting was usually the most straightforward. management & marketing were an absolute joke. Econ was ideology in its purest form, think "axiom based on extremely simplified assumptions that we wont ever question". finance was a mixed bag, but maybe thats just my experience. the courses were a mix between real math (bond evaluation and derivatives, etc) and just econ-like ideology, but with the patrick batemans in class salivating over it. The best classes i had were business classes taught by non-business prof's where we had to actually read stuff, like veblen or marx (these were elective credits, though, most didn't take them)
fwiw, most accounting and finance people end up just doing back-office planning/budgeting/forecasting. its just "are we on/over/under budget?" stuff. we're all overpaid, sure, but we're not all investment banking psychos either
I wasn't sure what I wanted to do and got really lucky and landed a rotational program. 3 years, 3 different jobs in finance and risk. I've done it all since. Credit risk, financial operations, corporate fp&a, Treasury operations. I found i like operations stuff best. It's the most tangible and you're closer to the business - the people actually doing the work. It's basically helping non-finance people like engineers and supply chain management their departmental budgets. You never really get near the soul-less finance stuff either, worst you'll do is lead cost-optimization initiatives where you push people to trim 5% of their budget here or the there, but it's never costing people their jobs.
Im also at a company with massive union presence so our culture is about as good as you can get from a big company. not sure if you're comfortable sharing your state but you can message me and if it's a state my company is in I can help get you a job
i studied finance this is very accurate at the 100-level. but the disciplines within business school have their own vibes. accounting was usually the most straightforward. management & marketing were an absolute joke. Econ was ideology in its purest form, think "axiom based on extremely simplified assumptions that we wont ever question". finance was a mixed bag, but maybe thats just my experience. the courses were a mix between real math (bond evaluation and derivatives, etc) and just econ-like ideology, but with the patrick batemans in class salivating over it. The best classes i had were business classes taught by non-business prof's where we had to actually read stuff, like veblen or marx (these were elective credits, though, most didn't take them)
fwiw, most accounting and finance people end up just doing back-office planning/budgeting/forecasting. its just "are we on/over/under budget?" stuff. we're all overpaid, sure, but we're not all investment banking psychos either
What entry level job did you go with when you graduated? I'm getting close to done and am getting anxious about career stuff.
I wasn't sure what I wanted to do and got really lucky and landed a rotational program. 3 years, 3 different jobs in finance and risk. I've done it all since. Credit risk, financial operations, corporate fp&a, Treasury operations. I found i like operations stuff best. It's the most tangible and you're closer to the business - the people actually doing the work. It's basically helping non-finance people like engineers and supply chain management their departmental budgets. You never really get near the soul-less finance stuff either, worst you'll do is lead cost-optimization initiatives where you push people to trim 5% of their budget here or the there, but it's never costing people their jobs.
Im also at a company with massive union presence so our culture is about as good as you can get from a big company. not sure if you're comfortable sharing your state but you can message me and if it's a state my company is in I can help get you a job